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American Journalist Detained In Syria After Criticizing US Role

American Journalist Detained In Syria After Criticizing US Role

December 23, 2025 10:28 am

Syrian security forces have detained Bilal Abdul Kareem, a prominent American Islamist journalist who has openly criticized Syria’s new leadership and its emerging cooperation with the United States, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Abdul Kareem was taken into custody on Monday in the town of Al Bab in northern Aleppo province, the sources said. Syrian authorities have not publicly explained the reason for his detention.

The arrest comes amid tighter controls by Syria’s new government over foreign Islamist figures, particularly those who oppose its diplomatic and security outreach to Western countries.

Abdul Kareem, a former stand up …

Disappeared Students Panic As Journalist Killed In Mexico

Missing Students: Panic As Journalist Is Killed In Mexico

August 24, 2022 8:01 am

A journalist was shot dead yesterday in southern Mexico, authorities disclosed, shortly after posting online about the disappearance about eight years ago of 43 students from a nearby area.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Mr. Fredid Roman, who published his work on various social media pages and contributed to a local newspaper, was found dead in his car in the city of Chilpancingo, the capital of Guerrero state, the local prosecutor’s office said yesterday evening.

One of the worst human rights tragedies in Mexican history is the case of the 43 Guerrero students who vanished in 2014 …

Agba Jalingo Police Releases Activist, To Report Back Monday

Agba Jalingo: Police Releases Activist, To Report Back Monday

August 21, 2022 6:13 am
Agba Jalingo, journalist and journalist who was earlier arrested and transferred to the Federal Capital Territory Police Command has been released, although he is expected to report back on Monday. 
The journalist had previously been arrested by the command, according to Josephine Adeh, the FCT police spokesman, who also noted that a probe was still going on.
‘On Saturday, August 20, 2022, Agba Jalingo was arrested by State CID operatives in response to a petition filed against him by one Elizabeth Ayade.’ Adeh said.
‘He was arrested over a false allegation, claiming that she paid one Mr Pascal to
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Again, Journalist Killed In Mexico, 12th In 2022

Again, Journalist Killed In Mexico, 12th In 2022

June 30, 2022 4:56 am

A Mexican reporter was shot dead on Wednesday in the violence-plagued northeastern state of Tamaulipas — the 12th journalist killed so far in a particularly bloody year for the country’s press.

In his some of his social media posts, Antonio de la Cruz, a reporter for the daily Expreso, frequently accused politicians of engaging in crimes of corruption.

The reporter was attacked as he was leaving his Ciudad Victoria house, and both his wife and daughter were hurt.

‘We must not allow more attacks on journalists and activists. These crimes will not go unpunished,’ President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s spokesman, …

Vivian Ottih - 'Be Warned' – YCN, IPC Warn Uzodinma Over Suspension Of Journalist

Vivian Ottih: ‘Be Warned’ – YCN, IPC Warn Uzodinma Over Suspension Of Journalist

May 20, 2020 5:32 am

The Young Citizens of Nigeria (YCN) has asked Imo State Government to reverse the indefinite suspension of a journalist, Vivian Ottih.

This was contained in a statement on Tuesday by its Director of Media, Augustine Nwaobi.

Ottih, also a lawyer, is a Senior Editor with Imo Broadcasting Corporation-owned Orient FM in Owerri, the state capital.

YCN advised the Governor Hope Uzodinma and his administration to “thread cautiously on issues of public importance”.

They condemned the suspension of Ottih, the Chairperson of Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), over the request for payment of three months’ salary on Facebook.

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DSS Arrests Journalist Over Article On Buhari, Tinubu

January 25, 2020 8:03 am
The Department of State Services (DSS) has secretly arrested a young journalist, Ayoola Babalola.

DSS also charged him to court in discreet and Babalola is currently in prison.

Outspoken lawyer cum rights activist, Inibehe Effiong, made the revelation on Twitter.

Effiong disclosed that Babalola was arrested over articles about President Muhammadu Buhari, national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinunu, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and #RevolutionNow convener, Omoyele Sowore.

He tweeted: “Late on Friday, I was alerted that my client Mr. Ayoola Babalola, a courageous student activist and young journalist, was arrested and charged

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Police To Reward Information On Murdered Journalist In Yola

January 16, 2020 3:28 pm

The Adamawa State Commissioner of Police, Mr Audu Madaki, on Thursday, promised a handsome reward for anyone with useful information that would lead to the arrest of killers of a journalist, Mr Maxwell Nashion, in Yola.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that some unknown assailants had on Wednesday attacked Nashion, a staff of Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) F.M station, popularly known as Fombina FM Yola, leading to his death.

The Spokesman of the command, DSP Suleiman Yahaya, who announced the reward to journalists in Yola, said that the commissioner was unhappy over the incident and would

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Tokyo Court Rules On High-Profile Journalist Rape Case

December 18, 2019 3:27 pm

A Tokyo court will Wednesday rule on a damages lawsuit by journalist Shiori Ito, who has accused a former TV anchor with close ties to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of rape.

Ito, 30, is seeking 11 million yen ($100,000) in compensation from former reporter Noriyuki Yamaguchi, claiming he raped her after inviting her to dinner to discuss a job opportunity in 2015.

The case has made headlines in Japan and abroad, as it is rare for rape victims to report the crime to the police — according to a 2017 government survey, only four percent of women come forward.

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Prison

Jailed Journalist Recounts Rampant Cases Of Sodomy, Drugs

November 14, 2019 1:06 pm
After 162 days at the Kaduna State Central Prisons, Steven Kefason on Wednesday shared the experience of the shocking things happening in the facility.Kefason, a freelance journalist and hygiene management professional, told The Guardian in an exclusive interview that sodomy, bribery and corruption were rampant in the facility.

Kefason was jailed in the Kaduna prison by the Kaduna State government over a Facebook post.  He was arrested in Port Harcourt, Rivers State by operatives of the State Investigation Bureau of the Kaduna State Command of the Nigeria Police Force and was brought to Kaduna on May 10 after

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Outrage Over Alleged Plot To Arrest Undercover Journalist

Outrage Over Alleged Plot To Arrest Undercover Journalist

October 23, 2019 2:24 am

• Prisons service condemns report as tissue of lies
• Identify security operatives trailing you, police tell Soyombo
• NUJ, editor’s guild, others caution govt, urge probity

Nigerians yesterday condemned an alleged plot by security operatives to seize investigative journalist, Fisayo Soyombo.

The reporter, whose undercover stories exposed corruption in Nigerian police cells and prisons, has since gone into hiding. The “threat is real,” he told The Guardian, noting, however, that he is “safe and calm.”

The first installment of the three-part investigation by Soyombo, a former editor of The Cable and a contributor to Al Jazeera, detailed how …

Hanna Yusuf - The ‘inspirational’ BBC Journalist Dies At 27

Hanna Yusuf – The ‘inspirational’ BBC Journalist Dies At 27

October 1, 2019 10:33 am

Hanna Yusuf, an ‘inspirational’ BBC Journalist who uncovered the working conditions at Costa Coffee stores among a string of investigations has died aged 27.

Hanna Yusuf worked as a researcher on the News at Six and Ten before moving to the BBC News Channel and writing for the BBC News website.

Her investigation into Costa Coffee working conditions revealed managers alleged refusal to pay sickness or annual leave and tips being withheld from staff.

Hanna’s family said they were “deeply saddened and heartbroken” by her death and hoped her legacy “would serve as an inspiration”.

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Congolese journalist imprisoned for insulting governor

March 15, 2019 10:21 am

A reporter named Steeve Mwanyo Iwewe, who works with the privately owned broadcaster Radio Television Sarah, was convicted on March 1 in the Mbandaka criminal court on a charge of insulting Équateur Governor Bobo Boloko Bolumbu.

According to a statement signed by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and distributed by APO Group noted that authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo should not oppose journalist Iwewe’s appeal of a year-long prison sentence for insulting a provincial governor, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Friday.

According to Souverain Pontife Ikolombe, the journalist’s lawyer, who spoke with CPJ. Iwewe was sentenced …

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