Nancy Sai

Days after CPJ issued a special report on Vietnam’s confined media, authorities sentenced three bloggers, Nguyen Van Hai, Ta Phong Tan, and Phan Thanh Hai, to harsh prison terms on anti-state charges.In a statement to the International Herald Tribune, CPJ Senior Southeast Asia representative, Shawn Crispin underscores the extreme risks that journalists in Vietnam face…

CPJ’s 2012 Impunity Index, an annual ranking of countries where journalists are murdered regularly and governments fail to solve the crimes, found unsolved journalist murders have increased in Pakistan.In an interview with the Associated Press, Bob Dietz, CPJ Asia Program Coordinator, describes the escalating violence against journalists in Pakistan’s province of Baluchistan. Click here for the full…

Press freedom in Bahrain has worsened in the past year as authorities use deportations, arbitrary detentions, and anti-state charges to silence critical journalists, according to CPJ research.  HuffPost Live interviewed CPJ Executive Director, Joel Simon, and regional experts on Bahrain’s human rights abuses as it works to improve its image. Click here for the full story

CPJ has documented a stream of attacks against the press under Egyptian leader Mohamed Morsi.  Islam Afifi, editor-in-chief of the independent daily Al-Dustour was charged with insulting the president.Bloomberg reports on the story and quotes CPJ Deputy Director, Robert Mahoney, on this benchmark press freedom case under Morsi. Click here for the full story

Burma announced today that it would abolish pre-publication censorship, a step CPJ welcomes but considers a partial measure in addressing the country’s restrictive practices. Burma came in seventh on CPJ’s 2012 list of most censored countries released in May.  The Associated Press interviewed CPJ Senior Southeast Asia representative, Shawn Crispin, on the significance of the ruling. Click here…

Critical journalists often face attacks from governments, CPJ found.  A South Sudan minister recently accused a reporter of McClatchy newspaper “to be in pay” of Sudan, after the journalist detailed the country’s support of Sudanese rebels. The Sudan Tribune reports on the story, with commentary from CPJ’s East Africa Consultant, Tom Rhodes. Click here for the full story

In July, CPJ condemned the 18-year sentence of Eskinder Nega, promiment Ethiopian blogger, who was convicted over critical articles he had written.In reporting worldwide appeals for Eskinder’s sentence, The Washington Post speaks to Eskinder’s supporters and advocates, including CPJ’s Africa Program Coordinator, Mohamed Keita.Click here for the full story

CPJ Deputy Director, Rob Mahoney, testified before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in Washington on worldwide attacks against press freedom this week.  His testimony, which highlighted press freedom violations in Honduras, Russia, and Turkey, also addressed the increasing number of local journalists targeted for their reporting.The Epoch Times reports on Mahoney’s testimony and the testimonies of other…