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December 24, 2024

Al Jazeera Slams Fatah-Led Campaign and PA Ban as Threats to Press Freedom

December 24, 2024 – Palestine/Israel – Al Jazeera Media Network issued a strong condemnation of what it described as an “incitement campaign” orchestrated by Fatah—and by […]
December 23, 2024

Retired Russian Police Colonel Confesses to 2004 Murder of Investigative Journalist Maxim Maksimov

December 23, 2024 – Russia – Retired police colonel Mikhail Smirnov, once deputy head of the anti-corruption department in St. Petersburg’s law enforcement, admitted to murdering […]
December 23, 2024

Azerbaijan’s Media Crackdown: Journalists Jailed on Politically Motivated Charges

December 23, 2024 – Azerbaijan – Farid Mehralizada, an economist and contributor to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), was detained in May 2024 and accused of conspiring […]
December 23, 2024

Police explain detention of Azattyk journalists

December 23, 2024 – Azerbaijan – Kyrgyz police detained two journalists from Radio Azattyk—reporter Maksat Kutmanbekov and cameraman Nurlan Beyshebaev—while they were filming near Pre‑trial Detention Center No. 1 in […]
December 23, 2024

Turkey jails 7 journalists and media workers, places one under house arrest

December 23, 2024 – Turkey- Turkish authorities detained several journalists and media workers in Istanbul during a protest against the killing of Kurdish journalists Cîhan Bîlgîn and […]