Bahrain should grant entry to journalists
February 9, 2012 3:27 PM ET
New York, February 9, 2012--Bahrain has rejected at least six journalists' applications for entry visas ahead of the anniversary of antigovernment protests that swept the country in February 2011, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on...
In high-tech China, low-tech media control works too
February 9, 2012 2:24 PM ET
China's investment in high-tech Internet surveillance technology is well known, and the byzantine rules of its Central Propaganda Department have inspired books and academic treatises. But among the many tools in the box for media control, there's one that's...
Rousseff quiet as Cuban blogger denied travel to Brazil
February 9, 2012 10:06 AM ET
The response from Cuban officials did not take anyone by surprise. Prominent Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez had been, once again, denied permission to leave her country after she was granted a visa by the Brazilian Embassy in January to...
Journalists attacked, threatened in Suez protests
February 8, 2012 5:02 PM ET
New York, February 8, 2012--Journalists covering political unrest in the Egyptian port city of Suez have been subjected to at least 10 attacks over a four-day period, according to news reports. One journalist was chased, fired upon, and threatened...
Nigerian airport journalists locked out, equipment held
February 7, 2012 5:40 PM ET
New York, February 7, 2012--Nigerian authorities have locked reporters based at the country's biggest airport out of their press center and withheld their equipment since Saturday, according to local journalists and news reports....
Accreditation disputes at center of US arrests
February 7, 2012 1:25 PM ET
The issue of press accreditation continues to reverberate. In November, when the Occupy movement came into conflict with law enforcement across the country and at least 20 journalists covering the events were arrested, CPJ reported that disputes over press...
Iran detains, harasses relatives of BBC Persian service staff
February 3, 2012 5:19 PM ET
New York, February 3, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the detention and harassment in Iran of relatives of BBC Persian service staff who work outside the country, which is part of a sustained campaign to intimidate journalists into...
Kazakh authorities interrogate editor, raid newsroom
February 2, 2012 4:52 PM ET
New York, February 2, 2012--The Kazakh security service, or KNB, must immediately cease intimidating Oksana Makushina, deputy editor of Golos Respubliki, and return reporting equipment confiscated today from the independent weekly, the Committee to Protect Journalists said....
Dominican Republic: Journalist given six months in jail
January 31, 2012 3:26 PM ET
New York, January 31, 2012--The six-month jail sentence of Dominican journalist Johnny Alberto Salazar, who was convicted of defaming a local lawyer on January 18, should be revoked on appeal, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
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