A Moscow court on Friday ordered a Russian journalist who covered the trials of late Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny and other dissidents to remain in custody pending an investigation and trial on charges of extremism. Antonina Favorskaya, also identified by court officials as Antonina Kravtsova, was arrested earlier in March. On Friday, Moscow’s Basmanny … Read more
GOMA, Congo — Congolese journalist Stanis Bujakera was set to be freed soon after a court found him guilty and sentenced him Monday to six months in prison for spreading false information among other charges, according to media freedom group Reporters Without Borders. He was expected to be released hours or days after the verdict, … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge held veteran investigative reporter Catherine Herridge in civil contempt on Thursday for refusing to divulge her source for a series of Fox News stories about a Chinese American scientist who was investigated by the FBI but never charged. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper in Washington imposed a fine of … Read more
Mercedes Moné is reportedly going to make her AEW debut on AEW Dynamite: Big Business, which is scheduled to take place at TD Garden in Boston. Mercedes Moné has been out of action for around nine months after suffering an ankle injury at NJPW Resurgence in a match against Willow Nightingale. Before joining NJPW, she … Read more
BELGRADE, Serbia — Media rights groups and opposition campaigners on Saturday condemned a Serbian appeals court ruling that acquitted four former intelligence officers who were jailed for the killing of a prominent journalist and newspaper publisher who was fiercely critical of the government in Belgrade. Slavko Curuvija was shot dead at the entrance to his … Read more
John Pilger, a crusading journalist and documentarian who helped expose state-sanctioned brutality and human-rights abuses in Cambodia and East Timor, even as he faced criticism over factual errors and accusations that he let his left-wing political views unfairly shape his reporting, died Dec. 30 at a hospital in London. He was 84. The cause was … Read more
LONDON — John Pilger, an Australia-born journalist and documentary filmmaker known for his coverage of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, has died, his family said Sunday. He was 84. A statement from his family, posted on X, formerly Twitter, said Pilger died on Saturday in London. “His journalism and documentaries were celebrated around the world, … Read more
December 28, 2023 at 3:00 a.m. EST (Video: The Washington Post) Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave Before the war, Plestia Alaqad didn’t think much about her Instagram feed. She posted a few photos of herself next to the Mediterranean, holding her friend’s son, petting her dog, Luki. She uploaded a photo sitting … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave Television journalist Mohammed Balousha filmed a report about the communications blackout in Gaza on Saturday afternoon, working near his home in Jabalya in the north. But as he turned to return home, he suddenly fell. He was shot in his thigh, he told The Washington Post by … Read more
At least one Al Jazeera journalist has died and another remains wounded after what is believed was an Israeli missile attack at a school in Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Friday. Gaza bureau chief Wael Dahdouh is injured, but Al Jazeera confirmed the death of cameraperson Samer Abudaqa. Dahdouh, whose wife, son, daughter and … Read more