Shiraaz Mohamed | PEN South Africa

24 Feb 2017

Journalists face rising threats in trouble spots, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists According to new research by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), journalists in conflict zones are facing unprecedented threats amid a rise in violent non-state actors,...

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18 Jan 2017

in Policy & Advocacy, SA News

PEN SA Calls for the Release of South African Photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed

PEN South Africa sent the below letter to the Syrian Embassy in Pretoria. The letter was addressed to Mr B Darwish, the Syrian Ambassador. PEN South Africa calls for the immediate release of photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed. Mohamed was kidnapped in...

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