March 2016 - Page 2 of 7 - Committee to Protect Journalists

Can Dündar, left, and Erdem Gül speak to reporters before standing trial in Istanbul, March 25, 2016. (AP)

Turkish judge rules trial for journalists facing life sentences to be closed to public

March 25, 2016 10:16 AM EDT

Istanbul, March 25, 2016 – The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns an Istanbul court’s decision to bar the public from the trial of Can Dündar and Erdem Gül, journalists for the daily newspaper Cumhuriyet. Representatives from CPJ and other press freedom groups attended the first session of the trial today.

AFP and Le Monde reporters beaten, have passports taken during Congolese elections

March 24, 2016 6:06 PM EDT

New York, March 24, 2016–Three international journalists who were covering the elections in the Republic of Congo were punched and had their passports and equipment seized Wednesday by a group of four men who identified themselves as police, according to reports.

Singapore court sentences online editor for sedition

March 24, 2016 12:04 PM EDT

Bangkok, March 24, 2016 – The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a Singaporean court’s sentencing Wednesday of an Australian editor of a now-defunct independent Singaporean news website, and calls on authorities to stop jailing journalists and censoring websites.

The control room of Venezuelan station Globovisión. Since congressional elections in December, the news outlet has taken a tougher stance in its coverage. (AFP/Miguel Gutierrez)

After Venezuelan elections, Globovisión shows more defiant stance

March 23, 2016 6:27 PM EDT

When Venezuela’s opposition broke the ruling party’s 17-year stranglehold on power by winning control of congress in December, the political earthquake created editorial aftershocks at the 24-hour news station Globovisión.

‘What’s two-factor?’ How journalists can protect themselves from Twitter hacks

March 23, 2016 4:52 PM EDT

When The Associated Press’s verified @AP account was hacked three years ago, CPJ’s senior security adviser Frank Smyth and I noted that for individuals faced with that situation, the best course of action is to request a password reset, tweet at Twitter staff, and pray. The best advice is still to not get hacked in…

Impunity Newsletter

March 23, 2016 3:55 PM EDT

March 2016 Nine out of 10 murders of journalists worldwide go unpunished; join the fight to end impunity #noimpunity #endimpunity #speakjusticenow Justice for Bangladeshi bloggers Just over a year ago, on February 26, a group of machete-wielding assailants pulled blogger Avijit Roy from his rickshaw and hacked him to death with machetes in Dhaka. Roy…

Six sentenced in killing of journalist in Somalia

March 23, 2016 2:46 PM EDT

New York, March 23, 2016 — A military court in Mogadishu on Sunday upheld sentences imposed on six people convicted in connection with the December 2015 murder of Somali broadcast journalist Hindia Haji Mohamed.

Vietnamese bloggers imprisoned for ‘abusing democratic freedoms’

March 23, 2016 1:05 PM EDT

Bangkok, March 23, 2016 – The Committee to Protect Journalists strongly condemns a Hanoi court’s sentencing today of two Vietnamese bloggers to prison terms on charges of “abusing democratic freedoms.”

Director of community radio station murdered in El Salvador

March 23, 2016 10:43 AM EDT

Unidentified assailants killed Nicolás Humberto García, the director of a community radio station in Ahuachapán state, El Salvador, on March 10, 2016, according to news reports.

CPJ joins call for Egypt to end its persecution of journalists, civil society leaders

March 23, 2016 10:32 AM EDT

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 14 other organizations in calling on Egyptian authorities today to halt the persecution of journalists, press freedom advocates, and civil society leaders. Restrictive measures have included travel bans, asset freezes, and the re-opening of a five-year-old investigation into the foreign funding of human rights organizations.