Mohamed Abdelfattah
mfatta7.bsky.social
Mohamed Abdelfattah
@mfatta7.bsky.social
Director of Communications at Committee to Protect Journalists
Stanley Milgram would like to have a word with universities and law firms that are cowering in advance to the autocrat
April 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
We love some good news 🎉 #pressfreedom #mississippi
"CPJ is glad to see that ex-Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant's lawsuit against nonprofit news outlet Mississippi Today was dismissed. We hope that this case serves as a deterrent to those who would seek to sue outlets into silence." — Katherine Jacobsen, US, Canada & Caribbean Program Coordinator
April 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Obama encourages universities to use their endowments instead of cowering to the authoritarian assault on higher education
Obama weighed in yesterday

I wish @bsky.app would let us post longer videos
April 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Reposted by Mohamed Abdelfattah
"CPJ is glad to see that ex-Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant's lawsuit against nonprofit news outlet Mississippi Today was dismissed. We hope that this case serves as a deterrent to those who would seek to sue outlets into silence." — Katherine Jacobsen, US, Canada & Caribbean Program Coordinator
April 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Reposted by Mohamed Abdelfattah
CPJ has submitted three amicus briefs together with @rcfp.org in support of @radiofreeeurope.bsky.social and @voanews.com.web.brid.gy. We assert that shuttering them destroys their editorial independence, thereby putting their journalists at grave risk.

cpj.org/2025/04/cpj-...

📷: AFP/Michal Cizek
April 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Cuts to Voice of America, RFE and others pose a significant risk to journalists working for these outlets here and around the world, as our amicus briefs with partners show.

Read more: cpj.org/2025/04/cpj-...
CPJ supports legal efforts to protect RFE/RL, VOA after Trump executive order - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, April 2, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP) filed three amicus briefs on Friday, March 28, responding to the Trump ad...
cpj.org
April 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Authoritarianism rears its head in America when students and faculty of one of the country’s most reputable j-schools feel they need to think twice before attending a class or an event.

Sobering statement from @columbiajournalism.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM