Sudan confiscates, shuts down newspapers again
January 18, 2012 4:34 PM ET
New York, January 18, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Sudan's routine use of newspaper closures as a means to censor critical reporting. Over two weeks, the authorities have shut down and confiscated the assets of two daily newspapers. ...
Under pressure at home, Chinese writer chooses exile
January 13, 2012 3:03 PM ET
New York, January 13, 2012--The decision of prominent Chinese writer Yu Jie to seek exile in the United States this week is an indication of the intensifying hardships that face dissidents who criticize Communist Party rule, the Committee to...
Ghana must probe state agents' attack on photographer
January 13, 2012 2:03 PM ET
New York, January 13, 2012---Authorities in Ghana should launch a thorough and transparent investigation into reports that state security agents on Thursday brutalized a photojournalist covering the high-profile court case of a senior police official, the Committee to Protect Journalists...
Journalists still being assaulted in Tunisia
January 13, 2012 10:53 AM ET
New York, January 13, 2012-- The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns recent attacks on the press in Tunisia. A journalist was assaulted while covering a protest at the interior ministry Wednesday, and two female journalists were assaulted last week. ...
Journalist harassed for reporting farmers' complaints
January 10, 2012 5:19 PM ET
New York, January 10, 2012--Police in Gambia are harassing a journalist for reporting farmers' complaints against a local official accused of mismanaging public resources, according to local journalists and news reports....
Both sides cry 'press freedom!' in Argentine newsprint battle
January 5, 2012 1:11 PM ET
Argentine Secretary of Commerce Guillermo Moreno made headlines in August 2010 when, at a meeting with the directors of newsprint manufacturer Papel Prensa, he whipped out a pair of boxing gloves, told the women present to clear out of...
In DRC, RFI suspended over elections coverage
January 4, 2012 4:24 PM ET
New York, January 4, 2012--Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo shut down broadcasts of the French government-funded Radio France Internationale over its coverage of the aftermath of the November 2011 presidential elections, news reports said....
More revelations of threats to Pakistani journalists
December 30, 2011 11:54 AM ET
We released a statement Thursday--CPJ supports Pakistani journalists facing threats--about the decision of two Pakistani journalists to publicly announce the threats they had been receiving. Najam Sethi, editor of The Friday Times and host of a popular Urdu-language political...
In Mauritania, Moroccan journalist expelled
December 23, 2011 2:34 PM ET
New York, December 23, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Mauritanian authorities' Wednesday decision to expel a Moroccan journalist from the country. The Mauritanian government gave no reason for their decision....
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