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China Jails Journalist Who Met With Japanese Diplomats For Alleged Espionage
A Beijing court on Friday sentenced veteran Chinese state media journalist Dong Yuyu to seven years in prison on espionage charges, his family said.
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China Jails Journalist For 7 Years On Espionage Charges
A Beijing court on Friday sentenced veteran Chinese state media journalist Dong Yuyu to seven years in prison on espionage charges, his family said.
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Assassin, Journalist, Critic: Who Were Freed In Russia-West Prisoner Swap
Russia and the West have released a total of 24 prisoners in the biggest exchange since the end of the Cold War, officials said on Thursday.
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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 Citizen Journalist Arrested For Reporting On Covid Released After 4 Years
Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan has been released from prison after serving four years for her coverage of Beijing's COVID-19 response, according to a video released by media watchdog Reporters Without Borders.
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Russia Sends Journalist To 2-Month Custody For Links To Alexei Navalny Group
A Moscow court on Friday ordered a journalist who covered the trials of late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to be held in pre-trial detention on "extremism" charges.
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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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Russia Extends Detention Of US Reporter Charged With Espionage
A Russian court on Thursday extended the detention of US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva -- who her employer says faces 15 years in prison for violating censorship laws -- until 5 April.
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12 More Hostages Released By Hamas As Israel Frees 30 Palestinian Prisoners
Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters handed over several hostages Tuesday to the Red Cross in Gaza, an AFP journalist saw, part of an exchange under the terms of an extended truce in the Israel-Hamas war.
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Iran Sentences 2 Women Journalists Who Covered Mahsa Amini's Death: Report
An Iranian Revolutionary Court has handed out long prison sentences to two women journalists over their coverage of the death in custody of Kurdish-Iranian Mahsa Amini last year, state media reported on Sunday.
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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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US Reporter Accused Of Spying Appears In Russia Court To Appeal Detention
A Russian court on Tuesday deferred a ruling on the pre-trial detention of US journalist Evan Gershkovich, held in a notorious Moscow prison on spy charges for almost six months.
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China Jails Journalist Who Met With Japanese Diplomats For Alleged Espionage
A Beijing court on Friday sentenced veteran Chinese state media journalist Dong Yuyu to seven years in prison on espionage charges, his family said.
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China Jails Journalist For 7 Years On Espionage Charges
A Beijing court on Friday sentenced veteran Chinese state media journalist Dong Yuyu to seven years in prison on espionage charges, his family said.
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Assassin, Journalist, Critic: Who Were Freed In Russia-West Prisoner Swap
Russia and the West have released a total of 24 prisoners in the biggest exchange since the end of the Cold War, officials said on Thursday.
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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 Citizen Journalist Arrested For Reporting On Covid Released After 4 Years
Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan has been released from prison after serving four years for her coverage of Beijing's COVID-19 response, according to a video released by media watchdog Reporters Without Borders.
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Russia Sends Journalist To 2-Month Custody For Links To Alexei Navalny Group
A Moscow court on Friday ordered a journalist who covered the trials of late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to be held in pre-trial detention on "extremism" charges.
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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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Russia Extends Detention Of US Reporter Charged With Espionage
A Russian court on Thursday extended the detention of US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva -- who her employer says faces 15 years in prison for violating censorship laws -- until 5 April.
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12 More Hostages Released By Hamas As Israel Frees 30 Palestinian Prisoners
Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters handed over several hostages Tuesday to the Red Cross in Gaza, an AFP journalist saw, part of an exchange under the terms of an extended truce in the Israel-Hamas war.
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Iran Sentences 2 Women Journalists Who Covered Mahsa Amini's Death: Report
An Iranian Revolutionary Court has handed out long prison sentences to two women journalists over their coverage of the death in custody of Kurdish-Iranian Mahsa Amini last year, state media reported on Sunday.
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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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US Reporter Accused Of Spying Appears In Russia Court To Appeal Detention
A Russian court on Tuesday deferred a ruling on the pre-trial detention of US journalist Evan Gershkovich, held in a notorious Moscow prison on spy charges for almost six months.
