Mubarak intensifies press attacks with assaults, detentions
February 3, 2011 12:59 PM ET
New York, February 3, 2011--Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak unleashed an unprecedented and systematic attack on international media today as his supporters assaulted reporters in the streets while security forces began obstructing and detaining journalists covering the unrest that threatens to...
Journalists under physical assault in Egypt
February 2, 2011 2:11 PM ET
New York, February 2, 2011--Supporters of President Hosni Mubarak have begun violently attacking journalists reporting on the streets of Cairo today, a shift in tactics from recent media censorship, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. CPJ calls on the Egyptian military...
Dominican police, firing pellets, wound reporter
February 2, 2011 1:55 PM ET
New York, February 2, 2011--Dominican police wounded journalist Francisco Frías Morel on Friday as he was covering a funeral procession for a youth killed in a police shooting in the northeastern city of Nagua, according to news reports and CPJ...
United Nations must intervene to protect Sri Lanka's media
January 31, 2011 5:06 PM ET
New York, January 31, 2011--Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon must press the United Nations to address the string of uninvestigated and unprosecuted attacks on journalists and media houses under the government of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Committee to Protect...
Attacks on journalists in Yemen, Sudan amid street protests
January 31, 2011 1:08 PM ET
New York, January 31, 2011--Journalists in the Middle East are experiencing increased harassment amid rapidly spreading street protests throughout the region, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. CPJ is gravely concerned about reports of attacks against journalists not...
Egypt instigates media blackout, police target journalists
January 28, 2011 3:50 PM ET
New York, January 28, 2011--Egyptian authorities have taken unprecedented measures to block media coverage of widespread protests against the government, which are on their fourth day. CPJ condemns Cairo's news blackout and calls for authorities to immediately restore Internet and...
Journalists beaten, websites blocked amid protests in Egypt
January 26, 2011 3:30 PM ET
New York, January 26, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the violence against journalists covering demonstrations in Egypt. Plainclothes and uniformed security personnel have beaten at least 10 journalists between Tuesday and today and detained others. Egyptian authorities have...
Vietnamese journalist critically injured in fiery attack
January 21, 2011 1:11 PM ET
Bangkok, January 21, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely concerned about a Wednesday morning attack on Vietnamese reporter Le Hoang Hung, who was doused with chemicals and set on fire by an unknown assailant while sleeping in his house...
Prominent Afghan reporter attacked with acid
January 19, 2011 2:19 PM ET
New York, January 19, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists is greatly concerned about the acid attack on Afghan journalist and author Razaq Mamoon, which left him disfigured. Local and international media reports say Mamoon was attacked as he was...
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