Kurt Cunningham
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American Spy Suspect Paul Whelan Had Russian ‘State Secrets’ on USB Stick
According to Whelan’s Russian lawyer, Vladimir Zherebenkov, the American was in possession of sensitive Russian information at the time of his arrest last month. “I…
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Evan Gershkovich Has Been Jailed in Russia for a Full Year. What Will It Take to Free Him?
Nearly a year ago, Russian authorities detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on espionage charges while he was on a reporting assignment in the…
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Haitian Journalist Lucien Jura Kidnapped as Violence Escalates in Capital
The kidnappers of journalist Lucien Jura should release him immediately and not hold journalists as pawns, the Committee to Protect Journalists said.
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UNESCO Director-General Condemns Killing of Journalist Khaled Balel in Sudan
Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, has condemned the killing of journalist Khaled Balel in his home in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state,…
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RFE/RL Journalist Marks 5 Months in Russian Prison
American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva marked five months in Russian detention on Monday – a grim milestone that her family hoped she would never see.
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Mexican Journalist, Son Receive Official US Asylum Papers after 15-Year Journey
A federal immigration judge granted asylum to a Mexican journalist who fled his country more than 15 years ago after receiving death threats because of…
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Diane Foley’s Heartbreak Inspired a Cause — and Now, a Stunning Book
Foley’s son Jim was beheaded in Syria in 2014. In the new book ‘American Mother,’ novelist Colum McCann turns her family’s story into a literary…
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Opinion: A Year Ago Russia Jailed Evan Gershkovich for Doing Journalism. He’s Still There
He is the first American journalist to be accused of espionage since the cold war, though Evan certainly is no spy. The Biden administration has…
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“Women Journalists Are Not Victims – We Are Heroes” Affirm Afghan Women Journalists at the Commission on the Status of Women
Being a woman journalist in Afghanistan comes with significant risks, such as arrest, surveillance, harassment and injury. Despite over 80% of female media workers losing…
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Al Jazeera Says Gaza Journalist Beaten, Detained by Israeli Forces
Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera said Israeli forces had beaten its correspondent Ismail Alghoul following his arrest during a raid on Gaza’s largest hospital.
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Congolese Journalist Stanis Bujakera Soon to Be Free After Six Months in Prison
Journalist Stanis Bujakera will soon be free. He has been sentenced to six months in prison, a sentence that covers the duration of his pre-trial…
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Putin Finally Names Navalny and Claims He Agreed Prisoner Swap
Vladimir Putin has always refused to refer to his main opponent in Russia by name, but now that Alexei Navalny is dead, he has changed…