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Beijing Declines to Say How It Will Guarantee Press Freedom During 2022 Winter Olympics China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs failed to provide specifics during its regular press briefing on March 2 about its promise of complete media freedom for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games. Following a report released by the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China (FCCC), which indicated a “rapid decline in media freedom” in China, based on 150 responses to a survey of correspondents and interviews with bureau chiefs, a reporter from ZDF television at the briefing asked: “How do you respond to that [FCCC report]? “For example, when we talk about the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, where there will be a lot of international journalists coming to China, in which way can they get the possibility to report objectively and with the freedom of media?” ....
Meanwhile, the Chinese government has confirmed the detention of Haze Fan, a Chinese citizen working for Bloomberg News as a news assistant, on suspicion of endangering national security. “As far as I know, Chinese national Fan is suspected of engaging in criminal activities that endanger the national security of China, and has recently been taken under compulsory measures by the Beijing National Security Bureau according to law,” [Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin] told reporters at a daily briefing. “The case is currently under investigation in accordance with law,” Wang said. [ The European Union issued a statementcalling on Chinese authorities to release Fan and other journalists who have been detained this year. From the statement: ....
CPJ: Turkey is the second worst jailer of journalists after China bianet.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bianet.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Africa: Record Number of Journalists Jailed Worldwide allafrica.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from allafrica.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
CPJ reports record number of journalists jailed worldwide in 2020 8 minute read An Oregon State Trooper arrests journalist Gabriel Trumbly during a crowd dispersal near the Portland east police precinct, Portland, Oregon, U.S., 30 August 2020, Nathan Howard/Getty Images At least 274 journalists were in jail in relation to their work on 1 December 2020. China was the world’s worst jailer for the second year in a row. It was followed by Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 15 December 2020. The number of journalists jailed globally because of their work hit a new high in 2020 as governments cracked down on coverage of COVID-19 or tried to suppress reporting on political unrest. Authoritarians again took cover in anti-press rhetoric from the United States. ....