Nigerian journalist says businessman threatened her over investigative report
February 25, 2016 10:18 AM ET
Abuja, Nigeria, February 25, 2016--Nigerian authorities should investigate claims that a businessman threatened freelance journalist Augustina Armstrong-Ogbonna over her investigation into his company, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
79 cases and counting: Legal challenges pile up for Daily Star editor who admitted error in judgment
February 23, 2016 4:44 PM ET
When Mahfuz Anam, editor of one of Bangladesh's most respected newspapers, admitted recently to a lapse in editorial judgment several years ago, he could not have predicted the legal backlash that would ensue. Anam's admission that he published unsubstantiated...
Court reporters beaten by lawyers in latest attack on press freedom in India
February 19, 2016 4:47 PM ET
Attacks this week against journalists covering a high-profile sedition case have heightened concerns about the state of press freedom in India. CPJ has reported frequently on journalists there coming under attack from police, criminals, politicians, and others. Now lawyers...
Are intelligence sector reforms enough to protect Colombia's journalists?
February 19, 2016 11:39 AM ET
When Colombia's national intelligence agency, known as DAS, was disbanded in October 2011 after revelations of illegal surveillance and harassment of the press and public figures, many journalists breathed a sigh of relief. But recent claims of reporters being...
Uganda elections approach amid hostile environment for media
February 16, 2016 8:53 AM ET
Demonstrations against the government are a routine affair in the Ugandan capital Kampala, and Andrew Lwanga thought it would be just another day at work when he was assigned to cover a protest march by a few dozen unemployed...
Amid financial scandal, Malaysia increases pressure on media
February 12, 2016 11:55 AM ET
A financial scandal involving a state investment fund created and overseen by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, exposed in turns by investigative journalists, has put a parallel spotlight on the country's deteriorating press freedom situation. A suggestion by the...
Nigerian journalists barred from covering deputy governor's inauguration
February 10, 2016 1:00 PM ET
Armed security guards on Tuesday, February 9, 2016, prevented journalists from covering the inauguration of Simon Achuba to the post of deputy governor of Nigeria's central Kogi State, according to news reports and local journalists....
'I kept telling them I'm a journalist but they kept beating me': Photographer beaten at Delhi protest
February 9, 2016 11:24 AM ET
As police cracked down on protesters in Delhi during recent protests over the treatment of Dalits, who occupy the lowest rungs of India's caste ladder, journalists were caught in the fray. The protests were sparked by the suicide of...
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