CPJ welcomes dismissal of charges against Barrett Brown
San Francisco, March 8, 2014–Following requests from both prosecutors and defense attorneys, yesterday the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas dismissed 11 felony counts against journalist Barrett Brown. The charges related to the reposting of a publicly-available hyperlink containing thousands of documents stolen from intelligence contractor Stratfor Forecasting. Brown was never accused…
CPJ International Press Freedom Awards 2013
23rd Annual Ceremony and Dinner To benefit the Committee to Protect Journalists Four journalists who face imprisonment or other persecution for exposing realities in Ecuador, Egypt, Turkey, and Vietnam will be honored with the Committee to Protect Journalists’ 2013 International Press Freedom Awards, an annual recognition of the courageous reporting that defines free media. The…
Honoring defiance of censorship and other threats
New York, September 26, 2013–Four journalists who face imprisonment or other persecution for exposing realities in Ecuador, Egypt, Turkey, and Vietnam will be honored with the Committee to Protect Journalists’ 2013 International Press Freedom Awards, an annual recognition of the courageous reporting that defines free media. “At a time when information has become a global…
Janet Hinostroza, Ecuador
2013 CPJ International Press Freedom Awardee (Courtesy of Univision) To read Hinostroza’s acceptance speech, click here. As a leading television reporter and host in her native Ecuador, Janet Hinostroza has investigated human and arms trafficking, the Ecuadoran police, and extrajudicial killings. She is also a prime target in the government’s ongoing assault on free expression….
Bassem Youssef, Egypt
2013 CPJ International Press Freedom Awardee (Courtesy of Univision) To read Youssef’s acceptance speech, click here. As a window for free expression opened in Egypt with the demise of the Mubarak era in 2011, cardiac surgeon Bassem Youssef began dissecting his society with a satirical newscast produced in his living room and posted on YouTube….
Nguyen Van Hai, Vietnam
2013 CPJ International Press Freedom Awardee (Courtesy of Univision) UPDATE: On November 25, 2014, Nguyen Van Hai attended CPJ’s 2014 International Press Freedom Awards and received his award in person. Scroll down to watch or read his speech. Nguyen Van Hai is one of the best-known bloggers in Vietnam’s burgeoning community of online journalists, who…
Nedim Şener, Turkey
2013 CPJ International Press Freedom Awardee (Courtesy of Univision) To read Şener’s acceptance speech, click here. Nedim Şener, a leading investigative journalist with the Turkish daily Posta, is considered a terrorist by his government, which alleges that his critical reporting contributed to an anti-government plot. His case is emblematic of Turkey’s widespread application of vague laws to…
News from the Committee to Protect Journalists, August 2013
A sad landmark for CPJ: 1,000 journalists killed When Mick Deane was killed in Egypt on August 14, he became the 1,000th journalist documented by CPJ as having died in direct relation to his work. Some died in the crossfire of combat or civil unrest, but most were targeted for murder. In 1992, CPJ began…
Press freedom at risk in Egypt
New CPJ report looks at repressive tactics of successive governments New York, August 7, 2013–Hopes for press freedom were high after the 2011 revolution ousted Hosni Mubarak. But more than two years later, a deeply polarized Egyptian press has been battered by an array of repressive tactics, from the legal and physical intimidation of Mohamed…
Press attacks, repression foster self-censorship in Tanzania
Nairobi, August 6, 2013–A rise in anti-press attacks set against a backdrop of repressive laws, and the long-term censorship of one critical publication is sowing fear and self-censorship among journalists in Tanzania, the Committee to Protect Journalists said in a new report released today. Despite Tanzania’s reputation for transparency and democracy, its citizens are being…