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CPJ recognizes women journalists around the world

Thursday, March 8 is International Women's day, a day to acknowledge the challenges and dangers faced by women around the globe and celebrate their achievements. CPJ interviews five women journalists working around the world about their experiences, and the threats and attacks they received for their work.

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South Sudan suspends broadcast of UN-backed radio station
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Ethiopia arrests critical blogger Seyoum Teshome
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Journalist faces extradition from Ukraine to Azerbaijan, fears for his safety
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Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of March 5, 2018
U.S. Press Freedom Tracker

CPJ and the Freedom of the Press Foundation, in collaboration with other press freedom groups, lead this nonpartisan website on the number of press freedom violations in the United States.

A snow-covered street in central Kiev, Ukraine in March 2018. Ukrainian authorities confiscated journalist Fikret Huseynli's travel documents as he was attempting to fly out of Kiev in October 2017. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)
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Journalist faces extradition from Ukraine to Azerbaijan, fears for his safety
Morning mists over the Asian side of Istanbul, Turkey in January 2018. A Turkish court on March 8, 2018, sentenced at least 22 journalists on terrorism-related charges, according to media reports. (Reuters/Goran Tomasevic)
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Turkey sentences at least 22 journalists on terrorism-related charges
The southern port city of Aden. Armed attackers in the Yemeni city raided a media foundation and set fire to the presses used to publish two newspapers. (Reuters/Fawaz Salman)
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Armed attackers set fire to Yemen media foundation printing press
Venus symbols are seen during an event where UN Women and rights groups launched a campaign against violence towards women as International Women's Day approaches, in Mexico City, Mexico in March 2018. CPJ has documented threats faced by women journalists across the globe. (Reuters/Henry Romero)
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On International Women's Day, CPJ looks at threats women journalists face
Candles are lit during a silent protest march to pay tribute to murdered Slovak journalist Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend, Martina Kusnirova, in Bratislava, Slovakia. CPJ and other press freedom groups are calling on the European Commission to investigate the killing. (AFP/Alex Halada)
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CPJ joins call for European Commission to fight impunity in journalist killings
People look at the Bosphorus as they travel in a ferry from the Asian to the European side of Istanbul on March 1, 2018. The Turkish government continues its crackdown on the media. (AFP/ Bulent Kilic)
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Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of February 26, 2018
Journalists and protesters hold placards outside an Istanbul court on October 31, 2017, calling for the release of jailed colleagues, including Turkish reporter Ahmet Şık. Turkey is the worst jailer of journalists in 2017. (AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Record number of journalists jailed as Turkey, China, Egypt pay scant price for repression
A vigil in Sliema, Malta, for Daphne Caruana Galizia, a critical blogger killed in a car bombing in October 2017. (AFP/Matthew Mirabelli)
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Getting Away with Murder
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Journalists Not Terrorists: In Cameroon, anti-terror legislation is used to silence critics and suppress dissent
Police patrol in Addis Ababa. Security officers detained a critical blogger near the Woliso campus of Ethiopia's Ambo University. (Reuters/Tiksa Negeri)
Statements
Ethiopia arrests critical blogger Seyoum Teshome
A snow-covered street in central Kiev, Ukraine in March 2018. Ukrainian authorities confiscated journalist Fikret Huseynli's travel documents as he was attempting to fly out of Kiev in October 2017. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)
Alerts
Journalist faces extradition from Ukraine to Azerbaijan, fears for his safety
A couple check their mobile phone as they travel in a ferry in Istanbul, Turkey in April 2017. An Istanbul court on March 8, 2018, sentenced at least 22 journalists to prison on terrorism-related charges, according to news reports. (Reuters/Murad Sezer)
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Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of March 5, 2018

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CPJ urges Angola's president to champion press freedom

CPJ urges Angola's President Joao Lourenco to champion the protection of journalists and news outlets, repeal criminal defamation and insult laws, and for the State to drop criminal charges against journalists who were targeted in retaliation for their work.

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