Media restrictions in Papua underscore Indonesia's wider problems
March 31, 2015 1:30 PM ET
With more than 50 years of restricted media access, one of the least covered armed conflicts in the world is the long-simmering struggle between Indonesia's military and the secessionist Free Papua Movement. Under Indonesia's seven successive post-independence governments--the early...
A year after Raza Rumi attack, little change for Pakistan's beleaguered press
March 27, 2015 4:49 PM ET
One year ago Raza Rumi, a TV anchor and widely-respected analyst in Pakistan, narrowly escaped death when gunmen opened fire on his car in an attack that killed his driver, Mustafa. When I wrote about the March 28 attack,...
Media outlets raided and banned as conflict spirals in Yemen
March 27, 2015 4:14 PM ET
New York, March 27, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned for the safety of Yemeni journalists amid escalating violence in the country. Houthi forces have raided news outlets, detained journalists, and banned websites, while satellite TV operators ceased to...
In election year, Nigeria's press feeling the pressure
March 24, 2015 1:13 PM ET
"Nobody is safe. Not the voter, not the journalist, not anybody!" The fears of Femi Adesina, president of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, is echoed by stakeholders and observers of Nigeria's general election. Amid the tension in the run...
Russian media regulator denies registration to Crimean news outlets
March 19, 2015 3:53 PM ET
New York, March 19, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the deteriorating media climate in Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula that was annexed by Russia last year. On April 1, a news agency and a media company face being...
Bombs thrown at Indian TV station in Chennai
March 13, 2015 12:55 PM ET
Assailants threw two homemade bombs at the offices of Puthiya Thalaimurai, an independent Tamil television station in Chennai, the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, early on March 12, 2015, according to news reports. No one was...
Russian FSB agents in Crimea charge journalist, interrogate another
March 13, 2015 12:55 PM ET
New York, March 13, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns today's repressive actions by Russian security services, the FSB, against two journalists affiliated with an investigative journalism center....
Journalists assaulted, detained in Myanmar crackdown
March 12, 2015 11:28 AM ET
Bangkok, March 12, 2015--Journalists covering a security force clampdown on a student protest in central Myanmar on Tuesday were harassed, attacked, and detained by police, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the assault on and...
In Russia, last key suspect charged in 2000 murder of Igor Domnikov
March 11, 2015 3:55 PM ET
New York, March 11, 2015--Moscow investigators today charged former regional governor Sergei Dorovskoi in the 2000 attack on Novaya Gazeta journalist Igor Domnikov that led to the journalist's death, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the...
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