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CPJ Insider: May 2022 edition
Journalists in Afghanistan are confronted by Taliban members
Taliban fighters walk toward journalists during a protest in Kabul in
December of last year (AFP/Mohad Rasfan).
Today is World Press Freedom Day!
For over two months now, the invasion of Ukraine has dominated the
news, and much of CPJ's work has been dedicated to supporting
journalists covering the war. From disbursing safety information in
Ukrainian, Russian, and English, working to coordinate the
distribution of personal protective gear, or providing first aid kits
and life-saving medical equipment to journalists on the ground, CPJ
continues to do all we can to keep journalists safe and able to report
freely. Learn more »
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Joel Simon and Robert Mahoney release book
CPJ's current and former executive directors release new book
Former and current CPJ executive directors, Joel Simon and Robert
Mahoney, respectively, released a new book, The Infodemic: How
Censorship and Lies Made the World Sicker and Less Free, which
explores how a crackdown on the free flow of information in the wake
of the global pandemic spread alongside COVID. Learn more »
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WHYY-FM public radio makes generous contribution to CPJ
As Russia began its invasion of Ukraine in late February, Suzanne
Fiske, the director of on air development at Philadelphia's
WHYY-FM public radio, wondered how the nonprofit could help. When
Fiske searched for a nonprofit that aligned with WHYY-FM's
mission of ensuring a free press and an informed democracy, she
discovered CPJ and knew she'd found a match. Learn more
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Must-reads
As the situation for independent media in Russia further deteriorates,
CPJ is investigating attacks on Russian journalists. "Blocking
websites, detaining journalists, adding them to the foreign agents
list; in Russia, authorities will clearly use all means at their
disposal to stifle independent reporting," said Gulnoza Said,
CPJ's Europe and Central Asia program coordinator
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CPJ has documented the
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egregious judicial harassment of high-profile investigative journalist
Rana Ayyub, a columnist for the Washington Post. Following accusations
of tax evasion, Indian authorities froze Ayyub's bank account in what
journalist groups noted could be retaliation for her reporting. This
followed an online harassment campaign in January containing death and
rape threats after Ayyub was critical of the Saudi government's role
in the war in Yemen. "I will survive this," she told CPJ.
"I have survived worse."
CPJ spoke with exiled Lebanese journalist Mariam Seif Eddine, who was
forced to flee her home following critical reporting on Hezbollah and
an attack on her family. That hasn't stopped her from working as
a journalist. "
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If we stop writing, they win," Eddine told CPJ, "After
fleeing the country, I feel more responsible for documenting
what's happening in people's lives, especially to raise
the voice of those who were forced into silence."
CPJ in the news
"Putin alleges Ukraine and CIA are plotting to kill Russian
journalists in latest conspiracy theory
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," Forbes
"Turkish democracy has reached a turning point
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," MSN
"CPJ welcomes release of 2 journalists, calls for release of 23
other jailed reporters
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," Middle East Monitor
"Indian authorities asked to stop prosecuting journalists in IIOJK
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," Pakistan Observer
"Playbook of a dictator: Weighing the risks and rewards of the truth
in Russia
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," Poughkeepsie Journal
"Afghan media facing ever-increasing restrictions by Taliban
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," Malaysian Sun
"Challenges for press freedom in Kashmir
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," Daily Times
"In Jordan's Pegasus hack, the digital trail leads to the government
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," The New Arab
"Journalists are in the cross hairs
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," The Tennessee Tribune
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