Maryland

Weekly drive-through deals hope in Frederick

The organizer estimates that during the two years they operated the drive, they provided 300 to 450 families a week’s worth of groceries every Monday.

Ukrainian reporter jailed in Crimea sent to crowded cell block to make room for prisoners of war, says U.S.-funded employer Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Vladislav Yesypenko, a Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty correspondent sentenced to six years in prison for his reporting in Russian-occupied Crimea, has recently been moved to a dirtier, more crowded prison floor.

One Reporter’s Story Shows Outlook For Release Of Kurdish Journalists Worsens Under Turkey’s Authoritarian Path

Nedim Turfent, already imprisoned for six years, lost more privileges this year

Hong Kong journalists and activists fear China’s retaliation, even abroad

Vague China-imposed national security law wiped out protests and independent reporting.

Imprisoned journalist Katerina Andreeva charged with treason just months ahead of release

“The situation itself is frightening,” Igor Ilyash, Katerina Andreeva’s husband and a journalist, told Capital News Service recently. “She is, apparently, too bright and famous of a journalist to let her go now.”

Ethiopian journalist faces death penalty for his social media-based news outlet

Charges a dramatic example of Abiy’s reversal of openness after Nobel Peace Prize

Inside Egypt’s Stranglehold on Press Freedom

Khaled Ghoneim, host of a talk show in the city of Alexandria, Egypt, had been reporting on the coronavirus pandemic in April 2020 when he used his Facebook page to criticize a news blackout concerning local doctors and nurses who had contracted the virus.

The next day Egyptian authorities, who had imposed a blackout on non-governmental news about COVID-19, showed up at his home and arrested him.

Jailed local reporter becomes national case of media supression in India

In the flood of travelers following a gang rape and secret cremation, one little-known journalist from the opposite end of the country was arrested and accused of orchestrating a massive protest effort. 

More than a year and a half later, Siddique Kappan sits in a Lucknow jail awaiting a trial. 

Robin Ficker’s latest campaign is for Maryland governor

Ficker’s campaign losses include a 2016 U.S. House race in Maryland’s District 6 Republican primary; the 2014 Maryland state Senate general election race in District 15; and a 1982 Maryland House of Delegates race in Montgomery County.

UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski retires

Langston Frazier reports that University of Maryland Baltimore County president Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, is set to retire after nearly 30 years in that role.  He is known for elevating the UMBC to national prominence.