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Edo Civil Society Organisations Give 14 Days Ultimatum To The Edo State House Of Assembly, Edo State Government And The Edo State Commissioner Of Police To Put An End To The Incessant Killings And Kidnapping In The State. Following the sudden rise of crime like the kidnapping of Mr. Andrew Ehanire that lead to the killing of three (3) police …

Less than a month after taking office, Ecuadoran President Lenín Moreno engineered a ceasefire in the decade-long battle between the government and the nation’s independent news media by inviting a group of radio, TV, and newspaper editors to the Carondelet presidential palace in Quito. At the cordial two-hour meeting in July, Moreno promised a new era of press freedom and …

Cotonou – The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Cameroonian authorities to immediately halt the prosecution of three journalists after a judge on October 9 changed the charges against them mid-trial. Authorities on October 28, 2014, originally charged the journalists with “non-denunciation” for failing to disclose information and sources to the state that could harm national security under Article …

In the last four decades, he has relentlessly deployed his talent in anti-establishment activism, forever seeking fairer deal for the downtrodden. It is the reason it came as a supreme irony, if not a rude shock, a few days ago that Osayomore Joseph (a.k.a The Ambassador) had been seized in Benin City by kidnappers, who were cruel enough to also …

Dear Sir, Over time corruption has sunk its claws so deep into the Nigerian way of doing things so much that our economy is very weak. Since independence, Nigeria has been abused by those who have been given the responsibility to take her to the next level. Instead, dynasties have been created from this opportunity, often used for personal enrichment. …

Mexico City — Authorities in Mexico must undertake a swift and credible investigation into the murder of photographer Edgar Daniel Esqueda Castro, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Friday. A spokesperson from the state attorney general’s office told CPJ that state authorities found Esqueda Castro’s body Friday morning, near the airport in the city of San Luis Potosí. His …

New York — Armed men dressed as police officers on Thursday morning abducted local photographer Edgar Daniel Esqueda Castro from his home in the central Mexican state of San Luis Potosí, according to media reports. The state’s general prosecutor said in a statement that the prosecutor’s office is investigating, and denied that the state police were involved in the abduction. …

New York –The Committee to Protect Journalists Tuesday called on Zimbabwean authorities to immediately release NewsDay journalist Kenneth Nyangani and drop all charges against him.  Nyangani was arrested on Monday and charged with criminal nuisance for reporting that First Lady Grace Mugabe had donated used underwear to supporters of the country’s ruling ZANU-PF party, his lawyer, Passmore Nyakureba, told CPJ. Police first indicated they would charge the …

New York – Kurdish security forces in northern Syria should immediately release Ibrahim Ali al-Suleiman, a local reporter for the independent Euphrates Post, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Members of Asayish, the security force for the defacto authorities of the Rojava region in northern Syria, on September 15 detained al-Suleiman at his home, according to Euphrates Post Media Network Director Ahmed …

The Committee to Protect Journalists, along with a coalition of more than 30 international and Canadian civil society organizations, sent a letter on September 28 to Canadian Member of Parliament Scott Brison, the president of the Treasury Board of Canada, calling for proposed access to information legislation to be replaced with a more robust reform. Brison sponsored bill C-58, which …