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CPJ Insider: December edition
David Muir speaks at IPFA
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Honoring journalists at CPJ's 2021 awards ceremony
On November 18, during CPJ's 31
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st annual International Press Freedom Awards ceremony
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, we honored courageous journalists who put their lives on the line to
report the news. We streamed the ceremony online, and held an
event in New York for some of our most dedicated supporters, at which
the band the Rough Cuts (featuring NBC's Lester Holt on bass!)
played. Learn more »
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CPJ welcomes Danny Fenster's release from Myanmar prison
U.S. journalist Danny Fenster was released from prison in Myanmar on
November 15, a move that followed months of advocacy by CPJ and other
groups. Bill Richardson, former New Mexico governor and U.S.
ambassador to the United Nations, negotiated the journalist's
release. Learn more »
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A year after journalist flees Nigeria, the harrassment continues
Nigerian photojournalist Eti-Inyene Godwin Akpan planned to exhibit
his photographs from the scene of the October 2020 killings of
protesters at Lagos' Lekki Toll Gate on the one-year anniversary of
the event. Then he began receiving calls summoning him to the local
office of a federal security agency of Nigeria. Learn more
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Support CPJ on #GivingTuesday
For 40 years, CPJ has defended press freedom around the world. We do
this work because we believe that information should flow freely. But
we couldn't do any of it without you. On #GivingTuesday, we hope you
will add your voice to ours. Help CPJ stand up for journalists and
journalism by donating to our work. Thank you for all your
support. Learn more »
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Must-reads
The first Latina to be elected president of the Harvard Crimson,
Raquel Coronell Uribe was only six when she and her family fled to the
U.S. with CPJ's help
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. Her parents were both journalists in Colombia, and her father had
received death threats. CPJ, she said, "quite literally saved my
life."
In a Q&A with CPJ's Alicia Ceccanese
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, U.S. lawyer Douglas Jacobsen discussed what the recent decision by
the U.S. Department of Commerce to impose export controls on the
Israeli NSO Group would mean. "Will it be crippling?" he asks.
"Doubtful."
CPJ joined with our partners to call on Turkish authorities
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to immediately release Nedim Türfent, a reporter who has been
imprisoned since 2016 and has been subjected to inhuman treatment and
torture.
CPJ in the news
"ABC News' David Muir, others celebrate press freedom at
awards show
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," ABC News
"Jailed American journalist Danny Fenster returns home from
Myanmar
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," Storyful
"Michigan journalist Danny Fenster lands in US: 'I just
have so much gratitude'
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," Detroit Free Press
"Jailed American journalist freed from Myanmar arrives in New
York
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," The Hill
"I fled to Ghana after DSS threatened me for posting Lekki
shooting photos online
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," PUNCH
"Epoch Times reporter jailed in Nigeria
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," World Nation News
"What a journalist jailed for 20 years reveals about the global
assault on independent media
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," TIME
"Did the Justice Department overreach in raiding James
O'Keefe's home?
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" The Washington Post
"Somalia remains most dangerous for journalists as threats rise
globally
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," The East African
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