press freedom

A man waves as he is released from a cage by a police officer.

After public outcry, Russia drops case against journalist Golunov

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In a rare U-turn, anti-corruption journalist Ivan Golunov was released from house arrest Tuesday. Many say his detention under charges of alleged drug peddling was retaliation for his investigative anti-corruption reporting.

Press freedom activists hold copies of the opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet during a demonstration in solidarity with the jailed members of the newspaper outside a courthouse, in Istanbul, Turkey, July 28, 2017.

Cartoonist freed but other journalists still held in Turkey’s controversial media trial

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