Asia documents by Year:
Reliance Group sues India's NDTV for US$1 billion over its reporting on Rafale jet deal
October 19, 2018 4:16 PM ET
New Delhi, October 19, 201-- The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on the Indian conglomerate Reliance Group, owned by businessman Anil Ambani, to end its use of excessive civil defamation cases filed against critical news outlets. Reliance Group yesterday filed a civil defamation case seeking Rs10,000 crore (US$1.35 billion)...
Gunmen in Pakistan kill K2 Times reporter
October 17, 2018 5:54 PM ET
New York, October 17, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Pakistani authorities to investigate and promptly bring to justice the killers of journalist Sohail Khan. Khan, a reporter for the Urdu daily K2 Times, was shot dead while driving in Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, yesterday, according to...
Vietnam sentences citizen journalist on second anti-state charge
October 15, 2018 10:58 AM ET
Bangkok, October 15, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the second prison sentence handed to Vietnamese journalist Do Cong Duong and strongly reiterated its call for his immediate and unconditional release....
Hong Kong denies visa renewal for Financial Times editor
October 5, 2018 7:49 AM ET
Taipei, October 5, 2018--Hong Kong's immigration authorities declined to renew the visa of Victor Mallet, Financial Times' Asia news editor and the vice-president of the Foreign Correspondents' Club, according to a statement today from the Financial Times and other media reports. The rejection came after Mallet chaired a talk...
CPJ's Joel Simon speaks at Press Behind Bars panel
September 28, 2018 2:13 PM ET
Committee to Protect Journalists Executive Director Joel Simon addressed a panel event at the 73rd session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York on September 28, 2018. The event highlighted global press freedom violations and the jailing of journalists in countries around the world, with a specific focus...
CPJ urges Bangladesh's president to return Digital Security Act to Parliament for revision
September 21, 2018 10:50 AM ET
The CPJ expresses concern about the Digital Security Act that was passed on September 18 by the Parliament of Bangladesh, and urges President Abdul Hamid to return it to Parliament for review. CPJ is concerned that the legislation, if allowed to become law, would violate constitutional guarantees of freedom of the press, and would create extensive legal dangers for journalists in the normal course of carrying out their professional activities.
Vietnam jails journalist for four years over coverage of evictions
September 19, 2018 1:46 PM ET
Bangkok, September 19, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today strongly condemned the sentencing of Vietnamese journalist Do Cong Duong and called for his immediate and unconditional release. A court in the northern province of Bac Ninh sentenced Duong on September 17 to four years in prison for disturbing public...
Acts of Intimidation: In Pakistan, journalists' fear and censorship grow even as fatal violence declines
September 12, 2018 12:00 AM ET
As killings of journalists in Pakistan decline so too does press freedom, as the country’s powerful military quietly, but effectively, restricts reporting by barring access, encouraging self-censorship through direct and indirect acts of intimidation, and even allegedly instigating violence against reporters. Journalists who push back or are overly critical...
Acts of Intimidation:
September 12, 2018 12:00 AM ET
About This Report This report was written by CPJ Asia Program Coordinator Steven Butler. CPJ’s multimedia producer Mustafa Hameed contributed research and reporting, and produced the accompanying documentary “Acts of Intimidation.” CPJ traveled to Karachi, Islamabad, Peshawar, Lahore, and Okara in February 2018, to meet with journalists, editors, and...