CPJ condemns attack on media executives in Hong Kong
March 19, 2014 1:51 PM ET
New York, March 19, 2014--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns today's attack on two senior media executives in Hong Kong by four masked men armed with metal bars. The executives work for Hong Kong Media News, which is preparing to...
In Crimea, more journalists report attacks, obstruction
March 18, 2014 5:40 PM ET
New York, March 18, 2014--At least six journalists have been assaulted, detained, or obstructed from reporting in the southern Ukrainian autonomous republic of Crimea in the past two days, according to news reports. ...
Journalists detained, attacked while reporting in Crimea
March 11, 2014 3:19 PM ET
New York, March 11, 2014--Two reporters were detained by armed men in the autonomous republic of Crimea, in southern Ukraine, while other journalists have reported being assaulted covering the crisis and their equipment damaged or seized, according to news reports....
Journalist sentenced to jail for defamation in Honduras
March 10, 2014 4:18 PM ET
Honduran journalist Julio Ernesto Alvarado was convicted on charges of criminal defamation on December 9, 2013, according to local human rights groups. The Supreme Court of Justice sentenced the journalist, who hosts the news program "Mi Nación" on Globo TV,...
Editor attacked in Pakistan-administered Kashmir
March 10, 2014 3:51 PM ET
On March 7, 2014, at least 20 assailants stormed the offices of Chingari, an Urdu-language daily based in Mirpur, Pakistan-administered Kashmir, according to local reports and local press freedom groups, including the Freedom Network and the Pakistan Federal Union of...
UN reviews Kyrgyzstan's human rights, free press record
March 10, 2014 12:14 PM ET
Today, the U.N. Human Rights Committee begins its two-day review of Kyrgyzstan's compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. By ratifying the treaty in October 1994, Kyrgyz authorities pledged to enforce internationally recognized provisions regarding the protection...
Crimean authorities take two more broadcasters off air
March 6, 2014 5:19 PM ET
New York, March 6, 2014--Crimean authorities should immediately restore broadcasting in the region by the independent Ukraine television stations Channel 5 and Channel 1+1, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Forced to flee false perceptions, ICC, and Kenyan press
March 6, 2014 5:17 PM ET
EDITOR'S NOTE: February 15, 2014 marked one year since Omwa Ombara arrived in the U.S. to seek political asylum after attempts on her life in Kenya between May and December 2012. She fled her native land after being contacted...
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