On March 24, the trial of Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy, Australian Peter Greste and Egyptian Baher Mohamed resumed in Cairo, where the Al Jazeera journalists have been detained since December 29, 2013.
The family of Ali Mustafa, a Canadian freelance photojournalist killed in Syria on March 9, 2014, is seeking donations to help pay the significant cost of recovering Mustafa’s remains and laying him to rest in his hometown of Toronto.
In the wake of the Sochi Olympics, CJFE discusses the relative silence of activism at the Games and what this means for the health of free expression in Russia going forward.
A letter addressed to the Ambassador of Venezuela in Canada regarding the suppression of Venezuelan journalists covering recent demonstrations in the country.
Egypt’s continued detention of three Al Jazeera English journalists, and one of their colleagues from Al Jazeera Arabic, comes in the midst of a long and convoluted campaign against independent media voices in the country.
At least 27 journalists have been injured and one reporter has been killed since 18 February, as clashes between protestors and police escalate in Ukraine.