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CPJ Insider: May 2023 edition
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Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, CPJ and Fundamedios met with
Ecuadorian Attorney General Diana Salazar. (Photo courtesy of the
attorney general's office)
Tomorrow is World Press Freedom Day
Tomorrow, Wednesday, May 3, will mark the 30th anniversary of World
Press Freedom Day, a celebration of free expression and our collective
right to be informed. A generous donor has pledged to match any gift
until we reach our goal of $50,000. Learn more »
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CPJ attends SXSW in Austin, Texas
CPJ President Jodie Ginsberg recently participated in a panel at the
International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy, alongside Wall
Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Emma Tucker and other colleagues of
Evan's at the Journal. Learn more »
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Must-reads
CPJ released a special report, "Fragile Progress: The struggle
for press freedom in the European Union." The report finds that
despite progress in protecting press freedom, combating threats to
journalists in Europe requires sustained action from EU policymakers.
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media have been gagged, spied upon, harassed online, overwhelmed with
disinformation, subjected to vexatious lawsuits, charged with
revealing state secrets, beaten while covering street protests, banned
from public meetings, or publicly criticized by politicians."
CPJ spoke with Javeria Siddique, the wife of prominent Pakistani
journalist Arshad Sharif, who authorities said was shot by police in
Kenya on October 23, 2022. Siddique, a freelance journalist who has
endured online smear campaigns, is fighting for justice in
Sharif's case and calling on the international community to
demand answers in what she says is a "targeted killing."
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He is gone, but I am dying every day because of the delay in justice,
the hate campaigns, the harassment."
CPJ spoke with six Afghan journalists in exile in Pakistan who fled
following the Taliban takeover of the country in 2021. The government
in Pakistan recently announced new restrictions that limit movement
and raise worries for journalists without valid documents that they
could be forced to return to Afghanistan. "
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People are worried about being identified and arrested if they go out
to try to renew their visas. The risk of deportation is putting
everyone under pressure," Samiullah Jahesh told CPJ.
CPJ in the news
"The covert mission to solve a Mexican journalist's
murder," The New Yorker
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"Peru jails ex-intelligence chief over 1988 journalist
murder," VOA
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"More and more journalists are dying for democracy,"
Chatham House
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"It's dangerous being a female journalist in Somalia. But,
one year on, we are still shining our light," The Guardian
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"Oklahoma governor calls for resignations as officials discuss
killing journalists," VOA
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"NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as
'state-affiliated media,'" NPR
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"A record number of journalists were detained worldwide prior to
Evan Gershkovich's arrest," The Wall Street Journal
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"Carlos Lauría, senior consultant at the Committee to
Protect Journalists: Ecuador needs attention and the international
community must be alerted to what is happening, before it gets
worse," El Universo
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"U.S. allies in Middle East target dissidents on American soil,
report says," The Washington Post
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"More than 30 news organizations demand release of Wall Street
Journal reporter," CNN
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