Turkish journalists detained, another beaten in Egypt
July 9, 2013 4:47 PM ET
New York, July 9, 2013--Four Turkish journalists in Egypt were briefly taken into military custody today, following an assault on another Turk on Sunday, according to news reports. Separately, an Egyptian journalist was severely beaten by Muslim Brotherhood supporters...
Israeli forces arrest Palestinian freelance journalist
July 9, 2013 4:08 PM ET
New York, July 9, 2013--Israeli authorities should immediately release a Palestinian freelance journalist who was arrested in a nighttime raid last week, and drop the charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Ivory Coast police interrogate journalists over sources
July 9, 2013 1:27 PM ET
Police in the economic capital of Abidjan summoned two journalists with the weekly L'Eléphant déchaîné on June 28, 2013, and interrogated them for more than six hours, Agence France-Presse reported, citing their lawyer....
Rouhani can take steps to improve Iran press freedom
July 8, 2013 4:54 PM ET
After eight hellish years for Iran's journalists under outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the election of Hassan Rouhani was welcomed with hope for a better future. As soon as he takes office in August, he should act on his view...
Ecuador loses investigative journal Vanguardia
July 8, 2013 12:30 PM ET
Like the death of a loved one. That's how Juan Carlos Calderón, editor of the newsmagazine Vanguardia, described the June 28 closing of the newsweekly that for eight years published hard-hitting investigations about public officials and faced frequent government...
Egyptian authorities step up censorship
July 5, 2013 3:17 PM ET
New York, July 5, 2013--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed that Egypt's new military-run government is detaining journalists and censoring news outlets, including those affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, despite proclaiming an intention to be inclusive. ...
In Barroso-Aliyev talks, press freedom takes a back seat
June 27, 2013 5:02 PM ET
"We in Europe are also not perfect," José Manuel Barroso said last week while hosting a joint press conference in Brussels with Azerbaijan's head of state, Ilham Aliyev. The president of the European Commission, who is supposed to defend the...
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