Journalists

Al Jazeera journalists’ retrial adjourned

The retrial of two Al Jazeera journalists in an Egyptian court for their alleged links to the Muslim Brotherhood has been adjourned because of a lack of eyewitnesses. The case, which was set to resume on Monday, has been adjourned until March 8. The Court of Cassation ordered the retrial[…]

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Too soon to celebrate: Greste

Freed Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste says it is too soon to celebrate because his two colleagues still face retrial in Egypt. Greste was freed from an Egyptian prison earlier this month and his two colleagues were released last week. He told BBC on Thursday that the controversial court cases[…]

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Sanef to set up legal fund

The SA National Editors Forum (Sanef) is in the process of setting up a legal defence fund, it said on Sunday. “Sanef is in the process of setting up a legal defence fund that will allow it to fund any current and future court cases which affect the right of[…]

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Closing of SAPA ‘a sad day’

The imminent closure of the South African Press Association (Sapa) was a sad day for the media industry, the National Press Club said on Thursday. “The club joins the South African media fraternity in mourning the sad demise of Sapa,” chairman Jos Charle said in a statement. “For many decades[…]

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Views on media freedom diverse

The concept of freedom of expression in the media has a different meaning depending on whether you ask a journalist, an editor or a cartoonist. These different and sometimes opposing views of media freedom emerged during a panel discussion organised by the Right2Know (R2K) campaign in Cape Town on Wednesday[…]

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Egypt court orders retrial in Al-Jazeera case

An Egyptian appeals court ordered a retrial Thursday in the case of three Al-Jazeera English journalists held for over a year, overturning the ruling in a case that ensnared the reporters in a wider conflict between Egypt and Qatar. The decision by Egypt’s Court of Cassation came after a hearing[…]

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At least 60 journalists killed in 2014

At least 60 journalists around the world were killed in 2014 while on the job or because of their work, and 44 percent of them were targeted for murder, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. An “unusually high proportion,” or about one-fourth, of those killed were international journalists, though the overwhelming[…]

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