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Lagos coroner confirms #EndSARS journalist
A postmortem report confirms journalist Pelumi Onifade died from a firearm projectile to the abdomen during the 2020 #EndSARS protests.
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Pacific Media Summit Warns AI Misinformation Threatens
Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka opened the 8th PINA Pacific Media Summit by warning that AI-generated misinformation spreads faster than
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Journalists face violence, threats ahead of Serbia's October
The Committee to Protect Journalists warns of escalating attacks, police violence, and threats against reporters covering Serbia's October parliamentary
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Bangladeshi migrants trafficked into cyber
A report details how Bangladeshi migrants are lured to Cambodia via social media job ads, trafficked into scam compounds, and forced to commit online
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MFWA launches fund to defend Ghanaian
The Media Foundation for West Africa has established a GHS 544,000 Legal Support Fund to assist journalists facing strategic lawsuits and judicial
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Haitian journalist Wesly Renaud Jean
Veteran journalist Wesly Renaud Jean was abducted by armed gang members in Port-au-Prince. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for his release and an investigation.
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Guatemala Court Drops Charges Against Four Indigenous
A Guatemalan court has closed criminal proceedings against four Indigenous authorities who were charged after participating in the 2023 national strike.
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Iran Executes 29 Protesters in Five-Month Campaign
Iranian authorities executed at least 29 people linked to protests between March and August 2026, following unfair trials.
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Israeli Settlers Assault and Threaten West Bank Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists documented at least 16 incidents in the first eight months of 2026 where Israeli settlers assaulted, threatened, or
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AU's Conflict Prevention Pledge Tested by Ethiopia Tensions
Escalating tensions between Ethiopia's government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front are testing the African Union's ability to turn its new early
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Russia sentences retired Ukrainian journalist Iryna
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the 15-year prison sentence given to retired Ukrainian journalist Iryna Levchenko by a Russian-controlled
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UN Reports Sri Lanka's Lack of War Crimes Accountability
A new UN report finds Sri Lanka's government has made little progress on justice for war-era atrocities, failing to repeal repressive laws or establish
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UK Lacks National Reckoning on Colonialism, Says Activist
Lavinya Stennett, founder of The Black Curriculum, argues the UK has failed to confront its colonial history, harming young people's identity.
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Moldovan Media Face Intimidating Lawsuit Over Content
A Moldovan lawyer and businessman have filed a collective lawsuit demanding 23 media outlets audit and remove all content mentioning a specific company and
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Pakistan Press Foundation Warns New Media Rules Will Fuel
The Pakistan Press Foundation warns that the government's 2026 Foreign Media Facilitation Guidelines, mandating registration for all journalists working
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Hong Kong Court Upholds Conviction of 612 Fund Trustees
The Hong Kong Court of Appeal affirmed the conviction of five trustees of the 612 Humanitarian Fund for failing to register under the Societies Ordinance
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Serbia Plans State Honors for Convicted Genocidaire Mladić
Survivors' groups condemn Serbia's plan to bury convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić with state honors, an act seen as genocide denial that undermines
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Tunisian Journalists Face Deferred Imprisonment Under Saied
At least four journalists in Tunisia live under suspended prison sentences, with two more in exile, as authorities use legal harassment to silence critics
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Philippine Police Arrest 11 Indigenous Land Protesters
Police in Nueva Vizcaya broke up a peaceful indigenous barricade, arresting 11 protesters opposing a mining firm's exploration.
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Turkey arrests journalist İrem Delice under
Journalist İrem Delice was imprisoned in Turkey on August 29, 2026, after a report on a local woman's death. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for her release and the repeal of the law used to charge her.
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Belarus targets EHU students and families
Belarus targets students and relatives of a Lithuanian-based university, designated extremist in 2026, with searches and threats. Over 175 people affected.
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Yemeni journalist missing since 2015
On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, groups demanded Yemen disclose the fate of journalist Waheed al-Sufi, abducted in 2015.
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CPJ: Free Tunisian journalists amid heatwave
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for the immediate release of three journalists imprisoned in Tunisia as at least 10 prisoners die amid extreme