Critical TV station suspended in Ecuador
December 23, 2009 1:23 PM ET
We issued the following statement today after Ecuadoran authorities took critical private broadcaster Teleamazonas off the air for three days on Tuesday. In a story aired in May, Teleamazonas reported that natural gas exploitation on Puná Island could force the...
Journalists held, harassed in West Bank, Gaza
December 16, 2009 5:17 PM ET
New York, December 16, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges the West Bank-based Palestinian Authorities to release a journalist detained since Monday and the Hamas-led government in Gaza to end harassment of journalists....
Journalists beaten in Sudan after covering protests
December 16, 2009 12:10 PM ET
New York, December 16, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned by the detention and beating of several journalists who were attempting to report on clashes this week and last between government forces and protesters in Khartoum and the...
Tunisian journalist loses 'airport immunity' after award
December 15, 2009 5:58 PM ET
My country’s international airport—as some may not know—has become the scene of the Tunisian regime’s score-settling with its opponents. Opponents are no longer banned from traveling; this is a move to promote the idea that they are “free.” However,...
Newsweekly reveals twist in Colombian wiretapping scandal
December 15, 2009 10:15 AM ET
Last week’s cover story in the leading Colombian newsweekly Semana—known for investigations that have shaken the core of the administration of President Alvaro Uribe Vélez—revealed further evidence of illegal wiretapping of journalists by the Administrative Department of Security (DAS), the country’s national intelligence...
Tunisian authorities mistreating imprisoned journalist
December 11, 2009 4:16 PM ET
New York, December 11, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned about the health and detention conditions of Tunisian journalist Taoufik Ben Brik and the flagrant and recurrent violations of his right to see his wife and lawyers....
American journalist interrogated at Canadian border
December 2, 2009 2:59 PM ET
New York, December 2, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by the detention and interrogation of a U.S. journalist crossing the border into Canada. News host Amy Goodman of the syndicated, community-oriented radio and television program "Democracy Now!" was detained on Nov. 25...
Tunisia jails two critical journalists and harasses others
December 1, 2009 5:33 PM ET
New York, December 1, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the rising imprisonment of critical journalists in Tunisia. Harassment has been escalating since President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali threatened to prosecute anyone who casts doubt on his reelection for...
Independent broadcasters harassed, taken off air in Ukraine
November 20, 2009 11:27 AM ET
New York, November 20, 2009—Authorities in Odessa, Ukraine, should immediately cease harassment of independent and pro-opposition broadcasters, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Officials from the Odessa Public Utility Service and mayor’s office have been physically obstructing the work...
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