[Hopewell Chin’ono]
CPJ: “We welcome today’s long-overdue release of journalist Hopewell Chin’ono, but authorities must immediately drop the vindictive and meritless charges against him and let him live and work freely.”
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Committee To Protect Journalists
Nigerian journalist attacked by police covering COVID-19 lockdown
[Sikiru Obarayese]
CPJ’s Angela Quintal: “The attack by police on journalist Sikiru Obarayese is an alarming reminder of the Nigerian police’s willingness to target the press for doing their jobs.”
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Somali Military Court Acquits Radio Journalist Mohamed Abdiwahab Nuur
[Mohamed Abdiwahab Nuur]
CPJ: “We are glad that the military court affirmed Mohamed Abdiwahab Nuur’s innocence of trumped-up charges after nearly five months of unjust detention, and we welcome his freedom.”
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CPJ: Guinea Bissau Broadcaster Radio Capital FM Vandalized
[Guinea Bissau\Radio Capital FM]
CPJ: “In the early morning of July 26, unidentified armed men in uniforms of Guinea Bissau’s national guard smashed equipment and other property at the office of the privately-owned Radio Capital FM station in Bissau, the capital.”
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CPJ Calls on African Union to Secure Zimbabwean Journalist’s Release
[CPJ\ Zimbabwean reporter Hopewell Chin’ono]
CPJ: “Chin’ono, an award-winning investigative journalist who recently covered alleged government corruption in the procurement of COVID-19 supplies, was arrested on July 20 and charged with incitement.”
Photo: YouTube
Reported Press Freedom Violations near 500 in Black Lives Matter Protests
[Committee to Protect Journalists]
CPJ: “The data right now is terrifying: The Tracker has received reports of nearly 70 journalists arrested, more than 200 assaulted, and at least two photographers with grievous eye injuries.”
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CPJ: Somaliland Authorities Must Lift Siege of Two Television Stations
[CPJ\Somaliland]
CPJ: “CPJ has documented the use of media shutdowns, studio raids, the blocking of news sites, as well as arrests, to crack down on independent media in Somaliland.”
Photo: YouTube
CPJ: Nigerian Authorities Should Investigate Beating of Journalist Nwosu
[Ike-Jacobs Nwosu\CPJ]
CPJ: Ugboma called in a group of men and told them to take Nwosu away, the journalist told CPJ. At least four men arrived and attacked Nwosu, slapping him repeatedly in the face and across his body, according to the journalist and a report by independent news website Basic Sports in Nigeria.
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NY Rep. Hakeem Jeffries: Pass the Justice in Policing Act
[Justice in Policing Act of 2020]
The bill will hold police accountable, improve transparency in policing and create meaningful, structural change to help eradicate police brutality.
Photo: C-SPAN Screenshot
CPJ Calls for Independent Investigation into Death of Cameroonian Journalist
[Cameroonian Government\Journalist Samuel Wazizi]
Police arrested Wazizi, whose legal name was Samuel Ajiekah Abwue, on August 2, 2019…Police arrested Wazizi, whose legal name was Samuel Ajiekah Abwue, on August 2, 2019.
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