On April 26th, an official from Ethiopia’s attorney general’s office took to state media to express his disappointment with what he saw as a lack of police action in combating disinformation and hate speech. That was interpreted as a terrible omen by a lot of journalists in the country. “When I heard the call, I … Read more
NEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent watchdog body, Sunday called on authorities in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K) to immediately release arrested journalists, cease detaining and questioning journalists, and commit to allowing the media to operate freely. “India needs to move quickly to improve its shameful record of harassing … Read more
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent watchdog body, has called on the authorities in Indian Occupied Kashmir to cease harassing journalist Siddharth Varadarajan, Editor-in-Chief of The Wire, a news website, and allow journalists to report freely. According to media reports, the occupied Kashmir police headquarters issued a legal notice on July 3 to … Read more
