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Cuba’s New Penal Code Threatens Independent Media

“We are alarmed by the passage of Cuba’s new penal code, which further criminalizes the work of independent journalists on the island”

We are saddened by the news of the death today of Chilean journalist Francisca Sandoval, shot while covering a demonstration on May 1st.

Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank shot and killed Shireen Abu Akleh, a veteran Palestinian American journalist working for Al Jazeera

News of their deaths came as journalists across Mexico took to the streets protesting the murder of another journalist in Sinaloa

Francisca Sandoval, covering the demonstration for the local community broadcaster Canal Señal 3 La Victoria, remains in critical condition

Peruvian authorities must ensure that protesters who recently harassed journalist Ketty Vela are identified and held to account…

Since Venezuela began cracking down on independent media in 2007, most internet blockages have been conducted by CANTV, the state-run ISP

Last year, the paper’s editor-in-chief, won a Nobel Peace Prize for his work reporting in the face of government repression and censorship.

Just six weeks ago, Armando Linares denounced the murder of his colleague Roberto Toledo, who also worked at the Monitor Michoacán.

On Sunday, the US journalist and filmmaker Brent Renaud was shot dead near Kyiv while working on a documentary about refugees.