Despite official repression, Sri Lanka media report attack
August 8, 2013 4:33 PM ET
Details are emerging of Sri Lanka's effort to control media coverage of an ugly attack on demonstrators by security forces last week. In Rathupaswala village in the town of Weliweriya, outside Colombo, on August 1, soldiers beat and fired on...
The invisible plight of the Tanzanian press
August 6, 2013 12:01 AM ET
The Tanzanian government enjoys good international publicity for transparency, but news of public discontent is not being heard. A spike in anti-press attacks is sowing fear and self-censorship among journalists. A CPJ special report by Tom Rhodes...
Journalists attacked and threatened in Tunisia
August 5, 2013 10:11 AM ET
Several Tunisian journalists reported being harassed, threatened, and attacked during the three-day protests following the July 25, 2013, assassination of opposition leader Mohamed al-Barahmi, according to local journalists and news reports....
Filmmaker's arrest signals limits to Uganda coverage
August 1, 2013 4:53 PM ET
Taylor Krauss, an American journalist, freelance filmmaker, and founder of the testimonial website Voices of Rwanda, traveled to Uganda roughly two weeks ago to conduct some filming in hopes of pitching footage later to various media outlets. Krauss is...
Guinean journalist assaulted while covering attack
July 31, 2013 3:50 PM ET
A group of persons with disabilities attacked Alhasane Bah, a journalist with the media group L'independent-Le Democrate, on July 4, 2013, as he attempted to photograph the group attacking another person with disabilities, according to news reports. The attack occurred...
Government official publicly whips Nigerian journalist
July 31, 2013 3:50 PM ET
An identified State Security Service agent publicly flogged a reporter on July 3, 2013, while he was on an official visit to the Benue State Government House to deliver a press invitation to the state governor's chief of staff, according...
New Zealand, US may have spied on McClatchy reporter
July 30, 2013 7:46 PM ET
Concern over government surveillance of journalists has washed up on the faraway shores of New Zealand, with a report in the country's Sunday Star this week asserting that the military there, with help from U.S. intelligence, spied on an investigative...
Attacks on Orient News illustrate Syria's many threats
July 30, 2013 6:35 PM ET
It is increasingly difficult to document violations against the press in Syria, let alone hold those responsible to account. It has always been hard to verify facts within the country. But now, the sheer number of violations and the...
Another reporter attacked, hospitalized in eastern Ukraine
July 29, 2013 3:19 PM ET
New York, July 29, 2013--Federal authorities in Ukraine should take over the investigation into today's brutal attack on a TV journalist who had regularly reported on allegations of corruption in the regional police force, the Committee to Protect Journalists said...
In Egypt, journalists report being attacked, harassed
July 25, 2013 5:18 PM ET
New York, July 25, 2013--Several journalists have reported being harassed, censored, or attacked over the past week in Egypt, according to news reports and local journalists. The incidents come as Egyptian authorities have announced their intentions to abolish prison...
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