UN pays tribute to victims of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Addressing a commemorative meeting to mark the International Day of Remembrance of The Victims of Slavery and The Transatlantic Slave Trade, Assembly President Dennis...
A Classical African Conception of Womanhood
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
In the midst of the current state of the world with all its faces and forces of...
CPJ calls on United Nations to investigate Israel’s arbitrary detention of Palestinian journalists
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Israel escalates practice of detaining journalists without charge amid war
New York, March 25, 2024—Israel is utilizing administrative detention to...
CPJ, 8 other groups urge Guatemalan leaders to expand press freedom
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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has joined eight other press freedom organizations in urging Guatemala’s leaders to address the concerning decline in...
USCRI welcomes decision to extend and redesignate TPS for Burma
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The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) welcomes today’s decision by the Biden administration to extend and redesignate Temporary Protected Status...
Belarusian journalist Ihar Karnei sentenced to 3 years in prison on extremism charges
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New York, March 22, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the sentencing on Friday of Belarusian journalist Ihar Karnei...
Pakistani journalist Jam Saghir Ahmed Lar shot dead in Punjab
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New York, March 22, 2024— Pakistani authorities must thoroughly investigate the killing of journalist Jam Saghir Ahmed Lar and...
CPJ among 145 groups condemning ‘chilling effect’ of Hong Kong security law
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New York, March 22, 2024—As a new national security law goes into effect in Hong Kong on Saturday, CPJ...
World News in Brief: Sex trafficking and child recruitment in Sudan, new mass grave...
This is being compounded by an increase in child and forced marriage, and the recruitment of boys by combatants in the continuing war between...
CPJ calls for Israel to release journalists detained during Al-Shifa hospital raid
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Beirut, March 22, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Israeli authorities to immediately and unconditionally release the journalists...
Gaza: UN aid team reaches stricken north, confirms ‘shocking’ disease and hunger
The UN’s top aid official in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Jamie McGoldrick, reached Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahia on Thursday, where children with...
Water is Life! The Line 5 oil pipeline threatens so much of it.
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By Ben Jealous —
For years, the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and other tribes of the Great Lakes region...
Spanish journalist Xavier Colás denied visa renewal, expelled from Russia
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New York, March 22, 2024—Russian authorities must reconsider their decision to not renew the visa of Spanish journalist Xavier...
USCRI Co-Leads Call for Extension and Redesignation of Temporary Protected Status for Burma
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The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), TPS-DED AAC, Fortify Rights, CUSP, and Asian Americans Advancing Justice are...
EMPLOYMENT Seminar Series: Rigorous evidence on skills for better jobs: Recent insights from Africa
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Belarusian court sentences camera operator Andrei Tolchyn to 2.5 years
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New York, March 21, 2023—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for journalist Andrei Tolchyn’s immediate release after a Belarusian...
UN leaders galvanize action for reparations for people of African descent
Experts and UN leaders exchanged views about the best ways forward, centred on this year’s theme, A Decade of Recognition, Justice, and Development: Implementation...
Spanish official threatens and doxxes journalists at 2 news outlets after corruption exposé
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Berlin, March 21, 2024—Spanish authorities must conduct a swift, thorough, and transparent investigation into threats against and harassment of...
Journalist Md Shofiuzzaman Rana arrested, 5 correspondents confined in Bangladesh government office
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New York, March 20, 2024—Bangladesh authorities must immediately drop all charges against journalist Md Shofiuzzaman Rana and investigate the...
Haitian journalist Lucien Jura kidnapped as violence escalates in capital
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Miami, March 20, 2024—The kidnappers of journalist Lucien Jura should release him immediately and not hold journalists as pawns,...
‘Currently unsafe to return’ to Belarus, Human Rights Council hears
Focusing on developments in 2023, the report builds on previous findings in the aftermath of large public protests which erupted in 2020 following a...
CPJ calls on Senegal’s presidential candidates for press freedom reforms as 5 journalists freed
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Dakar, March 19, 2024—Presidential candidates in Senegal’s elections on Sunday should commit to decriminalizing journalism and dropping all legal...
Children of Gaza spread joy for Ramadan, despite the war
While ceasefire talks failed to end the five-month-long conflict that has killed nearly 32,000 Palestinians – most of them women and children – the...
Russia jails journalist over plane crash coverage, detains another during election
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New York, March 19, 2024—Russian authorities must drop all charges against journalist Sergey Kustov, release him, and stop prosecuting...