Attacks on journalists
Sanef disappointed after losing intimidation case against EFF
Sanef approached the court on behalf of five journalists, following a spate of attacks on journalists and media houses.
On Thursday, while covering demonstrations by pro-Zandile Gumede protestors in Durban, eNCA journalist Sphamandla Goge was manhandled by officers who demanded that he erase footage taken on his cellphone.
It's understood Reitumetse Mahope was taking pictures during a demonstration when security guards turned on him and shoved him with shields and batons.
Sanef's Sam Mkokeli says they are seeing more of these actions on social media which have resulted in a real-life danger to the journalists.
Reporters who were trying to gain access to the City Hall were prevented from entering the building and were manhandled, shoved and shown the door by security.
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan asked Saudi Arabia on Monday to prove its assertion that Khashoggi left the consulate.
Khashoggi left Saudi Arabia last year, saying he feared retribution for his criticism of Saudi policy in the Yemen war and its crackdown on dissent.
The Britons were held hostage after they were kidnapped on Friday while visiting the Virunga National Park.
Rahim Namazov, an outspoken critic of the Azeri political leadership, was gravely injured and his wife killed in the shooting.
Journalists Wa Lone, 31, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 27, were arrested last Tuesday evening after they were invited to dine with police officers on the outskirts of Myanmar’s largest city.
The two reporters were arrested on Tuesday evening after they were invited to meet police officers for dinner in the north of Yangon.
The United States joined mounting demands for the reporters to be freed.
A spokesman for Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi confirmed that the two journalists had been arrested.
In the past 17 years, 111 journalists have been killed in Mexico, 38 of them under the administration of President Enrique Pena Nieto.
The South African Communist Party has condemned what it calls attempts to silence journalists and other critics of state capture.
The BLF was earlier interdicted against threatening, intimidating and harassing journalists.
The High Court on Friday granted the South African National Editors Forum an interdict against the Black First Land First group.
After the judge announced he would hand down his ruling on Friday, Andile Mngxithama said the judge would not rule in the BLF’s favour because he’s white.
The Johannesburg High Court has heard how the BLF continued threatening other journalists on social media.