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In May 2019, WIRED joined the One Free Press Coalition, a united group of preeminent editors and publishers using their global reach and social platforms to spotlight journalists under attack worldwide.
Today, the coalition is issuing its eighth monthly “10 Most Urgent†list of journalists whose press freedoms are being suppressed or whose cases demand justice.
During the pandemic, the One Free Press Coalition has also called for the worldwide release of journalists in detention.
Last month, David Romero Ellner died from complications related to Covid-19 while serving a prison sentence in Honduras.
US-Filipino dual citizen Maria Ressa returned to court on July 30 for a second cyber libel case, after a June 15 criminal conviction stemming from an article published in 2012.
Award-winning journalist Azimjon Askarov died in prison at age 69 in July.
Court denies appeal for four journalists serving 2.5 years.
The court convicted them in January of attempting to undermine state security, fined them each $530, and sentenced them to 2.5 years in prison.
After summoning him for interrogation for the 10th time, Moroccan authorities transferred Omar Radi to court and then to a Casablanca prison in July on charges of rape, sexual assault, receiving foreign funding, and collaborating with foreign intelligence.
In July, CPJ submitted a brief to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia calling on the US intelligence community to confirm or deny the existence of documents that may provide information on its awareness of threats to Jamal Khashoggi prior to his murder.
The One Free Press Coalition is comprised of nearly 40 prominent international members, including: Al Jazeera Media Network; AméricaEconomÃa; The Associated Press; Bloomberg News; The Boston Globe; BuzzFeed; CNN Money Switzerland; Corriere Della Sera; De Standaard; Deutsche Welle; Estadão; EURACTIV; The Financial Times; Forbes; Fortune; HuffPost; India Today; Insider Inc.; Le Temps; Middle East Broadcasting Networks; NHK; Office of Cuba Broadcasting; Quartz; Radio Free Asia; Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty; Republik; Reuters; The Straits Times; Süddeutsche Zeitung; TIME; TV Azteca; Voice of America; The Washington Post; WIRED; and Yahoo News.
One Free Press Coalition partners with the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) to identify the most urgent cases for the list, which is updated and published on the first business day of every month
The mission of the Coalition is to use the collective voices of its members—which reach more than 1 billion people worldwide—to “stand up for journalists under attack for pursuing the truth.†News organizations throughout the world can join the Coalition by emailing info@onefreepresscoalition.com
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