SRINAGAR, India—The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists asked Indian authorities to immediately release a journalist in disputed Kashmir, days after police arrested him for uploading a video clip of a protest against Indian rule. The media watchdog on Saturday said it was “deeply disturbed” by the arrest of Sajad Gul, an independent journalist and…
China the World Leader in Jailing Journalists for a Third Consecutive Year: Report
The communist regime in China, for the third year in a row, topped a global ranking of countries that imprison journalists, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). At least 50 media workers are known to be jailed in China as of Dec. 1, the New York-based advocacy group said in its annual report…
US Journalist Danny Fenster Released From Burma Jail
American journalist Danny Fenster who was facing an 11-year hard labor sentence in military-ruled Burma has been released from jail on Monday after being detained for nearly six months. Fenster’s release came after negotiations between the country’s ruling military junta and former U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson, who was on a humanitarian visit to the Southeast…
Burmese Court Sentences US Journalist to 11 Years in Jail
BANGKOK—A court in military-ruled Burma (also known as Myanmar) on Friday sentenced U.S. journalist Danny Fenster to 11 years in prison with hard labor, the maximum penalty under three charges, despite calls by the United States and rights groups for his release. It was the harshest punishment yet among the seven journalists known to have…
Pasadena Appeals Court Rejects AB 5 Lawsuit Bid
PASADENA, Calif.—A federal appeals court meeting in Pasadena today rejected a bid by groups representing journalists and photographers to revive a lawsuit arguing that California’s strict worker classification law violates freelancers’ First Amendment free-speech rights. The lawsuit brought by the American Society of Journalists and Authors and the National Press Photographers Association challenging Assembly Bill…
US Sanctions Iranian Operatives Over Alleged Plot to Kidnap Journalist
WASHINGTON—The United States has sanctioned four Iranian intelligence operatives behind a failed plot to kidnap a U.S. journalist and human rights activist, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Friday. The sanctions come after U.S. prosecutors in July charged the four with plotting to kidnap the New York-based journalist who was critical of Tehran. Reuters previously…
Taliban Kill Afghan Radio Station Manager, Kidnap Journalist: Officials
KABUL—Suspected Taliban terrorists killed an Afghan radio station manager in Kabul and kidnapped a journalist in southern Helmand province, local government officials said on Monday, reporting the latest in a long line of attacks targeting media workers. Gunmen shot Toofan Omar, the station manager of Paktia Ghag radio and an officer for NAI, a rights…
Home of Another Investigative Journalist in Russia Raided
MOSCOW—Police in Russia raided the home of the chief editor of an investigative media outlet that was recently designated as a “foreign agent,” the latest move by authorities to raise pressure on independent media before the country’s September parliamentary election. The Insider news site chief editor Roman Dobrokhotov tweeted Wednesday morning that “police are knocking”…
Iranian Intelligence Officer, Three Others Charged in Plot to Kidnap US Journalist in New York
Federal authorities on Tuesday charged an Iranian intelligence officer and three alleged members of an Iranian intelligence network with plotting to kidnap an American journalist from New York. According to an indictment filed in Manhattan federal court, the kidnapping ploy was part of a broader effort to lure three people from Canada and a person…
Spain Demands Immediate Release of ABC Reporter Detained in Cuba
MADRID—Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares called on Cuba on Tuesday to immediately release Camila Acosta, a journalist detained in Havana on Monday after covering civil unrest in the country for Spanish newspaper ABC. “Spain defends the right to demonstrate freely and peacefully and asks the Cuban authorities to respect it. … We demand the…
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