Journalists

Journalists

• BBC journalists vote to strike in jobs dispute

  A union says journalists at the BBC will stage a 24-hour strike on Feb. 18 in a dispute over job cuts. Britain's National Union of Journalists says ... 

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  Israeli troops detain AP photographer

  Israeli troops detained an Associated Press photographer during West Bank unrest over the weekend, handcuffing him and forcing him to sit on the ... 

• French journalist held in Iraq questioned by judge

  A defense lawyer says a French journalist held in Iraq for nearly two weeks has appeared before a judge in Baghdad. Nadir Dendoune was detained in the ... 

• Iran detains more journalists over links with BBC

  Iran's official news agency is reporting authorities have arrested another group of local journalists accused of links with the BBC. The report by ... 

• Iran news agency: More arrests of journalists

  An Iranian news agency reports that local journalists linked to British news media have been arrested but gave few details. Iran regularly cracks down ... 

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  Senior Ukraine cop convicted of killing journalist

  A former police commander in Ukraine was convicted of strangling an investigative journalist and sentenced to life in prison Tuesday, but the court ... 

• Gaza's Hamas rulers arrest 6 local reporters

  A Palestinian rights group says Gaza's Hamas rulers have detained six journalists suspected of affiliation to a rival group, Fatah. The Palestinian ... 

• Groups call for Somali gov't to release journalist

  Rights groups on Wednesday called for the Somali government to release a journalist arrested by police for interviewing a woman who said she was raped ... 

• Mozambique: Man guilty in journalist's death freed

  A judge in Mozambique has ordered the release of a businessman convicted of ordering the 2000 murder of one of the country's top investigative ... 

• UK tabloid journalist charged over police bribes

  The defense editor of Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid The Sun and a former police officer have been charged in connection with the bribing of public ... 

• French journalist killed in Syria

  French President Francois Hollande offered condolences Friday for a French journalist slain in the Syrian city of Aleppo while reporting on the civil ... 

• Editor: Somali journalist shot dead; 1st this year

  Unknown gunmen shot dead a Somali radio producer on Friday, the first journalist to be killed this year, an editor with his Somali radio station said. 

• Prominent Turkish journalist dies at 71

  Mehmet Ali Birand, a prominent Turkish journalist who advocated minority rights and democracy in Turkey during a career spanning 48 years, has died. 

• Somali journalist arrested after story on rape

  Police in Somalia have arrested a journalist who wrote a story about a woman who said she was raped by government security forces, prompting an outcry ... 

• Greece: Arsonists target prominent journalists

  Arsonists attacked the homes of five prominent Greek journalists Friday, causing limited damage and no injuries but triggering a heated exchange ... 

• Gambia releases on bail local journalist for AP

  A Gambian journalist who contributes to The Associated Press was released on bail Thursday after being detained by Gambia's internal security service ... 

• Gambian lawyer sees local AP reporter in detention

  A Gambian journalist who contributes to The Associated Press is in good condition although he has been held in detention by Gambia's internal security ... 

• Gambia detains local AP reporter for second time

  A Gambian journalist who contributes to The Associated Press was held by security officials Monday night, according to the Gambian Press Union. 

• Kuwaiti journalist jailed for Twitter 'insults'

  A Kuwait newspaper says an online journalist has been sentenced to two years in prison for posts deemed "insulting" to the Gulf nation's ruler — the ... 

• South Sudan arrests 2 state TV journalists

  A journalists group says two reporters working for state TV in South Sudan have been arrested without charge. The Committee to Protect Journalists ... 

• 2 Romanian journalists sentenced for blackmail

  A Romanian court has given two journalists suspended prison sentences after they were convicted of trying to blackmail politicians and businessmen ... 

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  American journalist missing in Syria

  An American journalist has been missing in Syria since he was kidnapped more than one month ago, his family said Wednesday, less than two years after ... 

• Detained Nigerian newspaper journalists released

  An official says two Nigerian journalists have been freed after being detained without charges for more than a week by the nation's secret police ...