[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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[Press Freedom\Togo\France]
CPJ: “Togolese authorities’ suspension of Fraternité, Liberté and L’Alternative over their coverage critical of French and Togolese authorities is grossly irresponsible…The French ambassador to Togo, Marc Vizy, should withdraw his complaint.
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[Ethiopian Journalist Yayesew Shimelis]
The arrest came after Yayesew published a report on the COVID-19 virus on Facebook and YouTube on March 26 that was condemned by Ethiopia’s national Ministry of Health, according to the friends…from the local privately-owned outlet Addis Maleda.
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[Press Freedom\Nigeria]
Premium Times editor-in-chief Musikilu Mojeed has also faced intimidation attempts since the reports were published, according to a report by the paper, and the Premium Times website faced cyberattacks.
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[Imprisonment of Journalist Moses Bwayo]
Bwayo was initially arrested in the capital Kampala on February 24 while filming a documentary commissioned by a U.K.-based company, Southern Films, about the opposition politician and popular musician Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine.
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[Press Freedom]
On January 26, police raided the offices of the privately-owned radio stations Home Digital FM, in Brikama, and King FM radio station, in Tallinding, and arrested several staffers.
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[Press Freedom\Ignace Sossou]
In his Facebook posts, which are included in Benin Web TV’s report on Sossou’s arrest, the journalist quoted Mètonou’s comments at a December 17 media event, where the official described Benin’s digital code as “a weapon” that can be used against journalists and discussed the government’s decision to shut down the Internet during elections in April 2019.
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