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For two months, editors were blocked from posting Premium Times' links on the outlet's Facebook page. (Facebook)

Attacks on critical Nigerian website highlight vulnerability

March 11, 2014 6:10 PM EDT

Turkey’s prime minister made headlines last week by threatening to block Facebook in the country, but as recent events in Nigeria show, a more discreet intervention can be effective in disrupting the free flow of information.

Omwa Ombara left Kenya for the United States. (CPJ)

Forced to flee false perceptions, ICC, and Kenyan press

March 6, 2014 5:17 PM EST

EDITOR’S NOTE: February 15, 2014 marked one year since Omwa Ombara arrived in the U.S. to seek political asylum after attempts on her life in Kenya between May and December 2012. She fled her native land after being contacted by International Criminal Court (ICC) investigators probing the violence that followed the Kenyan elections in 2007-2008,…

Kenya media, security forces soul search after Westgate

March 3, 2014 10:47 AM EST

Should journalists expect support and protection from security agents when they risk their lives to report on security operations? What if their coverage could potentially expose military strategies? Why are journalists disparaged as unpatriotic when they show how security operations fail?

Zimbabwean journalists report being attacked, threatened

February 25, 2014 12:09 PM EST

At least two journalists reported being attacked, threatened, and obstructed in January 2014 in Zimbabwe, while a third was summoned to court a year after being charged, according to news reports.

Germain Kennedy Mumbere Muliwavyo was killed in a shootout between Congolese armed forces and Ugandan rebels. (Magloire Paluku)

DRC journalist dies from wounds suffered in rebel attack

February 18, 2014 3:43 PM EST

New York, February 18, 2014–A journalist in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo died on Sunday from gunshot wounds he sustained in a shootout between Congolese troops and Ugandan rebels, according to news reports.

Somali authorities detain two radio directors without charge

February 14, 2014 12:22 PM EST

Nairobi, February 14, 2014–The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely concerned by reports that two radio directors in the capital, Mogadishu, were arrested and held without charge for two days by Somalia’s National Security Agency. Somalia authorities detained two radio directors for two days and threatened to kill them if they continued to air news…

How the United States’ Spying Strengthens China’s Hand

February 12, 2014 2:25 AM EST

The scope of the National Security Agency’s digital surveillance raises doubts about the U.S. commitment to freedom of expression online. By Joel Simon

Putting Press Freedom at the Heart of Anti-Poverty Efforts

February 12, 2014 2:25 AM EST

Economists and political scientists acknowledge that journalism is vital to development and democracy. By Robert Mahoney

Would-Be Repressors Brandish ‘Ethics’ as Justification

February 12, 2014 2:23 AM EST

Calls for journalists to exercise a sense of responsibility are very often code for censorship. Yet unethical journalism can also imperil the press. By Jean-Paul Marthoz

Attacks on the Press: Surveillance poses global challenge for free flow of news

February 12, 2014 2:22 AM EST

CPJ’s annual assessment of press freedom worldwide New York, February 12, 2014–Digital surveillance, the unchecked murder of journalists, and indirect commercial and political pressures on the media are three of the primary threats to press freedom highlighted in the Committee to Protect Journalists annual assessment, Attacks on the Press, released today.