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CPJ urges Myanmar to reform laws restricting press freedom
CPJ writes to Myanmar's President Htin Kyaw to urge him to prioritize reforming laws that restrict press freedom.
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Blog | France, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Turkey
By Nadia Massih/CPJ Middle East Correspondent
When Mosul fell to Islamic State on June, 10, 2014, it sparked one of the biggest attacks on press freedom in recent times. Newspapers were shuttered, TV channels were ransacked, radio stations disappeared from the airwaves, and dozens of journalists vanished. Within days, the militants had a monopoly on information output.
Blog | Gambia, Iraq, Russia, USA
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June 9, 2016
Carlos Lauria, CPJ's Program Director and Senior Americas Program Coordinator, will participate in the 158 extraordinary period of sessions of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Santiago, Chile, from June 6 to 10.
June 1, 2016
May 3, 2016
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