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關鍵詞:in 2019 jailer of journalists
概念:
FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, AT LEAST 250 JOURNALISTS WERE IMPRISONED AROUND THE WORLD, THE GROUP SAID IN A NEWS RELEASE ANNOUNCING THE FINDINGS. IT SAID PRESIDENT XI JINPING OF CHINA, PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN OF TURKEY, CROWN PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN OF SAUDI ARABIA AND PRESIDENT ABDEL FATTAH EL-SISI OF EGYPT HAD SHOWN 「NO SIGN OF LETTING UP ON THE CRITICAL MEDIA.」
CPJ NOTED THAT “IRAN, WHICH ALSO SAW SIGNIFICANT PROTESTS IN 2019, INCREASED THE NUMBER OF JOURNALISTS IN JAIL TO 11. PROMINENT ECONOMIC REPORTER MOHAMMAD MOSAED WAS ARRESTED AFTER TWEETING DURING AN INTERNET SHUTDOWN INTENDED TO SUPPRESS NEW PROTESTS AGAINST HIGH GAS PRICES, ‘HELLO FREE WORLD!’ AND THAT HE WAS USING ‘42 DIFFERENT PROXIES’ TO GET ONLINE.”
CHINA: THE COUNTRY NUDGED PAST TURKEY AS THE LEADING JAILER OF JOURNALISTS THIS YEAR, THE COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS REPORTED IN ITS ANNUAL SURVEY, PARTLY BECAUSE OF SEVERE REPRESSION IN THE XINJIANG REGION.
IN A STATEMENT TODAY BEFORE THE JOURNALISTS WERE RELEASED, THE OFFICE OF GIRESUN』S GOVERNOR ACCUSED THEM OF HARASSING A WITNESS AND OF CLAIMING TO REPRESENT A PARLIAMENTARY INVESTIGATION COMMISSION THAT WAS IN THE AREA TO INTERVIEW PEOPLE ABOUT THE GIRL』S DEATH. COşKUN DENIED THE ALLEGATIONS, BIANET REPORTED. THE JOURNALISTS WERE RELEASED UNDER A FOREIGN TRAVEL BAN AND ON CONDITION THEY DO NOT GO NEAR THE HOME OF A WITNESS IN THE TRIAL OF THE GIRL』S KILLING, ACCORDING TO REPORTS.
DURING A PARLIAMENTARY BUDGET PLANNING SESSION, OKTAY SAID TURKEY GRANTED A TOTAL OF 343 YELLOW, OR TEMPORARY, NEW PRESS CARDS IN 2019 WHILE CANCELING THE PRESS CARDS OF 685 JOURNALISTS OVER LINKS TO GROUPS THAT ARE CONSIDERED A THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY.
IN THE HOURS BEFORE HIS RELEASE, AS MANY AS NINE ARMED PLAINCLOTHES SECURITY OFFICERS RAIDED THE MADA MASR OFFICES. THE OFFICERS DETAINED THE ORGANIZATION』S STAFF, CONFISCATED THEIR TELEPHONES, AND INTERROGATED THEM FOR THREE HOURS. THE OFFICERS ALSO ASKED SOME OF THE JOURNALISTS TO UNLOCK THEIR SMARTPHONES AND LAPTOPS AND SEARCHED THEIR DEVICES.
EGYPT IS AMONG THE WORLD』S TOP JAILERS OF JOURNALISTS, ACCORDING TO REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS, THE PARIS-BASED PRESS WATCHDOG GROUP. SOME DETAINEES HAVE SPENT YEARS IN CUSTODY WITHOUT BEING CHARGED OR FACING A TRIAL.
CPJ JUST RELEASED ITS 2019 PRISON CENSUS. ON DECEMBER 1, AT LEAST 250 JOURNALISTS WERE BEHIND BARS WORLDWIDE. THESE ARE THE WORST JAILERS AND HOW MANY JOURNALISTS THEY HAVE JAILED:
THE SEMINAR WAS NOT LIMITED TO THAT TOPIC, HOWEVER. I WAS JOINED BY TWO PANELISTS FROM PEN SWEDEN』S WRITERS-IN-PRISON COMMITTEE AND MALMO"S SANCTUARY PROGRAM FELLOW, A JOURNALIST FROM AFGHANISTAN. WITH THE RISE OF POPULIST AND ULTRA-NATIONALIST LEADERS ACROSS THE WORLD, OUR PANEL HIGHLIGHTED HOW JOURNALISTS ARE INCREASINGLY FACING DIFFICULTY IN CARRYING ON THEIR WORK. AS A RESULT OF THE NEW TREND, CENSORSHIP AND SELF-CENSORSHIP, THREATS AND VIOLENCE HAVE INCREASED, INCLUDING AMONG PREVIOUSLY 「SAFER」 COUNTRIES.
IN TURKEY, ERDOGAN HAS IMPRISONED OR FIRED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DISSIDENTS, CIVIL SERVANTS, POLICE, PROFESSORS AND MILITARY OFFICERS AFTER A FAILED COUP AGAINST HIM IN 2016. THE PRESIDENT HAS MANIPULATED ELECTIONS TO STAY IN POWER, ACCORDING TO PRO-DEMOCRACY ORGANIZATIONS IN ANKARA. TURKEY IS THE WORLD』S LEADING JAILER OF JOURNALISTS.
WHAT WE NEEDED WAS A NATIONAL CONVERSATION THAT WOULD PROMPT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE URGENCY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM. THE IDEA THAT WE HAD BECOME THE WORLD’S LARGEST JAILER — THAT THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE INCARCERATED OR ON PAROLE OR PROBATION IN THE U.S. THAN LIVE IN THE COUNTRIES OF LIBYA, LEBANON OR LAOS— WAS AT THE PERIPHERY OF AMERICAN CONSCIOUSNESS. AS A FORMER JOURNALIST, I WAS MINDFUL OF THE POWER OF HONEST STORYTELLING. AS AN IDEALIST, I FELT THAT IF ONLY AMERICANS KNEW THE TRUTH, CHANGES WOULD SOON FOLLOW.
TURKISH PRESIDENT TAYYIP ERDOGAN ADDRESSES LAWMAKERS FROM HIS RULING AK PARTY DURING A MEETING AT THE PARLIAMENT IN ANKARA, TURKEY, NOVEMBER 19, 2019. PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS
THIS WEEK, MEDIA TWITTER ERUPTED AFTER EDITORS AT THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY』S STUDENT PAPER, APOLOGIZED FOR PUBLISHING PHOTOS OF CAMPUS PROTESTERS AND USING THE SCHOOL』S DIRECTORY TO CONTACT STUDENTS. PROMINENT JOURNALISTS ACCUSED THE PAPER』S STAFF OF INJURING THE CORE TENETS OF REPORTING, BUT A MORE NUANCED DEBATE HAS EMERGED FROM THE WRECKAGE OF THE RUSH TO JUDGE. FOR THE TIMES, JULIE BOSMAN, MITCH SMITH, AND KATE TAYLOR HAVE A THOUGHTFUL WRITE-UP: STUDENT JOURNALISTS 「FOUND THEMSELVES STRUGGLING TO MEET TWO DUELING GOALS: RESPONDING TO THE CHANGING EXPECTATIONS OF THE STUDENTS THEY COVER… WHILE UPHOLDING WIDELY ACCEPTED STANDARDS OF JOURNALISM.」
"THIS OUTRAGEOUS MOVE, COMING JUST ONE WEEK AFTER HIS RELEASE, IS A DIRECT ATTACK ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION. THE ONGOING PERSECUTION OF ALTAN IS SYMPTOMATIC OF THE TARGETING OF FREE PRESS IN TURKEY, THE WORLD』S BIGGEST JAILER OF JOURNALISTS."
ALL FOUR WERE RELEASED IN 2017 AFTER THE STATE FILED CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST THE DAGGETT JAILERS. ASAY AND PORTER, BOTH HABITUAL OFFENDERS, HAVE SINCE BEEN ARRESTED ON OTHER CHARGES AND ARE BACK IN CUSTODY.
「PRISONERS ARE WHAT REMAINED OF PALESTINE,」 A FRIEND OF MINE HAS ALWAYS TOLD ME. OVER THE YEARS, PALESTINIAN PRISONERS, WHO INCLUDE THE BEST INTELLECTUALS OF THE PALESTINIAN SOCIETY, JOURNALISTS, STUDENTS, ACTIVISTS, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN ARE FIGHTING THEIR BATTLE ALONE, EXCEPT FOR SOME SOLIDARY EVENTS. THEY FIGHT FOR THEIR BASIC RIGHTS ALONE, JUST LIKE RECENTLY WHEN THEY WENT ON A MASS-OPEN-ENDED HUNGER STRIKE TO GET LANDLINES INSTALLED AT THEIR CELLS SO THAT THEY COULD SPEAK TO THEIR FAMILIES THREE TIMES A WEEK, A VICTORY THAT WAS CONSIDERED HISTORIC FOR THE PALESTINIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT IN ISRAELI DETENTION FACILITIES.
HIS JAILERS, HE SAID, 「SAW ME AS THEIR IDEOLOGICAL ENEMY. THEY WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO MAKE MY LIFE MISERABLE.」 BUT HE ADDED: 「IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME TO UNDERSTAND THAT I WAS NOT ALONE AND PEOPLE SUPPORTED ME. EACH LETTER MARKED AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL WAS A DROP OF HOPE.」
KOUDDOUS: IT"S BEEN WIDELY DOCUMENTED BY PRESS FREEDOM GROUPS THAT EGYPT IS ONE OF THE MOST HOSTILE PLACES TO WORK AS A JOURNALIST. IT"S ONE OF THE TOP JAILERS OF JOURNALISTS. IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING INCREASINGLY MORE RESTRICTIVE. IT ALSO COMES AT A TIME WHEN THE REST OF THE PRESS IS BEING CONTROLLED BY THE STATE THROUGH ACQUISITION. THEY OWN THE LARGEST MEDIA CONGLOMERATES IN EGYPT AND HAVE BEEN BUYING UP NEWSPAPERS AND TV OUTLETS. YOU GET A BUNCH OF NEWSPAPERS AND THEY HAVE IDENTICAL HEADLINES. SO A PLACE LIKE MADA IN THIS ENVIRONMENT BECOMES INCREASINGLY MORE IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT"S ONE OF THE FEW, IF NOT THE ONLY PLACE THAT IS ENGAGED IN THIS KIND OF REAL JOURNALISM.

 

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