2011 - Page 81 of 113 - Committee to Protect Journalists

Demonstrations in Sana'a. (AP/Muhammed Muheisen)

Al-Jazeera raided in Sana’a; attacks in Libya, Syria, Bahrain

March 22, 2011 4:18 PM EDT

New York, March 22, 2011–Plainclothes gunmen raided Al-Jazeera’s Sana’a bureau early this morning, confiscating equipment and obstructing operations, the Qatar-based news channel reported today as a drumbeat of anti-press attacks continued in the region. Arrests, attacks, and harassment were also reported in Libya, Syria and Bahrain in recent days.

Cameroonian editor charged with criminal libel

March 22, 2011 3:23 PM EDT

New York, March 22, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the prosecution of a journalist in Cameroon over coverage of a labor dispute at a transportation company. A public prosecutor in the commercial city of Douala charged Editor Jean-Marie Tchatchouang of the weekly Paroles with criminal defamation on February 4, the journalist told CPJ.

Pakistani journalist abducted, released in Karachi

March 22, 2011 12:50 PM EDT

New York, March 22, 2001–The Committee to Protect journalists joins with colleagues in Pakistan in calling for an immediate investigation into Monday’s abduction and abuse of senior journalist and vice president of the Karachi Union of Journalists, Mohammad Rafique Baloch.

Western Cape protesters march against South Africa's secrecy bill. (R2K)

In South Africa, threats to press cloud Human Rights Day

March 22, 2011 12:36 PM EDT

As South Africa celebrated Human Rights Day on March 21, the country was beset by uncertainty on the fate of media freedom and the ability of the press to report without state interference.

A dangerous pursuit

March 21, 2011 9:40 PM EDT

On the day four New York Times journalists were released in Libya, the Times ran an editorial on the dangers facing journalists. The editorial, published on March 21, uses numbers compiled by CPJ to explain what journalists are facing in Libya and around the world. Click here for the full story

Gbagbo youth leader Charles Blé Goudé urges supporters to take up arms. (AFP/Sia Kambou)

In Ivory Coast, journalists pick sides or flee

March 21, 2011 5:46 PM EDT

Reporting on the power struggle in Ivory Coast is increasingly perilous, with journalists facing a climate of threats, intimidation, and attacks that has forced many to choose between adopting partisan coverage or fleeing to safety. “Here, we are in a situation where if you are not with one camp, then you are against them. You…

Times reporters freed in Libya; 13 still missing, detained

March 21, 2011 5:22 PM EDT

New York, March 21, 2011 – CPJ welcomes the release of four New York Times journalists in Libya but remains deeply concerned about 13 other journalists who are either missing or reported in Libyan government custody.

UN heard Eknelygoda’s cry for help; husband still missing

March 21, 2011 4:24 PM EDT

Sandhya Eknelygoda has recently managed to get the attention of the United Nations about the case of the disappearance of her husband, Prageeth, on January 24, 2010. Still, there has been no progress made in learning of his whereabouts.

In Gambia, Jammeh asked to clarify Manneh’s ‘death’

March 21, 2011 3:50 PM EDT

Dear President Jammeh: We request clarification of your March 16 comments suggesting “Chief” Ebrima Manneh, a reporter for the Daily Observer, may have died. Manneh disappeared after witnesses saw him being arrested by state security agents in the offices of the Daily Observer on July 7, 2007. The government has previously denied any knowledge of Manneh’s fate.

Remembering Bernard Estrade, a friend and AFP legend

March 21, 2011 3:44 PM EDT

Legendary Agence France-Presse correspondents Bernard Estrade died last week in Paris after a long illness. He was one of the great reporters of his era and a great friend of CPJ.