Committee To Protect Journalists 
[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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[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.
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[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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[Journalist Cletus Opukeme]
CPJ’s Angela Quintal: “Nigeria’s police must stop detaining and questioning journalists, and should disclose the reason they are pursuing journalist Cletus Opukeme.”
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[Committee to Protect Journalists]
CPJ: “The Cameroonian government’s cruel treatment of journalist Samuel Wazizi is truly shocking. It is unbelievable that authorities covered up his death in custody for 10 months despite repeated inquiries.”
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[CPJ\Dessu Dulla\Wako Nole\Ismael Abdulrzaq]
On March 30, a court in Burayu ordered the three employees’ release after prosecutors said they could not make a case against them…However, as of today, the three remain in detention, in violation of court orders issued in March, April, and May.
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[CPJ/World Press Freedom Day]
CPJ’s Joel Simon: “Journalists shouldn’t be locked up — they should be out reporting the news, informing the public…The free circulation of information and ideas is essential to fighting COVID-19, and journalists can’t do their job from behind bars.”
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[Committee to Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 75 organizations and researchers in calling on social media and content sharing platforms to preserve information about content that is automatically removed or blocked by automated systems.
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[Press Freedom\Trump Administration]
CPJ’s Joel Simon: “But the president’s attacks on the media have had an impact. They have undermined public trust in journalism as an institution, a dangerous place to find ourselves in the midst of a public health emergency.”
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[CPJ\Press Freedom]
According to CPJ’s most recent annual survey conducted on December 1, 2019, there were at least 73 journalists in prisons in Africa…For journalists jailed in countries affected by the virus, freedom is now a matter of life and death.
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