CPJ calls on Niger to stop persecuting journalist Baba Alpha
April 5, 2018 2:41 PM ET
New York, April 5, 2018--Nigerien authorities should reverse the expulsion of journalist Baba Alpha and ensure his safety, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. After jailing him for a year, authorities on April 3 released Baba Alpha, a...
Kurdish military forces expel Al-Ahad TV reporter from Kirkuk province
October 2, 2017 6:21 PM ET
Beirut, October 2, 2017--Kurdish regional authorities in northern Iraq should immediately allow Al-Ahad TV correspondent Saif Rida to safely return to Kirkuk province and resume his work as a journalist, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Moroccan authorities detain, expel British journalist
September 29, 2017 10:01 AM ET
New York, September 29, 2017--Moroccan authorities should lift any restriction on journalist Saeed Kamali Dehghan's ability to travel to the country, and allow all journalists to report freely on matters of public interest, the Committee to Protect Journalists said...
CPJ calls on Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to reaffirm his commitment to ensuring journalists' safety
September 18, 2017 9:00 AM ET
CPJ calls on Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to publically denounce the recent SBU actions against the press and reaffirming his commitment to ensuring journalists' safety.
Ukraine's security service deports Russian journalist
August 30, 2017 6:01 PM ET
New York, August 30, 2017-- Russian journalist Anna Kurbatova was today grabbed on the street in the center of Kiev by unknown people and later deported, according to her employer Russian state television's Channel One. Ukraine's security service (SBU)...
Ukraine bars Spanish journalists over coverage of conflict in east
August 29, 2017 1:40 PM ET
New York, August 29, 2017--The Security Service of Ukraine today said that it barred the Spanish freelance journalists Antonio Pampliega and Ángel Sastre from entering the country for three years over their reporting on the conflict in the east,...
Ukraine expels Russian journalists trying to cover Eurovision contest
May 10, 2017 10:34 AM ET
Ukraine's state border service blocked Maria Remizova and Elena Boduen, correspondents of the Russian daily Komsomolskaya Pravda, and Ramil Sitdikov, a photojournalist of the Moscow-based pro-Kremlin broadcaster RT (formerly Russia Today), from entering the country, according to reports. The...
From Fledgling to Failed
April 25, 2017 8:03 AM ET
Even as the country collapses, South Sudan's government will brook no criticism By Jacey Fortin JUBA, South Sudan - The shooting began around 5:15 on a Friday afternoon. Dozens of journalists had gathered in the pressroom at the Presidential Palace--a...
In pivotal election year Kyrgyz media face verbal assaults from president and legal action
March 28, 2017 1:57 PM ET
In Kyrgyzstan, once Central Asia's most liberal country, President Almazbek Atambayev is tightening his grip on critical voices, including independent journalists and foreign media....