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Arizona law bans people from recording police within eight feet
FILE - Phoenix Police officers watch protesters rally on June 2, 2020, in Phoenix during demonstrations over the death of George Floyd. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has signed into law a measure that makes it illegal to knowingly record video of police officers within 8 feet (2.5 meters) or closer without an officer's permission, spurring concerns among civil rights activists about transparency and accountability. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)
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Putin tightens grip on Russia’s vanishing free press with latest attack on journalists
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Canada’s commitment to media freedom must be matched by action
Edin Omanovic and Siena Anstis
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Charges dropped against Canadian journalist Zsombor Peter in Cambodia after three years
Zsombor Peter (pictured) and colleague Aun Pheap are both facing up to two years in prison on a trumped-up charge of incitement to commit a felony in Cambodia (photos: Ben Woods).
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When discussing media freedom, Canada shouldn’t leave Indigenous journalism off the agenda
Karyn Pugliese
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Colombian journalist Jineth Bedoya Lima wins Golden Pen of Freedom award
Colombian journalist Jineth Bedoya Lima has been awarded the prestigious Golden Pen of Freedom award by the World Association of News Publishers.
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Trump administration accused of ‘onslaught’ against media by UN expert
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media before his departure for the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 11, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
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These are the journalists who were killed in the line of duty in 2017 and 2018
Pakistani journalists light candles and oil lamps next to a photograph of Agence France-Presse (AFP) chief photographer for Afghanistan Shah Marai, who was killed along with other Afghan journalists in a targeted suicide bombing, during a vigil in Islamabad on May 1, 2018. Ten journalists were killed April 30, including Agence France-Presse chief photographer Shah Marai, in attacks in Kabul that sparked outrage around the world and underscored the dangers faced by Afghan media. / AFP PHOTO / AAMIR QURESHIAAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images