News coverage of economic sanctions barred by Iran
July 12, 2012 4:30 PM ET
New York, July 12, 2012--Iranian authorities have issued new censorship guidelines barring domestic news outlets from reporting on the impact of Western economic sanctions, local and international news outlets reported Wednesday. And, with at least three imprisonments reported, the government...
Shallow victory for China's journalists, protesters
July 5, 2012 1:51 PM ET
Shi Junrong, Xi'an Evening News bureau chief in the city of Wei'an, ran into trouble recently after he reported on the costly brand of luxury cigarettes favored by local officials. He announced on his microblog that the paper suspended...
Sudan must end crackdown on press covering protests
July 3, 2012 3:15 PM ET
New York, July 3, 2012--Sudanese authorities should allow journalists to cover anti-government demonstrations in Khartoum, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Over the past week, authorities have raided a media office and a journalist's home, arrested one journalist...
The New York Times takes on China's censors
July 2, 2012 4:55 PM ET
Well, that didn't take long. Just days after The New York Times' soft launch of its Chinese-language edition and accompanying microblog accounts, Berkeley-based China Digital Times website reports that the @nytchinese Sina Weibo feed is no longer accessible in China,...
China blocks Bloomberg for political report
June 29, 2012 3:51 PM ET
New York, June 29, 2012--Chinese censors should unblock the website of the Bloomberg news agency, which became inaccessible today following a story on the vice president's family and its financial assets, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Sri Lankan police raid offices of two news websites
June 29, 2012 12:16 PM ET
New York, June 29, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in Sri Lanka to immediately stop harassing news outlets. Police in Colombo raided the offices of two opposition news websites today, arresting nine people and confiscating equipment, according...
High-tech censorship on the rise in East Africa
June 29, 2012 12:04 PM ET
Ethiopia has always been a country at the cutting edge of Internet censorship in Africa. In the wake of violence after the 2005 elections, when other states were only beginning to recognize the potential for online reporters to bypass traditional...
In Benin, newspapers sanctioned for coverage of officials
June 19, 2012 2:46 PM ET
Throughout December 2011, HAAC, Benin's state-run media regulatory agency, summoned more than a dozen newspapers to public hearings and handed them sanctions ranging from a public apology to indefinite suspension, according to news reports. HAAC's president is appointed by Benin's...
Ethiopian law criminalizes independent telecom use
June 15, 2012 4:50 PM ET
Nairobi, June 15, 2012--A new law in Ethiopia imposes prison sentences for offenses related to the independent use of telecommunications tools and services, according to local journalists and news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by broad...
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