Headlines- The US would not lift sanctions against Iran in return for a complete reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, according to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who further states that any sanctions relief is conditional upon Iran giving up enriched uranium.
- The Kuwaiti army claims that loud noises heard around the country are the result of interceptions and that it is responding to drone and missile attacks.
- On Tuesday, U.S. Central Command disabled an oil ship for allegedly violating the U.S. naval blockade in the Arabian Gulf.
- According to President Donald Trump, talks with Iran are still ongoing, but "one never knows" where they will end.
- Resuming hostilities in the conflict with the United States appears "inevitable," a senior Iranian military general who stated on Tuesday that "the Iranian nation will never surrender."
- A memorial honoring the victims of the 1994 genocide inaugurated in Paris on Tuesday by French President Emmanuel Macron and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame.
Tag: Freedom of Press
Chinese Newspapers Fold Amid Growing Censorship,...
Veteran Beijing journalist Li Xinde said many “market-oriented” papers are meeting the same fate, while papers under direct party or government control are subsidize by a system of compulsory subscriptions
Jailed Reuters Reporters File Appeal With...
Officials are charging journalists under Section 505(b) under Myanmar’s Penal Code and Section 66(d) of the Telecommunications Act, though they should be using the country’s Media Law to pursue complaints, especially for journalists who write about issues related to the government or the military
CPJ Denounces Iranian Journalist’s ‘Unacceptable’ Prison...
Soltani was first arrested over his reporting on municipal land deals in September 2016, after former Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf and municipal council chairman Mehdi Chamran filed a lawsuit against him
On Twitter Jounalists Condemn the Murder...
Twitter is abuzz condemning the brutal murder of investigative journalist and private investigator Ahmed Hussein-Suale at Madina, Ghana. On January 16, two unknown assailants shot him dead when he was driving a car
Iranian Anchor Woman’s Arrest Gets Twitter...
well known American anchorwoman on Iranian state television Press TV’s English language service Marzieh Hashemi was arrested by FBI after arriving at America’s St. Louis Lambert International Airport on Sunday
Khodorkovsky Investigators Say Evidence Links Vagner...
Martin was recommended to the journalists by Russian journalist Kirill Romanovsky, a correspondent with the FAN news agency, which is sponsored by Prigozhin
A Pakistani American Startup Fighting Media...
From Our Archive According to the latest report by the Committee to Protect Journalists in Pakistan, fatal violence against journalists has declined, but fear and self-censorship have grown. In this era, five Pakistani American students at Harvard University grown. In this era, five Pakistani American students at Harvard University have created a startup that challenges censorship …
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News Outlets Denouncd Trump’s ‘Dirty War’...
s and pushing back against President Donald Trump’s attacks on the media. India’s media outlets should learn from their dedication to defend freedomof press despite pressure from political fronts
Iraqi Kurdistan Gets First All-Femal-Run Newspaper
A small newspaper in the Garmiyan region of Iraqi Kurdistan, seems to think so. The monthly newspaper Nawzhin, which focuses on women’s issues, success stories and the challenges women face, is Iraqi-Kurdistan’s first all-female-run newspaper
Gambia’s Journalists, Free from Dictator, Work...
As Gambian journalists assembled for the launch of their new council, memories of past violence hung in the air. The council launched amid events marking the anniversary of the 2004 killing of Deyda Hydara, a veteran newspaper editor who was gunned down by what the Yahya Jammeh regime called “unknown assailants.”