Brussels 30.10.2021 “The military coup of Monday 25 October has sparked massive and growing protests that have been met with violence. In anticipation of the announced peaceful demonstrations next Saturday 30 October, we call upon all military and police forces to exercise restraint and treat demonstrators and journalists with due respect” reads the statement by…
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Burkina Faso: journalists assassination
Brussels 29.04.2021 “By assassinating journalists at Burkina Faso, terrorists have once again shown their cowardice and true criminal face: that of defenders of an obscurantism that destroys all freedom of expression and speech. Our full solidarity with bereaved families”, the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell wrote on his Twitter micro blog, reacting upon news about…
Isabel dos Santos to sue press
Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos said she was launching legal action against a consortium of journalists and its media partners over the publication of thousands of documents about her business empire, Reuters reports. Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos said on Monday she was launching legal action against a consortium of journalists and its media partners…
BBC journalists arrested in Uganda
Police arrested a team of the BBC journalists in Uganda for illegal possession of prescription drugs, but the country’s government spokesman said the reporters had been helping to expose corruption, and demanded their immediate release. Patrick Onyango, the police spokesman, said five suspects had been detained overnight. They included two Ugandans and one Kenyan, the…
Russian journalists victims of CAR armed robbery
The investigation has restored a sequence of events concerning the fatal trip of three Russian journalists – Orkhan Dzhemal, Kirill Radchenko and Alexander Rastroguyev – to the Central African Republic (CAR), where they were murdered in July 2018, Russian Investigative Committee Spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko told TASS. Investigative Committee: Russian journalists were killed in armed robbery…
Russian journalists killed in CAR
Three Russian journalists were killed in Central African Republic, according to Russian main stream media, in what local authorities said was an ambush by unidentified assailants. Three Russian journalists killed in Central African Republic (CAR) by unidentified assailants who ambushed their vehicle. More to follow https://t.co/eEKASDtNKo pic.twitter.com/op3RBOuJre — The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) July 31, 2018…
RSF: Africa at threshold of ‘promising era’
Africa came with a score that is slightly better than in 2017 but also contained a wide range of internal variation (see our regional analysis The dangers of reporting in Africa). #RSFIndex: In 2018, #Norway is still first and #NorthKorea is still last in the World #PressFreedom Indexhttps://t.co/nBwxqZqG5l pic.twitter.com/5PPhpAujxT — RSF (@RSF_inter) April 26, 2018 Frequent…
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