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CPJ Insider: Summer edition
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CPJ Emergencies Director Lucy Westcott speaks about journalists in
exile that CPJ has helped in the last few years. (Screenshot:
CPJ/YouTube)
World Refugee Day: CPJ's Lucy Westcott on journalists in exile
For World Refugee Day on Thursday, June 20, CPJ highlighted the plight
of journalists forced to flee their home countries due to threats,
violence, and repression. As a growing number of journalists are being
exiled, many face ongoing dangers even after they have reached
safety. Learn more »
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Leading press freedom organizations submit amicus brief in Maria Ressa
case
In an effort to deter the legal persecution of trailblazing journalist
and Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa and her former colleague Reynaldo
Santos, and to protect the public's right to be informed, CPJ
and its partners submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court
of the Philippines this month. Learn more »
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Must-read
In a feature for CPJ, Palestinian journalist Abu Bakr Bashir writes
about the struggles he faced as a journalist in Gaza, balancing
complex relationships with Israel and Hamas in order to do his job, as
well as the friends he lost along the way. "
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When I lived in Gaza, I was worried about my life and my
children's future. Now in London, I worry about Gaza and the
future of journalism there," he writes for CPJ, "And at
the end of this, will there be young men and women willing to go into
journalism in Gaza?"
CPJ's John Otis spoke with journalists who fled Ecuador
following drug-related violence and threats they faced for
investigating local gangs. One media group in Ecuador, Fundamedios,
found that at least 16 journalists have fled the country since 2023.
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He lifted up his shirt and showed me his gun," one journalist
said of a threat he received. "He called me a 'toad'
[a police informer] and said: 'If you keep publishing this
stuff, you will see what will happen.'"
CPJ Africa program staff took a close look at journalists from
Ethiopia who fled amid a prolonged media crackdown. CPJ is aware of at
least 54 Ethiopian journalists and media workers who have gone into
exile since 2020, and has provided at least 30 of them with emergency
assistance. "
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My only two options," one journalist told CPJ, "were
living in my beloved country without working my beloved job; or
leaving my beloved country and working my beloved job."
CPJ in the news
"Being a journalist in Mexico can be a life-or-death
experience," The New York Times
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"Palestinian journalist attacked by Israeli mob during Jerusalem
rally," Arab News
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"100 organizations, legal experts urge Senate panel to advance
press protection bill," The Hill
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"Press activists, US condemn assault on reporters at Jerusalem
Day march," Reuters
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"With watershed election, Claudia Sheinbaum must address
Mexico's human rights crisis," Just Security
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"Vietnam national security police confirm arrest of prominent
writer Truong Huy San for Facebook post," The Associated Press
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"Journalists covering 2024 election face hostilities and fear
police action," Truthout
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"Why a Nigerian woman faces jail time for reviewing tomato
puree," Al Jazeera
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"Global media groups urge SC to overturn Maria Ressa's
cyber libel conviction," Rappler
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"WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange strikes plea deal with the
US," NPR
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