National security cited in crackdown on journalism worldwide

 The detention of three Vice News journalists in Turkey last month came with all-too-familiar charges of terror-related crimes. Similar allegations were leveled against three Al-Jazeera reporters convicted last year in Egypt of fabricating news to help the banned Muslim Brotherhood. So, too, against Eskinder Nega, an Ethiopian journalist found guilty of terrorism charges in 2012 after publishing a critical piece about the government.

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/media/digital/2015/09/08/National-security-cited-in-crackdown-on-journalism-worldwide.html

NATIONAL SECURITY CITED IN CRACKDOWN ON JOURNALISM WORLDWIDE

 We’re seeing this more and more, this abuse of national security as an excuse to rein in bad news, basically,” said David Kaye, the U.N.’s special investigator on freedom of speech.

Kaye warned that the growing use of anti-terror legislation against journalists is making any kind of critical reporting impossible in some countries.

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