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Vietnam Jails Journalist Over Facebook Posts

A Vietnamese court sentenced a leading independent journalist on Thursday to 30 months in prison over Facebook posts that criticised the government, state media said. Huy Duc worked for influential state-run newspapers before authoring one of Vietnam’s most popular blogs and Facebook accounts, where he criticised the country’s communist leaders on issues such as corruption, media control, and relations with China. The court in Hanoi convicted the 63-year-old of “abusing […]

February 27, 2025

General

Kwara Speaker Mouns Veteran Journalist, AbdulRazaq Bello.

The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu sends his deepest condolences to the family of AbdulRazaq Bello over the passing of the veteran journalist. AbdulRazaq Olayinka Bello was until his death, an employee of Radio Nigeria and Chairman of the Kwara State House of Assembly Press Corps. "In AbdulRazaq Bello, we have lost a thoroughbred journalist, an important member of the fourth estate of the […]

May 27, 2024

Entertainment

Terry Anderson: US Journalist Held Hostage In Lebanon For Years Dies At 76

Terry Anderson, a US journalist held hostage for nearly seven years during Lebanon's civil war, has died aged 76. Anderson was the chief Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press (AP) when he was captured by Islamist militants in 1985 during what became known as the Lebanon hostage crisis. He died at his home in Greenwood Lake, New York, following complications from heart surgery, his daughter said. Sulome Anderson said […]

April 22, 2024

Africa

Prominent Tunisian Journalist Jailed For Defamation

A court in Tunisia has sentenced a prominent journalist to six months in prison for defaming a civil servant, according to his lawyer. Both Mohammed Boughalleb's brother and attorney said he had faced charges of insulting a public official. He was detained in the capital, Tunis, last month following a complaint from the official who works in the religious affairs ministry. Reports say the official accused Boughalleb of "damaging her […]

April 18, 2024

General

Easter : Maintain Hope, Better Days Ahead- Comrade Ike To Journalists

Amidst the Current Challenges confronting the nation and journalism community, Chairperson of the House of Representatives Press Corps,Comrade Grace Ike has urged journalists to maintain hope, assuring them of better days ahead. In a her message of hope and resilience to commemorate this year's Easter Celebration in Abuja, Comrade Ike who is also the Vice Chairman of the FCT Correspondents' Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists emphasized the importance […]

March 31, 2024

Featured

Philippines Radio Journalist Shot Dead On Air In ‘Brazen Killing’

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has ordered the police to conduct a thorough investigation after a radio broadcaster was shot dead on air, the fourth journalist to be killed since the president took office in June last year. Juan Jumalon, also known as DJ Johnny Walker, was shot by an unidentified assailant while broadcasting from his home in the southern town of Calamba on Sunday morning, the National Union of […]

November 6, 2023

Foreign

Guinea Junta Arrests 12 Protesting journalists –

Guinean security forces have arrested a dozen journalists who were demonstrating against alleged media censorship in the country. Among those arrested in Monday's protests was the secretary-general of the Union of Professionals of the Press of Guinea (SPPG), Sekou Jamal Pendessa, local media said. The union had called a march in the capital Conakry to demand that the authorities lift restrictions placed on a popular news website, Guineematin and to […]

October 17, 2023

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