CJFE celebrates the news that Alexander Sodiqov, University of Toronto PhD student and Tajik blogger, has returned to Canada. He was arrested in Khorog on June 16 and imprisoned for 36 days on charges of espionage and treason.
CJFE will honour Canadian Associated Press (AP) reporter Kathy Gannon with its Tara Singh Hayer Memorial Award at its annual CJFE Gala: A Night to Honour Courageous Reporting, on December 3, 2014.
A charismatic ayatollah imprisoned in Saudi Arabia since the Arab Spring faces a grisly death sentence for speaking out against the kingdom’s ruling family and promoting minority Shiite rights.
Facing seven years in prison, Fahmy wrote to CJFE discussing the challenges of filing an appeal in the corrupt system that sentenced him in the first place.
To mark his 200th day in prison, Mohamed Fahmy released this statement through his family. Fahmy says that his 200 days of unjust confinement have left him and his colleagues, Peter Greste and Baher Mohamed, "more determined than ever to fight this war against freedom of speech".
