A news reporter and a nine-year-old girl were slain in a series of shootings in Florida. A Spectrum News 13 journalist was killed in central Florida on Wednesday while reporting from the scene of a murder that occurred earlier that day. The tragedy took place during a string of shootings, …
Read More »UNESCO: Killings of journalists surged by 50% in 2022
The number of journalists killed worldwide significantly increased in 2022, following a decline over the previous three years, according to the United Nations culture agency (UNESCO). In the recently released 2021-2022 freedom of expression report, UNESCO noted the deaths of 86 journalists last year, amounting to one every four days, …
Read More »US journalist released from detention in Myanmar – lawyer
US journalist Nathan Maung has been released from detention in Myanmar and is due to fly out of the country on Tuesday, his lawyer Tin Zar Oo told Reuters. A court dismissed the case against the editor at Kamayut Media after the plaintiff withdrew the lawsuit, Tin Zar Oo said …
Read More »US calls for immediate release of American journalist in Myanmar
The United States said on Friday it was deeply concerned by the detention of a U.S. citizen who was working as a journalist in Myanmar and pressed the military government for his immediate release. A spokesperson for the U.S. State Department said consular officers from the U.S. Embassy in Yangon …
Read More »Taliban kidnap six journalists in eastern Afghanistan.
Taliban have abducted at least six Afghan journalists working for private and government media organizations in eastern Afghanistan, government officials and the militant group said. Local Afghan officials said on Saturday that the reporters were abducted the previous day while they were traveling together from neighboring Paktika province to Paktia …
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