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CPJ Insider: December edition
IPFA 2022 Stage
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CPJ honors courageous journalists at 2022 awards ceremony
On Thursday, November 17, CPJ honored courageous journalists from
Cuba, Iraqi Kurdistan, Ukraine, and Vietnam at its 32nd annual
International Press Freedom Awards ceremony. CPJ also honored Russian
editor Galina Timchenko with the 2022 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom
Award. Learn more »
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Must-reads
CPJ published its 2022 Global Impunity Index, highlighting where the
vast majority of killers of journalists continue to get away with
murder. Somalia remains the worst offender on the index for the eighth
straight year. Syria, South Sudan, Afghanistan, and Iraq,
respectively, round out the top five countries on the index. As Nobel
Prize laureate and Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov said
in September, "
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In Russia, the genocide of media has come to its conclusion. Russian
citizens are left alone in the face of government propaganda."
CPJ has called on Pike County, Ohio, authorities to drop all charges
against journalist Derek Myers and return equipment seized from Myers
and his newsroom, Scioto Valley Guardian. While newsgathering and
journalistic source material are protected by Ohio's shield law
and the federal Privacy Protection Act, Pike County sheriff's
officials confiscated equipment and charged Myers with wiretapping.
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The incompetency of local law enforcement to abide by basic legal
proceedings would be comical if it were not so concerning," said
CPJ U.S. and Canada Program Coordinator Katherine Jacobsen.
In a recent letter, CPJ joined more than 60 civil society
organizations to call for Egyptian authorities to immediately release
British-Egyptian blogger and activist Alaa Abdelfattah amid an
escalated hunger and water strike Abdelfattah waged coinciding with
the beginning of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP27,
in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. "
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I've taken a decision to escalate at a time I see as fitting for
my struggle for my freedom," Abdelfattah wrote, "and the
freedom of prisoners of a conflict they've no part in."
CPJ in the news
"The US must fight for press freedom: even against its closest
allies," The Hill
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"Cops: 'Hood CNN' reporter's murder solved but
no prosecution," The Associated Press
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"Iran Arrests Reporter Who Interviewed Mahsa Amini's Father:
Rights Group," Agence France-Presse
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"Iraqi Kurdish journalist wins International Press Freedom
Awards," Arab News
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"Buhari committed to ending violence against journalists -
Malami," The Sun Nigeria
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"Almost 40 cases of violence against journalists reported after
the elections," The Brazilian Report
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"Vietnam Using Jail to 'Silence' Human Rights Journalist, Lawyer
Says," VOA
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"After six-month detention over 'offensive'
publication on Ogun Governor, journalist regains freedom,"
Per Second News
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"'The reality is miserable': Egypt's exiled journalists watch
COP27 from afar," The New Arab
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"US to open investigation into Shireen Abu Akleh killing:
Reports," Al-Jazeera
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