A key Senegalese rebel leader, César Atoute Badiate, has broken his silence on jailed journalist René Capain Bassène, refuting the prosecution’s claim that Bassène was a militant fighting for independence of the Casamance region who incited him to murder 14 illegal loggers in 2018. “René Capain Bassène is neither an MFDC representative nor a leader…
Dakar — A new podcast released by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) presents extensive new testimony and reporting on the conviction of Senegalese journalist and author René Capain Bassène, raising serious questions about the integrity of a case that has become one of West Africa’s most emblematic press freedom concerns. The six-part series, “René…
A prominent Kuwaiti-American journalist said on Wednesday that his citizenship had been revoked by Kuwait, where he was detained for several weeks on vague charges related to national security. He was arrested after posting on social media about the Iran war. The case of the journalist, Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, has highlighted a crackdown on speech and…
A Kuwaiti-American journalist who was detained for nearly two months in Kuwait after posting about the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran on social media was acquitted on Thursday of all the charges against him, an attorney representing two members of his family said. The journalist, Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, who has contributed to the BBC and Al Jazeera…
Aoun said preserving Lebanese sovereignty over all of its territory was his top priority, and that Lebanese negotiators would seek an end to Israeli attacks, the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanon, release of Lebanese prisoners in Israel, deployment of Lebanese troops along the Israeli border, and the beginning of reconstruction process, according to a…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Several people, including a journalist for Reuters, were injured after around 50 masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians gathered for an olive harvest in the occupied West Bank….
Shorouk Express Ranucci and the Meloni government have a tense relationship. Report, the show he hosts, has repeatedly investigated government figures, including a probe into the alleged role of officials in the attempted takeover of Mediobanca by Monte dei Paschi di Siena, which led Meloni’s Head of Cabinet Gaetano Caputi to pursue leagal action in…
Shorouk Express Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email A search is underway in Brazil after a British journalist disappeared nearly two weeks ago. Charlotte Peet was reported missing on 8 February…
Shorouk Express Journalist and author Hervé Kempf founded Reporterre as a print-media outlet dedicated to environmental issues in the late 1980s. He has worked with various media outlets, including Courrier International and Le Monde. He is the author of several books, including How the Rich Are Destroying the Earth (Green Books, 2008), translated into 10…
Shorouk Express Italian journalist Cecilia Sala was released on 8 January, after spending 19 days in an Iranian prison. She was arrested in Tehran on 19 December while reporting for the daily Il Foglio and the Chora Media podcast. Sala, 29, was in Iran on a journalist’s visa. She was accused of “violating the laws…
