Free Expression Digest: Wed., April 6
Myanmar shelves investigation into journalist killing, Israeli intelligence summons female Palestinian journalist, South African reporters attacked by mob. More
Azerbaijan: Authorities Detain Writer at Airport in Attack on Free Expression
NEW YORK—Azerbaijani authorities’ detention of writer Akram Aylisli at Baku airport last week showcases the government’s continuing quashing of the right to free expression in the central Asian nation,… More
Free Expression Digest: Mon., April 4
Canadian journalist ordered to reveal ISIS text messages, Russian journalist found dead in St. Petersburg, China news blackout as 'Ten Years' takes Hong Kong Best Film Award. More
China: Authorities continue to harass journalist Gao Yu and assault son
Plainclothes police ransacked 72-year-old journalist Gao Yu’s garden and assaulted her son in another cruel and crude attack on press freedom in China, PEN America said today. More
Letter from Khadija: Don’t let Azerbaijan use political prisoners as props
This is a letter written by Khadija Ismayilova from jail. It originally appeared in The Washington Post. Khadija Ismayilova is an investigative journalist and contributor to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s… More
Turkey: Court decision to close journalists’ trial to public undermines right to fair trial
As the trial of Cumhuriyet journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül is due to resume tomorrow, a decision by the Turkish court to close their trial to the public… More
Angola: Pernicious pursuit of the Luanda Book Club
PEN is concerned at news that 17 Angolan activists, known as the Luanda Book Club, were sentenced to between 2-8 years in prison and fined 50,000 kwanza (around 300… More
The Hague: Solitary confinement of journalist hugely disproportionate
The decision by the War Crimes Tribunal at The Hague to jail French journalist and writer, Florence Hartmann, in solitary confinement is a hugely disproportionate response to her conviction,… More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Thurs., Mar 24
Vietnam bloggers jailed for publishing anti-state articles, After 27 years, Nobel Panel condemns Rushdie death threats, Professors’ group says efforts to halt sexual harassment have stifled speech. More
Marcos Hernández Bautista | Status: Murdered | Mexico
Journalist Marcos Hernández Bautista was shot in the head on January 21, 2016, as he climbed into his car at night outside a bar in the Mexican state of… More
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