Hacking Team leak underscores complexity of regulating software
July 13, 2015 10:20 AM ET
Among the 400 gigabytes of internal documents belonging to surveillance firm Hacking Team that were released online this week are details of the company's dealings with some of the most oppressive governments in the world. The revelations, which have generated...
Jordanian court orders arrest of journalist over terrorism reporting
July 9, 2015 4:16 PM ET
New York, July 9, 2015--A Jordanian journalist has been given 15 days in jail after being accused of breaking a recent ban on coverage of a terror plot, according to the journalist's employer and other news reports. The Committee to...
Ethiopia releases imprisoned journalist Reeyot Alemu
July 9, 2015 12:13 PM ET
New York, July 9, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release from prison today of Ethiopian journalist Reeyot Alemu, a critical columnist who has been jailed since June 2011 on terrorism charges. Reeyot was sentenced in 2012 to 14...
Ethiopia releases five journalists, drops all charges against them
July 8, 2015 4:39 PM ET
Nairobi, July 8, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release from prison today of two bloggers affiliated with the independent Ethiopian collective Zone 9 and three other journalists. All charges have been dropped against them, according to exiled Ethiopian...
Erdoğan vs the press: Insult law used to silence president's critics
July 6, 2015 5:34 PM ET
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is known for being intolerant of critics. During his third term as prime minister, Turkey was the leading jailer of journalists in the world with more than 60 behind bars at the height of the...
With more journalist arrests, press freedom further declines in Egypt
July 6, 2015 3:47 PM ET
New York, July 6, 2015--Egyptian authorities arrested four journalists last week around the two-year anniversary of the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi, according to news reports and local press freedom groups....
In Turkey, jailed journalist given new prison term as third investigation begins
July 1, 2015 6:23 PM ET
Istanbul, July 1, 2015--Turkish journalist Mehmet Baransu was handed a 10-month jail sentence by an Istanbul court on June 30 for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Twitter, according to reports. Baransu, a columnist and correspondent for the privately owned...
Zimbabwean journalist to appeal jail term over unregistered newspaper
June 30, 2015 6:00 PM ET
New York, June 30, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities to immediately release Zimbabwean journalist Patrick Chitongo who, according to reports, was sentenced to one year in prison on June 23 for publishing an unregistered newspaper....
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