One Free Press Coalition s 10 Most Urgent list, February 2021 Yahoo News Staff
Yahoo News, a member of the One Free Press Coalition, is publishing the group’s latest 10 Most Urgent list below to highlight the increasingly dangerous climate for journalists around the world.
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Investigative reporter fleeing detention and fearing deportation
In January, freelance journalist Mohammad Mosaed was detained by Turkish border police. He had fled Iran following a summons to begin serving his jail sentence in two days’ time. The sentence amounts to nearly five years in prison, a two-year ban on journalistic activities, and a two-year ban on his use of all communications devices. Mosaed had been arrested in 2019 for posting on Twitter during an internet shutdown that authorities had implemented in response to antigovernment protests. He was released, then arrested again in 2020 after he criticized the government’s lack of preparedness inresponding to COVID-19 and par
Iranian journalist tops â10 Most Urgentâ list of press freedom cases focused on elections and protests
Updated February 1, 2021, 2:30 a.m.
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Mohamed Mosaed, a freelance economic journalist, was arrested in 2020 after he criticized the governmentâs lack of preparedness for responding to COVID-19 and parliamentary elections.Farid Kamran Nia
NEW YORK â The One Free Press Coalition, a united group of pre-eminent editors and publishers using their global reach and social platforms to spotlight journalists under attack worldwide, today issued its 24th â10 Most Urgentâ list of press freedom cases around the world. This iteration focuses on elections and protests as a catalyst for violence against journalists.