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Russia: The journalist Marina Ofsianikova was arrested

Russia: The journalist Marina Ofsianikova was arrested Russia: The journalist Marina Ofsianikova was arrested

Russian journalist Marina Ofsianikova, who became famous when she interrupted a Russian state television newscast while holding a sign anti-invasion of Ukraine, was arrested today for “defaming” the military, her lawyer said. “Right now we are with the investigators. An investigation has been launched” against Ofsianikova for “spreading false information” about the Russian military, said […]

Myanmar: Japanese journalist accused of inciting subversive actions

Myanmar: Japanese journalist accused of inciting subversive actions Myanmar: Japanese journalist accused of inciting subversive actions

A Japanese journalist and documentary filmmaker detained in Myanmar is accused of violating an immigration law and encouraging opposition to the ruling military regime, Burma’s BBC reported today, citing the junta. Toru Kubota entered Myanmar on a tourist visa on July 1 and was arrested while covering a demonstration in Rangoon on July 30, according […]

Two more arrests of suspects in the murder of the Dutch journalist De Vries

Two more arrests of suspects in the murder of the Dutch journalist De Vries Two more arrests of suspects in the murder of the Dutch journalist De Vries

Police in Spain and the Caribbean island of Curacao have arrested two more suspects in the murder of well-known Dutch journalist Peter de Vries, the prosecutor’s office announced today. A 27-year-old Dutch national who was arrested in CuraƧao will soon be transferred to the Netherlands, prosecutors said in a statement. The other suspect, a 26-year-old […]

Israeli army: ‘Impossible’ to determine how journalist Sirin Abu Akleh was killed

Israeli army: ‘Impossible’ to determine how journalist Sirin Abu Akleh was killed Israeli army: ‘Impossible’ to determine how journalist Sirin Abu Akleh was killed

The Israeli military reiterated today that it was “impossible” to determine how Sirin Abu Aklech was killed after the United Nations said a Palestinian-American journalist had been fatally shot by Israeli forces on May 11 in the occupied West Bank. An Al Jazeera reporter “was not deliberately shot by an Israeli soldier and it is […]

Kyiv grants citizenship to Russian journalist who condemned Russian invasion

Kyiv grants citizenship to Russian journalist who condemned Russian invasion Kyiv grants citizenship to Russian journalist who condemned Russian invasion

Ukraine has granted citizenship to prominent Russian journalist Alexander Nevzorov, who fled Russia with his wife after denouncing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a senior Ukrainian official said today. Russia is seeking Nevzorov’s arrest, accusing him of spreading false information about what Moscow describes as its “special military operation” in Ukraine. He and his wife […]

Blinken calls for ‘credible investigation’ into death of journalist Sirin Abu Aklech

Blinken calls for ‘credible investigation’ into death of journalist Sirin Abu Aklech Blinken calls for ‘credible investigation’ into death of journalist Sirin Abu Aklech

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken today called for a “credible investigation” into the deaths of Palestinian and American journalist Sirin Abu Aklech, after offering her family US support. The US Secretary of State stated that she had a conversation with her brother Sirin Abu Aklech during the flight to Berlin, where she participated in […]

UN: Security Council ‘unequivocally condemns murder’ of journalist Sirin Abu Aklech

UN: Security Council ‘unequivocally condemns murder’ of journalist Sirin Abu Aklech UN: Security Council ‘unequivocally condemns murder’ of journalist Sirin Abu Aklech

The UN Security Council “unequivocally condemned the May 11 killing of Palestinian-American journalist Sirin Abu Akleh and the wounding of another journalist in the West Bank city of Jenin,” in a unanimous statement issued Friday. The Security Council requested that in addition to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s ongoing inspections in Israel, that it monitor […]

Turkey: Journalist jailed for leaking personal data online, including Erdogan

Turkey: Journalist jailed for leaking personal data online, including Erdogan Turkey: Journalist jailed for leaking personal data online, including Erdogan

Turkish authorities on Tuesday remanded a journalist awaiting trial after he claimed that hackers had stolen personal data from government websites and shared some of it with him, using President Erdogan’s identity card as evidence, his lawyer said. Journalist Ibrahim Haskologlu made the leak known via Twitter, posting an edited image of what he claimed […]