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  • Iranian authorities have accused the United States of firing at one of Iran's commercial ships in the Gulf of Oman in violation of the two countries' ceasefire agreement.
  • US President Donald Trump stated on Sunday that the US Navy fired an Iranian ship in the Gulf of Oman and seized control of it.
  • Hours after US President Donald Trump announced he was sending negotiators to Islamabad, Iranian state media stated Tehran did not currently plan to participate in new talks with the United States.
  • In an effort to try to reach an agreement with Iran ahead of another round of face-to-face negotiations in Pakistan on Monday, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz backed President Donald Trump's renewed threat to eliminate Iran's electrical infrastructure and bridges.

Tag: Freedom of Press

October 19, 2022

Police: Suspected Gunman in Philippine Broadcaster’s...

Philippine police on Tuesday announced the arrest of a suspect in the killing of a radio journalist who was known for criticizing President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his immediate predecessor

China ‘Gutted’ Press Freedom in Hong...

As ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping lauded his government for bringing “order from chaos” with a citywide crackdown on dissent in the wake of the 2019 protest movement, an international journalists’ group said press freedom has been “gutted” in the former British colony.

October 8, 2022

Hong Kong Radio Host Gets 32-Month...

A court in Hong Kong on Friday sentenced a prominent online radio host to two years and eight months in prison for sedition and money laundering, charges he confessed to in a plea deal

October 5, 2022

Gunmen Kill Philippine Radio Broadcaster

Gunmen on a motorbike in Metro Manila shot dead a radio commentator who had criticized President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his predecessor, colleagues and police said about the latest in a long line of killings of journalists in the Philippines

October 4, 2022

Cuban Journalist Places Truth Above Revolutionary...

Despite coming from a family of Cuban revolutionaries, Abraham Jiménez Enoa chose to report the truth rather than live that life.He is currently living in exile, just as many other independent voices from Cuba

September 29, 2022

Former BBC Journalist Sentenced to 3...

A former BBC television presenter and freelance journalist in Myanmar was sentenced to three years in prison with hard labor on Wednesday by a military regime court in Yangon for violating the country’s Unlawful Associations Act, bringing her total time in jail to six years, a source in the legal community said

September 27, 2022

Hong Kong Press Freedom Index Hits...

Press freedom in Hong Kong has declined for yet another year, with most local outlets now hesitant to criticize the Chinese government, according to a recent survey by the city’s journalists

August 26, 2022

Crackdown on Independent Media Continues in...

Several media outlets in Nicaragua have been shut down recently by President Daniel Ortega’s government. An iconic newspaper and one of the nation’s oldest radio stations just closed down

August 25, 2022

Ailing Vietnam Journalist Pham Doan Trang...

Award-winning Vietnamese journalist Pham Doan Trang is in increasingly poor health as she heads back to court this week to appeal her nine-year jail sentence for “conducting anti-state propaganda,” her lawyer told RFA on Wednesday

August 18, 2022

To keep City Safe,Tijuana,Journalists Encounter Danger

Angeles Garca works as a photojournalist in Tijuana, Mexico, one of the most dangerous places in the world, yet she keeps her city informed and safe

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