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Conviction is small step to Mexico addressing impunity

A Veracruz court sentences two police officers to 25 years in jail for their involvement in the 2015 murder of Mexican journalist Moises Sánchez, but the mastermind remains at large. Mexico is the deadliest country for journalists in the Western Hempishere, with at least 40 murdered in retaliation for their work since 1992. Mexico's special prosecutor for attention for crimes against freedom of expression says the agency is making changes to improve how it investigates attacks, but impunity in the country thrives.

• Video: Moisés Sánchez Cerezo: Two years of impunity
• No Excuse: Mexico must break cycle of impunity in journalists' murders

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Students carry Sudan's national flag during celebrations to mark Sudan's 59th Independence Day, in Khartoum January 1, 2015. Sudanese authorities sentenced two journalists to prison on
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The US Department of Justice uses the Espionage Act to charge an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, whose Washington D.C. headquarters are pictured, for allegedly leaking information to a reporter (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais).
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A sweeper cleans a busy road in India's capital New Delhi in January 2011. Two journalists in Bihar state died after a car ran them over on March 25, according to reports. (Reuters/Parivartan Sharma)
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a news conference with European officials on March 26, 2018. An Istanbul court on March 29 acquitted Ahmet Altan of insulting Turkish President Recip Tayyip Erdoğan in a 2012 column in the now-shuttered daily Taraf, according to reports.(AFP/Dimitar Dilkoff)
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A woman holds a photo of Daphne Caruana Galizia at a memorial for the murdered journalist outside the Courts of Justice in Valletta, Malta, in February 2018. Three people are on trial in connection to her murder. (Reuters/Darrin Zammit Lupi)
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Pedestrians walk by the latest work by the elusive British street artist Bansky along a wall in New York City on March 16, 2018. The work draws attention to the jailed Turkish artist Zehra Doguan.(AFP/ Getty Images/ Spencer Platt)
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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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Ethiopian jounalist Eskinder Nega (center) is released from jail in February 2018. The country's authorities since re-arrested Eskinder and at least five other journalists. (AFP/Yonas Tadesse)
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CPJ joins call for Ethiopia's prime minister-designate to ensure journalists' immediate release
Students carry Sudan's national flag during celebrations to mark Sudan's 59th Independence Day, in Khartoum January 1, 2015. Sudanese authorities sentenced two journalists to prison on
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Sudan sentences 2 journalists for "false news," 2 others for defamation
The US Department of Justice uses the Espionage Act to charge an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, whose Washington D.C. headquarters are pictured, for allegedly leaking information to a reporter (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais).
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CPJ calls on European Council and European Commission to raise press freedom with Turkey

CPJ calls on the presidents of the European Council and European Commission to request the release of Turkish journalists as a matter of priority during a scheduled meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in Varna, Bulgari.

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