'One of our strongest weapons in our fight against impunity is our own #journalism '

Powerful words from Philip Chetwynd on the killing of AFP News Agency journalist Arman Soldin a year ago, as he urges the media industry to rally together to #EndImpunity globally
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Pakistani journalist Muhammad Siddique Mengal targeted, killed by bomb

This brazen attack on #WorldPressFreedomDay underscores the heightened violence and dangers journalists face in #Pakistan . Shehbaz Sharif government must end the vicious cycle of impunity cpj.org/?p=385367

In the 5+ years I worked there, Sixth Tone won 11 SOPA awards. Only Reuters and NYT won more in the English-language categories.

Seeing ST, Caixin and SCMP withdraw from Asia’s top journalism awards is sad but unsurprising, to use a now well-worn phrase. asia.nikkei.com/Business/Media…

#Malaysia : The use of draconian laws like the Sedition Act against journalists is appalling for a government that was elected on a reformist platform. Time for these archaic, repressive laws to go
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#Pakistan : Pakistani authorities must thoroughly investigate the killing of journalist Muhammad Siddique Mengal, who died in a bomb attack on World Press Freedom Day, and ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice. cpj.org/2024/05/pakist…

A statement from me & from Amal Clooney Doughty Street International today, on behalf of Maria Ressa's international legal team, welcoming the intervention of international experts IBA's Human Rights Institute & Irene Khan in Ms Ressa's Supreme Court 'cyberlibel' appeal.

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#Malaysia : The use of draconian laws like the Sedition Act against journalists is appalling for a government that was elected on a reformist platform. Time for these archaic, repressive laws to go
freemalaysiatoday.com/category/natio…

Statement | Not that remote or unrelated

#WhatWeAreReading this week in #TheTorch newsletter:

Amid increasing pressure, journalists in India practice more self-censorship—Hanan Zaffar & Jyoti Thakur, Al Jazeera Journalism Review

Find more reading recommendations like this in The Torch: cpj.org/thetorch/2024/…
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Please read. 👇
The fact Committee to Protect Journalists has documented fewer journalist deaths in #Gaza in the past few months should not be taken as evidence that the rate has fallen - we cannot say for definite. What we can say for sure is how much harder verification has become. 1/2

🚨The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Israeli cabinet’s decision to shut down Al-Jazeera’s operations in Israel and warns that the vote could set a dangerous precedent for other international media outlets working in Israel. Our statement:

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🚨 This #WorldPressFreedomDay , we feature Shin Daewe in our “10 Most Urgent” list with Committee to Protect Journalists. The Myanmar filmmaker, sentenced to life for attempting to pick up a drone for a documentary project, was denied a fair trial. #JournalismIsNotACrime

Welcoming Committee to Protect Journalists to the Nasdaq Exchange Opening Bell. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

'2024 is a year where democracy will be tested like never before. When democracy is tested, journalism is tested,' CPJ Asia’s Beh Lih Yi 馬麗怡 told BBC World Service.

In a record year of elections, CPJ is on the frontline to defend journalists and #PressFreedom .

Today we mark #WorldPressFreedomDay as attacks on the media are rising.

Our freedoms depend on #PressFreedom , CPJ’s Jodie Ginsberg wrote in Project Syndicate: project-syndicate.org/commentary/att…

A world without journalism is a world without truth.

🧵 More of our activities marking #WPFD ⬇️

On #WorldPressFreedomDay with many of my colleagues from the Foreign Affairs Committee we call for the release of British Citizen Jimmy Lai.

Support Jimmy Lai #FreeJimmyLai #WPFD24