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Soldiers march during a parade marking the 78th anniversary of the Indonesian Armed Forces in Jakarta on October 5, 2023. Indonesian journalist Sempurna Pasaribu and three family members died in a house fire days after Pasaribu published reports alleging high-level military involvement in an illegal gambling operation. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Indonesian journalist killed in suspected arson attack

New York, July 5, 2024—Indonesian authorities must conduct an independent and credible investigation into the house fire that killed journalist Sempurna Pasaribu, determine if the blaze was sparked in retaliation for his news reporting, and bring any perpetrators to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Friday. Pasaribu, a contributor to the local Tribrata…

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Myanmar journalist Htet Aung sentenced to 5 years in prison under counterterrorism law

New York, July 2, 2024—Myanmar authorities should release journalist Htet Aung, and allow members of the press to do their jobs without fear of legal reprisal or imprisonment, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. On June 28, a court in Sittwe, capital of Myanmar’s Rakhine State, sentenced Htet Aung, a reporter with the Development…

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Chinese authorities arrest 2 ethnic Kazakh TV journalists in Xinjiang

Taipei, July 2, 2024—Chinese authorities must immediately release ethnic Kazakh journalists Kairat Domalin and Kuandyk Koben, who were arrested in China’s Xinjiang region, and cease harassing members of the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. Chinese police arrested Domalin and Koben in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang region, in April, according to the…

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U.K.-based journalist Shafiur Rahman decries Bangladesh authorities’ ‘harassment by proxy’

Police and National Security Intelligence officers detained 32 Rohingyas, a stateless ethnic minority, for around 16 hours in Bangladesh’s southeast Cox’s Bazar region on May 17, 2024, on allegations of holding an unauthorized meeting of the Asia-Pacific Network of Refugees (APNOR), a region-wide network of civil society organizations and advocates. Officers questioned nearly all of…

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Pakistani journalist Khalil Jibran shot dead following threats from militants

New York, June 20, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply disturbed by the continued killing of journalists in Pakistan, including six in 2024 thus far, and calls on the country’s authorities to swiftly investigate the fatal attack on veteran journalist Khalil Jibran and hold those responsible to account. On the evening of June 18,…

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Abdullah Danish

Afghan journalist Abdullah Danish detained, beaten following reports critical of Taliban

New York, June 20, 2024—The Taliban must investigate the arbitrary detention and beating of journalist Abdullah Danish and cease intimidating members of the press over their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday. On the evening of June 13, Taliban intelligence officers detained Danish, a freelance journalist, while he was traveling from the capital…

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French journalist Sébastien Farcis leaves India after permit not renewed

June 20, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Indian authorities to immediately renew French reporter Sébastien Farcis’ journalism permit and cease using legal technicalities to prevent journalists from carrying out their duties. Farcis, a New Delhi-based South Asia correspondent for multiple French and Belgian news organizations, including Radio France Internationale, Radio France, and Libération, left…

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Forced to flee: Exiled journalists face unsafe passage and transnational repression

By Lucy Westcott/CPJ Emergencies Director Threats, repression, conflict, and unrest: across the world, these and other factors are pushing journalists into exile in record numbers. In a striking development, exiled or soon-to-be exiled journalists now make up more than half of the people CPJ assists. Between January and June 2024, CPJ provided financial support to…

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Chinese journalist Sophia Huang Xueqin

CPJ calls for immediate release of Chinese journalist Sophia Huang Xueqin

Taipei, June 14, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a Chinese court’s decision on Friday to sentence journalist Sophia Huang Xueqin to five years in prison on the charge of “inciting subversion of state power.” The Intermediate People’s Court in the southern city of Guangzhou handed down the sentence to Huang, who is well known…

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Chandrababu Naidu, chief of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) of state of Andhra Pradesh attends India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony, at the presidential palace, in New Delhi, India, June 9, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi - RC2P78AL7743

Cable operators block 4 news channels in India’s Andhra Pradesh state post-election

New Delhi, June 13, 2024 —Cable operators in India’s Andhra Pradesh state should immediately restore access to news broadcasters Sakshi TV, TV9, NTV, and 10TV, and state leaders must ensure all broadcasters can operate freely and without censorship, said the Committee to Protect Journalists on Thursday. According to various news reports across Andhra media, the four TV news broadcasters have…

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