Scroll Top

– Pardon and release of journalist Eskinder Nega overturned after his refusal to sign false confession (Demo)

0
By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News February 11, 2018

Journalist Eskinder Nega's release on 8 February, along with 745 other prisoners being pardoned by Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome, was overturned when he refused to sign a false confession that he was a member of a "terrorist group". He was returned to his cell.
Source: MEDIA FEED

HRNJ-Uganda / About Author
More posts by HRNJ-Uganda

Related Posts

– Ghana: Hosting World Press Freedom Day without RTI law would be embarrassing (Demo)

World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) presents a major opportunity for the government of Ghana to showcase Ghana's democratic ideals to…

0
01 Feb 2018
Russian court upholds six-year sentence for blogger Alexander Valov (Demo)

This statement was originally published on rsf.org on 3 September 2019. A court in southwestern Russia has upheld Sochi-based blogger…

0
04 Sep 2019
– Mexican newspaper editor shot and wounded in Veracruz (Demo)

Editor Armando Arrieta most recently wrote about Mexican presidential candidate Margarita Zavala, the national oil company Pemex, and several deaths…

0
31 Mar 2017
– Video: Mass arrests carried out to pre-empt protest in Kazakhstan (Demo)

On 23 June at least eight journalists were targeted and detained in a round of mass arrests ahead of a…

0
28 Jun 2018
Bahraini courts strip 26 people of their nationalities on three consecutive days (Demo)

This systematic policy violates international conventions that protect citizens' right to maintain their citizenships. Source: MEDIA FEED

0
05 Jan 2019
– IAPA achieves commitment in Peru on World Press Freedom Day (Demo)

At the same time the international delegation of the IAPA echoed the Peruvian president's concerns about initiatives contrary to freedom…

0
10 May 2017
– Lebanese security forces try to close LGBT conference (Demo)

"General Security's latest efforts to shut down an LGBT conference in Lebanon is an attack on freedom of assembly rights…

0
07 Oct 2018
Art against racism, “communicational hegemony”, and what we must do to make it safer for women journalists (Demo)

A holistic approach to challenges faced by women journalists On 7 July, Brazilian journalist Bianca Santana reported to the United…

0
31 Jul 2020
– Human rights issues ignored during BRICS summit in China (Demo)

The ninth BRICS Summit was held in China but human rights issues such as media freedom and the right to…

0
07 Sep 2017
IFEX-ALC condemns arrest of journalist Darvinson Rojas, calls for his release (Demo)

Rojas was arrested at his home in Caracas on 21 March by Bolivarian National Police Special Action Forces officers. The…

0
27 Mar 2020
– AP photographer shot covering West Bank protest (Demo)

CPJ called on Israeli authorities to apprehend and try the man who shot Associated Press photographer Majdi Mohammed in the…

0
23 May 2017
India: Madras High Court bans downloading of TikTok (Demo)

The petition says that the TikTok app promotes "degrading culture and encourages pornography." Source: MEDIA FEED

0
10 Apr 2019
– Turkey's state of emergency puts Kurdish theatre in a chokehold (Demo)

When the municipalities of Diyarbakır, Batman and Hakkari, all run by the Kurdish opposition party, were placed under state of…

0
05 Jan 2017
Egypt: Reprisal against award-winning actors for speaking out against repression (Demo)

The authorities have unleashed a systematic media demonization campaign against Amr Waked and Khaled Abol Naga for participating in "Egypt…

0
04 Apr 2019
– Reality Winner sentence has troubling ramifications for whistleblowers, information (Demo)

A U.S. District Court judge accepted the terms of Reality Winner's plea agreement, under which she will serve 63 months…

0
24 Aug 2018