Canadian Journalists For Free Expression

• COMMENTARY: We all lose when press freedom is eroded

  In their recent report on the state of press freedom worldwide, the human rights group Freedom House lamented that the situation had deteriorated to "its lowest point in 13 years in 2016 amid unprecedented threats to journalists and media outlets in major democracies."

  Blogs

  May 27, 2017
• Canadian journalism group calls for public inquiry after journalists arrested in Hamilton

  Global News videographer Jeremy Cohn and freelance journalist David Ritchie were arrested by Hamilton police while on assignment covering the death of a 10-year-old girl in a collision near Evans Road and Dundas Street East in Waterdown Tuesday.

  Canada

  May 17, 2017
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• Calls for public inquiry after Hamilton police detain journalists

  Hamilton police have not commented on why Global News cameraman Jeremy Cohn and freelance reporter Dave Ritchie were detained by officers Tuesday evening.

  Canada

  May 17, 2017
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• Journalists call on feds to bring in legislation to protect press, sources

  The Liberal government is being urged to bring in legislation to better protect journalists and their confidential sources.

  Politics

  Nov 17, 2016
• Mohamed Fahmy back in Canada, speaks in Toronto

  Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy plans to attend a news conference hosted by Canadian Journalists for Free Expression today at Ryerson University in Toronto.

  Politics

  Oct 13, 2015
• ‘I hold you responsible’ for conviction, Fahmy’s brother tells Harper

  When an Egyptian court convicted Egyptian-Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy on Monday, his brother and supporters used social media to criticize the Canadian government's relative silence on the case.

  Canada

  Jun 23, 2014