South Dakota Senate Passes Reporter Shield Law
South Dakota is poised to become the 40th state to pass a shield law for journalists and their sources after a bill passed the state Senate on Wednesday.
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Judge Rejects Stone Claims of Mueller Press Leaks
A federal judge on Wednesday denied Roger Stone’s request that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office prove it did not violate a court order sealing the indictment against the longtime Republican operative and former Trump associate.
Read moreEx-Diplomat Warns of Worsening US-Saudi Relations
Washington Post reporter Jamal Khashoggi’s murder last year set diplomatic relations between the United States and Saudi Arabia on edge and months later, the path forward appears no less fraught with complications, a former U.S. ambassador to the kingdom said Thursday.
Read moreExperts Bolster Washington Post Journalist’s Case Against Iran
Expert witnesses took the stand Wednesday for a second day of hours-long testimony in Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian’s case against the Islamic Republic of Iran, where he was held captive for a year and a half.
Read moreWashington Post Journalist Recounts Harrowing Captivity Before Judge
For 18 months, journalist
Jason Rezaian wasted away in captivity. He lost 40 pounds in as many days in an Iranian
solitary confinement cell, suffered from pulmonary illnesses, developed
infections too personal to describe in a public court, and contemplated
suicide. His mother and brother–Mary and Ali Rezaian–described him as “the
life of the party” before his capture, but Rezaian said he’s now an anxious man,
still recovering from lingering trauma three years later.
In a Bloody Year for Journalists, Body Counts Vary
In a year when Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s gruesome murder inspired Time Magazine to honor fallen reporters as “The Guardians,” press freedom monitors are having trouble keeping count of the dead.
Read moreStrasbourg Attack
Bringing the death toll from this week’s Christmas market attack in France to four, authorities confirmed Friday that an Italian journalist injured in the shooting has died.
Read moreItaly Challenges Europe With Budget Plans
The Italian government is pushing ahead with an anti-austerity spending plan that raises alarms it could spark a European financial crisis, while political turmoil deepens under the rule of anti-establishment and far-right parties.
Read moreCNN Sues White House Over Acosta Press Ban
CNN sued President Donald Trump on Tuesday demanding that White House security credentials be returned to correspondent Jim Acosta.
Read moreTop Saudi Prosecutor Arrives in Turkey to Discuss Writer’s Death
Saudi Arabia’s attorney general arrived in Turkey on Sunday to hold talks with investigators looking into the slaying of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate earlier this month.
Read moreChanging Story Again, Saudi Arabia Says Killing Was Planned
Saudi prosecutors say the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was planned, state-run media reported Thursday, reflecting yet another change in the shifting Saudi Arabian account of what happened to the writer who was killed by Saudi officials in their Istanbul consulate.
Read moreJapan Journalist Freed From Syrian Captivity Says He’s Safe
A Japanese freelance journalist who was freed after more than three years of captivity in Syria said Wednesday he is safe in neighboring Turkey.
Read moreSaudi Investment Forum Opens Under Haze of Khashoggi’s Death
A high-profile economic forum in Saudi Arabia began on Tuesday in Riyadh, the kingdom’s first major event on the world stage since the killing of writer Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul earlier this month.
Read moreTurkish President: Saudis Plotted Writer’s Killing for Days
Saudi officials murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi in their Istanbul consulate after plotting his death for days, Turkey’s president said Tuesday, contradicting Saudi Arabia’s explanation that the writer was accidentally killed. He demanded that the kingdom reveal the identities of all involved, regardless of rank.
Read moreIn Khashoggi Case: Saudi Calls, ‘Body Double’ After Killing
A man appearing to wear Jamal Khashoggi’s clothes left the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul following his killing there, according to a surveillance video, while a member of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s entourage made four calls to the royal’s office around the same time, reports said Monday.
Read moreSaudi Arabia Confirms Khashoggi Death, Claims He Died in ‘Fight’
Saudi Arabia on Friday night confirmed for the first time that Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi died after entering the the kingdom’s consulate in Turkey nearly two weeks ago.
Read moreTurkey Suggests Khashoggi’s Remains Taken Out of Consulate
A Turkish official said Friday that investigators are looking into the possibility that missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s remains may have been taken to a forest on the outskirts of Istanbul or to another city — if and after he was killed in Istanbul earlier this month.
Read moreSuspect Says He Didn’t Mean to Kill Bulgarian Journalist
A 21-year-old suspect in the rape and slaying of a Bulgarian television journalist said Friday that he killed Viktoria Marinova, but didn’t mean to.
Read moreTurkey Pledges Accountability in Saudi Probe; Critics Wonder
Under global scrutiny, Turkey vows to get to the bottom of the alleged killing of a Saudi journalist at the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul. But some observers see a double standard in promises of transparency from a government accused of stifling freedom of expression.
Read moreSuspect in Bulgarian Journalist Slaying Arrested in Germany
German police have arrested a suspect in the rape and killing of a television journalist from Bulgaria whose work highlighted corruption in the East European country, officials said Wednesday.
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