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Iran Reduces Jail Terms Of 2 Women Journalists Who Covered Mahsa Amini's Death
Iranian courts have reduced jail terms for two female journalists charged with collaborating with the United States, their lawyers told reformist newspapers on Sunday.
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Russia Frees Jailed US Reporter In Major Prisoner Swap With West, Says Turkey
US journalist Evan Gershkovich and former US marine Paul Whelan are expected to be released by Russia as part of one of the biggest East-West prisoner swaps since the Cold War, according to US media Thursday.
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Russia Jails US-Russian Journalist Alsu Kurmasheva For Over 6 Years
A Russian court has sentenced US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva to more than six years in prison for violating military censorship laws, a court spokesperson said Monday, a ruling her employer slammed as a "mockery of justice".
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Chinese #MeToo Activist Jailed 5 Years For Subversion Charge
Chinese journalist and #Metoo activist Sophia Huang Xueqin was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday on charges of "inciting subversion of state power" after she became a symbol of the country's stalled feminist movement.
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Chinese Journalist Jailed For Covid Reporting In Wuhan Set To Be Freed
Ms Zhan, a former lawyer turned independent journalist, travelled to Wuhan in February 2020
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Russia Jails Journalist For 2 Years For Opposing Ukraine War
A Russian court on Thursday sentenced a journalist to two years in prison for denouncing Moscow's full-scale military offensive on Ukraine, as police in Moscow detained five other reporters over a 24-hour period.
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Russia Jails Journalist For 7 Years Over Articles On War Crimes In Ukraine
A reporter for an independent Russian news outlet was sentenced to seven years in prison on Wednesday for articles he wrote about alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine, his publication said.
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Longing For Freedom: Family Awaits Return Of Jailed US Reporter
Nearly a year since US journalist Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia on espionage charges, his parents are counting on a "very personal" promise from President Joe Biden to bring him home.
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Moscow Court Upholds Detention Of US Journalist Till March 30
A Moscow court on Tuesday said jailed US journalist Evan Gershkovich would remain in pre-trial detention until at least March 30, rejecting the latest appeal brought by his legal team.
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BJP Leader Jailed, Fined For Calling Women Journalists "Ugly", "Illiterate"
Tamil actor and BJP leader S Ve Shekher was sentenced to one month in jail today by a court in Chennai for posting derogatory, vulgar and abusive remarks about women journalists on social media back in 2018.
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Journalist's Father Dies Weeks After Her Killers Sentenced To Life In Jail
TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan's father died on Saturday, two weeks after a Delhi court awarded life term to four men convicted in her decade-old murder case.
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France Investigates Suspected Poisoning Of Russian Journalist, Who Protested Ukraine War On-Air
Last week, a Russian court sentenced Marina Ovsyannikova to eight and half years in jail in absentia.
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Australian Journalist Cheng Lei, Jailed In China, Returns Home After 3 Years
The former anchor for Chinese state broadcaster CGTN was arrested in 2020, and was formally charged with "supplying state secrets overseas".
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Paraguay's Largest Prison Set On Fire, Inmates Take Guards, Visitors Hostage
Hundreds of inmates rioted on Tuesday and took dozens of hostages at the overcrowded Tacumbu prison, the largest in Paraguay, according to authorities and AFP journalists at the scene.
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Russian Journalist, Who Protested Ukraine War On-Air, Gets 8 Years In Jail
A Russian court sentenced former state TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who burst into a news broadcast with a placard that read "Stop the war" and "They're lying to you", to eight and half years in jail in absentia on Wednesday.
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Iran Reduces Jail Terms Of 2 Women Journalists Who Covered Mahsa Amini's Death
Iranian courts have reduced jail terms for two female journalists charged with collaborating with the United States, their lawyers told reformist newspapers on Sunday.
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Russia Frees Jailed US Reporter In Major Prisoner Swap With West, Says Turkey
US journalist Evan Gershkovich and former US marine Paul Whelan are expected to be released by Russia as part of one of the biggest East-West prisoner swaps since the Cold War, according to US media Thursday.
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Russia Jails US-Russian Journalist Alsu Kurmasheva For Over 6 Years
A Russian court has sentenced US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva to more than six years in prison for violating military censorship laws, a court spokesperson said Monday, a ruling her employer slammed as a "mockery of justice".
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Chinese #MeToo Activist Jailed 5 Years For Subversion Charge
Chinese journalist and #Metoo activist Sophia Huang Xueqin was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday on charges of "inciting subversion of state power" after she became a symbol of the country's stalled feminist movement.
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Chinese Journalist Jailed For Covid Reporting In Wuhan Set To Be Freed
Ms Zhan, a former lawyer turned independent journalist, travelled to Wuhan in February 2020
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Russia Jails Journalist For 2 Years For Opposing Ukraine War
A Russian court on Thursday sentenced a journalist to two years in prison for denouncing Moscow's full-scale military offensive on Ukraine, as police in Moscow detained five other reporters over a 24-hour period.
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Russia Jails Journalist For 7 Years Over Articles On War Crimes In Ukraine
A reporter for an independent Russian news outlet was sentenced to seven years in prison on Wednesday for articles he wrote about alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine, his publication said.
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Longing For Freedom: Family Awaits Return Of Jailed US Reporter
Nearly a year since US journalist Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia on espionage charges, his parents are counting on a "very personal" promise from President Joe Biden to bring him home.
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Moscow Court Upholds Detention Of US Journalist Till March 30
A Moscow court on Tuesday said jailed US journalist Evan Gershkovich would remain in pre-trial detention until at least March 30, rejecting the latest appeal brought by his legal team.
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BJP Leader Jailed, Fined For Calling Women Journalists "Ugly", "Illiterate"
Tamil actor and BJP leader S Ve Shekher was sentenced to one month in jail today by a court in Chennai for posting derogatory, vulgar and abusive remarks about women journalists on social media back in 2018.
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Journalist's Father Dies Weeks After Her Killers Sentenced To Life In Jail
TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan's father died on Saturday, two weeks after a Delhi court awarded life term to four men convicted in her decade-old murder case.
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France Investigates Suspected Poisoning Of Russian Journalist, Who Protested Ukraine War On-Air
Last week, a Russian court sentenced Marina Ovsyannikova to eight and half years in jail in absentia.
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Australian Journalist Cheng Lei, Jailed In China, Returns Home After 3 Years
The former anchor for Chinese state broadcaster CGTN was arrested in 2020, and was formally charged with "supplying state secrets overseas".
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Paraguay's Largest Prison Set On Fire, Inmates Take Guards, Visitors Hostage
Hundreds of inmates rioted on Tuesday and took dozens of hostages at the overcrowded Tacumbu prison, the largest in Paraguay, according to authorities and AFP journalists at the scene.
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Russian Journalist, Who Protested Ukraine War On-Air, Gets 8 Years In Jail
A Russian court sentenced former state TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who burst into a news broadcast with a placard that read "Stop the war" and "They're lying to you", to eight and half years in jail in absentia on Wednesday.
