"It has been over a week since Segun’s abduction, yet his whereabouts are still unknown. His phone was switched off and no one has contacted his distressed family."
Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra (2)
The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) will lead and coordinate in the investigation of the Oct. 30 killing of a journalist in Bansalan town, Davao del Sur.
Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra, co-chairman of t
Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra (2) Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra said every violent attack against a Filipino journalist is investigated immediately by government law enforcement agencies. “The Presidential Task Force on Media Security created under AO (Administrative Order) No.1
Asia PacificUzbek blogger given 6.5 years in prison on libel, extortion charges
Reuters
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A court in Uzbekistan sentenced a local blogger on Monday to 6.5 years in prison, finding him guilty of libel and extortion in a case that has drawn the attention of Western governments and media rights activists.
Blogger Otabek Sattoriy, known for criticising local authorities in his home province of Surkhandarya in southern Uzbekistan, has denied any wrongdoing and his lawyer has called the case fabricated. We are absolutely unhappy with the decision. This was an absolutely unfair sentence. After receiving a copy of the verdict, we will definitely file an appeal and continue (fighting), lawyer Umidbek Davlatov said on a Youtube video recorded after the verdict.