Journalists

Journalists

• Nigeria detains 2 journalists over abuse story

  Nigerian security forces have detained two journalists from a Hausa-language newspaper for days without charges after their publication printed ... 

• Ex-cop sentenced for Russian journalist's murder

  A Moscow judge has sentenced a former police officer to 11 years in prison and fined him 3 million rubles (about $100,000) for his part in the 2006 ... 

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  Ex-officer on trial in Russian journalist's murder

  A Moscow judge ordered a closed trial Wednesday for a former police officer accused of involvement in the murder of Russian journalist Anna ... 

• Record number of reporters jailed globally: group

  More journalists than ever are languishing in prisons across the world as countries like Turkey, Iran and China step up terror and other anti-state ... 

• AP local reporter detained in Gambia

  A local reporter for The Associated Press in Gambia was released by security officials on Monday, after being detained by the country's intelligence ... 

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  Russian journalist gunned down in Caucasus

  A journalist with state-controlled television has been killed in Russia's North Caucasus, a region plagued by violence stemming from an Islamist ... 

• Zimbabwean journalists face increased intimidation

  An independent Zimbabwean media rights group says journalists face increased intimidation, threats and assaults in their work as elections scheduled ... 

• Report: Impunity endangers Somalia's journalists

  Somalia's journalists are urging their new government and the international community to help end the impunity they say is contributing to making ... 

• Italian journalists strike proposed libel law

  The Italian journalist union has announced a national strike Monday to protest a proposed law that maintains a Fascist-era provision for jail time for ... 

• Cameramen deaths by Israeli fire raises questions

  The unprecedented killing of two cameramen for Gaza's Hamas TV station in a missile strike raised questions about whom Israel considers to be militant ... 

• Israeli airstrikes kill 3 Palestinian journalists

  Israeli airstrikes killed three Palestinian journalists in their cars on Tuesday, a Gaza health official and the head of the Hamas-run Al Aqsa TV said