Journalists covering Venezuela protests harassed, attacked, and news websites blocked
April 12, 2017 10:36 AM ET
New York, April 12, 2017--Venezuelan authorities should ensure that journalists can cover protests safely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Several reporters have been detained, injured, or had equipment seized while covering ongoing protests over a Supreme Court...
Egypt's state of emergency may act to further silence press
April 11, 2017 5:54 PM ET
Hours after two bombs ripped through packed Palm Sunday services in Coptic Churches in Alexandria and Tanta on April 9, killing nearly 50 people, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi announced a three-month state of emergency. The measure is in...
Ethiopia Supreme Court says two Zone 9 bloggers should face incitement charges
April 6, 2017 12:08 PM ET
New York, April 6, 2017--Ethiopia's Supreme Court today ruled that two bloggers from the Zone 9 collective, previously acquitted of terrorism charges, should be tried instead on charges of inciting violence through their writing. If convicted of the charge,...
AFP photographer repeatedly harassed by Libyan security forces
April 4, 2017 4:46 PM ET
New York, April 4, 2017--Security forces in Benghazi should stop harassing AFP photojournalist Abdullah Doma and ensure that he can work safely and without fear of reprisal, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Security forces in the eastern...
Belarus police raid offices of TV station Belsat, detain cameraman
March 31, 2017 3:17 PM ET
New York, March 31, 2017--Belarusian authorities should cease harassing Belsat TV and all news media in an effort to censor coverage of opposition protests and should immediately release all journalists detained for their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists...
At least eight journalists still jailed for reporting on Belarus protests
March 28, 2017 6:28 PM ET
New York, March 28, 2017--Belarusian authorities should immediately release all journalists jailed covering protests and should cease obstructing reporters in an effort to keep news of the protests out of media reports, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
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....
CPJ joins call for Belarus president to stop harassment of journalists, protesters
March 23, 2017 11:56 AM ET
The Committee to Protect Journalists, along with 48 rights organizations, sent a letter on March 22 to Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, condemning the detention and harassment of protesters, journalists, human rights defenders, civil society activists, and members of the...
Dozens of journalists obstructed from covering Belarus protests
March 23, 2017 10:13 AM ET
New York, March 23, 2017 - Belarusian authorities should immediately drop all charges against journalists prosecuted for covering a wave of nationwide protests and should cease interfering with journalists doing their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
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