Groups call for EU action against mass surveillance
August 1, 2013 10:18 AM ET
Recent revelations of American and British mass surveillance of digital communications have triggered an intense mobilization of European free speech and civil liberties organizations, which have launched an online petition calling on leaders of the European Union to halt the...
Zambia blocks another website, re-arrests reporter
July 30, 2013 1:30 PM ET
Cape Town, July 30, 2013--Zambian authorities should stop blocking access to critical news websites and halt their harassment of journalists accused of working with the websites, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today after reports emerged of widening government...
Several journalists fired, forced to resign in Turkey
July 25, 2013 6:00 PM ET
New York, July 25, 2013--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by reports that numerous Turkish journalists, including the leading columnist Yavuz Baydar, have been fired or forced to resign from news outlets in apparent retaliation for their independent coverage...
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...
Chinese censors silence corruption blogger
July 25, 2013 10:34 AM ET
Chinese censors have cracked down on blogger Zhu Ruifeng, an apparent signal that there are limits to the government's tolerance for citizens assisting with the exposure of corrupt officials.On July 16, one day after the Beijing-based blogger and founder of...
Mediapart complies with ruling, but vows to fight on
July 23, 2013 2:17 PM ET
At midnight on Monday, the French news website Mediapart complied with the Versailles court of appeal which last week ordered the site to withdraw articles referring to the Bettencourt recordings--the secret tapings of Liliane Bettencourt, the richest woman in France,...
Kashmir's Internet suspension fits pattern of restrictions
July 22, 2013 1:35 PM ET
Curbing the flow of information during heightened periods of tension has become routine business by authorities in the northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Access to mobile Internet service was suspended Thursday after violent protests erupted in the...
Decree targets online freedoms in Vietnam
July 22, 2013 11:18 AM ET
Bangkok, July 22, 2013--A new decree aimed at regulating Internet-related information and services in Vietnam represents a significant new danger to online journalists and bloggers, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The decree was signed into law on July...
Press harassed, censored as Egypt's turmoil continues
July 18, 2013 5:04 PM ET
New York, July 18, 2013--A number of Egyptian journalists have been barred from covering public press conferences and several others have been detained in recent days amid the country's highly polarized political and news media atmosphere, according to news reports....
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