[Press Freedom\Radio Télévision Caraïbes]
On the afternoon of February 23, a group of masked individuals armed with guns claiming to be members of the Haitian National Police attacked the premises of Radio Télévision Caraïbes, a privately-owned radio and television outlet, in Port-au-Prince.
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[Press Freedom\Erick Kabendera]
CPJ’s Muthoki Mumo: “We welcome the end of Erick Kabendera’s nearly seven-month imprisonment on charges that were transparent retaliation for his critical journalism. Kabendera’s ordeal is not yet over as these cripplingly heavy fines continue to hang over his head.”
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[Press Freedom\Nigeria]
In February, CPJ emailed request for comment on the criminal and civil cases against Oliver to two of Sterling Bank’s publicly listed addresses, but received no response.
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[Press Freedom\NYPD]
CPJ’s Courtney Radsch: “Police should respect reporters’ right to keep source information private, rather than subpoenaing tech companies to gain information on journalists and their sources and methods.”
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[Committee To Protect Journalist]
The local privately-owned news website Sahara Reporters published a report on January 23 saying that police had shot and killed Ogbu.
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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\Brazil\Glenn Greenwald]
IPI Director of Advocacy Ravi R. Prasad: “The decision to prosecute Glenn Greenwald in apparent retaliation for his reporting is a blatant violation of press freedom and democratic norms by the Brazilian government.”
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[Press Freedom\Mozambique]
“Freedom of expression and freedom of the press are the foundation of any democratic society and attacking journalists is a violation of these fundamental rights. I urge that this matter be thoroughly investigated. A strong message must be sent that journalists must be able to work in a safe environment without intimidation because they uphold the values of a democratic society.”
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[Uganda\Bobi Wine\Press Freedom]
On January 6, police in central Uganda’s Wakiso district detained four journalists who were covering a planned political event by opposition politician Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine…The January 6 and 8 events were part of a planned series of public consultations that Bobi Wine announced as part of his run for president in Uganda’s 2021 elections.
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[British Virgin Islands\Press Freedom]
Freeman Rogers, editor of The BVI Beacon: “If the bill is passed into law, we believe the media would almost certainly be stifled by the threat or actuality of prosecution for doing nothing more than its job.”
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