12:02 Jun 11 2014 Arzano, NA, Campania, Italy
Physical Violence Female Verified Reports
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“This time we’re going to shoot you in your face, mind your own business”.
This was just one of the threats contained in letter sent by an anonymous writer Continue reading
Death threats for two journalists near Naples已关闭评论
Posted in Press Freedom
Tagged Journalist, Press Freedom
9 June 2014
Renewed call for release of jailed Bahraini journalists before Human Rights Council’s 26th Session
Renewed call for release of jailed Bahraini journalists已关闭评论
Posted in PEN International News
Tagged Bahraini, Journalist
19:24 May 22 2014 Helsinki, 7;8, Kluuvi, Helsinki, Helsingin seutukunta, Uusimaa, Southern Finland, 00120, Finland
On April 29 2014, the European Court of Human Rights rejected a free speech claim over a defamation conviction by a Finnish journalist. Continue reading
Finnish journalist: right to free expression breached已关闭评论
Posted in Press Freedom
Tagged Finnish, Journalist, Press Freedom, Tiina Johanna Salumaki
21 May 2014
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has praised the bravery and integrity of a mainland Chinese journalist who was beaten for not revealing the sources in his investigative journalism work against a communist party official.
Chinese journalist braves beating to protect sources已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines
Tagged Chutian Metropolis Daily, Journalist, Man Da, Press Freedom
13 May 2014 Last updated at 03:14 ET
China arrests man over ‘false stories’ on foreign news site
Xiang Nanfu (April 2004)
Xiang Nanfu, pictured here at an Easter meal in 2004, was accused of publishing
“numerous false stories”
Chinese authorities say they have detained a man who posted “fabricated information” on a foreign news site.
State-run Xinhua news agency said Xiang Nanfu, 62, had published “false stories” on the Boxun website that “seriously harmed” China’s image.
Boxun, a US-based Chinese news site, posts stories on protests and rights that would not appear in state media.
RAPID ACTION NETWORK
9 May 2014
RAN 09/14
CHINA: Veteran journalist Gao Yu (f) charged with ‘leaking state secrets abroad’; fears for safety.
Veteran journalist Gao Yu went missing on 24 April 2014 and there was no information concerning her fate until 8 May 2014 when the official Chinese news agency Xinhua confirmed that Gao Yu is being detained by Beijing police on the charge of ‘leaking state secrets abroad’. She is accused of leaking a secret document to editors of a foreign website in August 2013. Footage of her ‘confessing’, feared to have been taken under duress, was shown on state television. Her whereabouts remain unknown, and there are serious concerns for her well-being and integrity.
Posted in Headlines, News & Events, RAN About Chinese, Rapid Action Network, Writers in Prison
Tagged Gao Yu, Journalist, June 4th
