World Media News

 Published 14 years ago:  Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid attended the 11th Arab Journalism Awards gala in Dubai and presented top honours to leading Arab media professionals.

 Published 14 years ago:  CPJ urged Sudanese authorities to free journalist Faisal Mohamed Saleh, detained by NISS in Khartoum after weeks of harassment over criticism of the state.

 Published 14 years ago:  China declined to renew Al Jazeera correspondent Melissa Chans visa, forcing the English channel to close its Beijing bureau after years of reporting.

 Published 14 years ago:  Gaza journalist Asma al-Ghoul won the 2012 IWMF Courage in Journalism Award for reporting amid threats, attacks and intimidation in Gaza.

 Published 14 years ago:  Bodies of photographers Gabriel Huge and Luna Varela were found in plastic bags beside a canal in Boca del Río, Veracruz, on Press Freedom Day.

 Published 14 years ago:  CPJ ranks Eritrea as the worlds most censored country, followed by North Korea, Syria and Iran, citing tight state control and limits on media.

 Published 14 years ago:  PEN America honored jailed Ethiopian journalist and blogger Eskinder Nega with its Freedom to Write award as he faces possible death penalty.

 Published 14 years ago:  Moroccan editor Rachid Nini was freed after serving a one-year sentence and urged authorities to stop jailing journalists under criminal law.

 Published 14 years ago:  Boko Haram threatened Nigerian journalists after suicide attacks on ThisDay newspaper offices in Abuja and Kaduna killed at least seven people.

 Published 14 years ago:  Brazilian reporter Decio Sa was shot dead in Sao Luis, with colleagues saying he was targeted for exposing corruption and gunmen crimes.

 Published 14 years ago:  Reporters Without Borders condemned an attack in Riga that injured investigative journalist Leonids Jakobsons and urged police to identify perpetrators.

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