US-Vietnam strategic partnership must be contingent on press freedom
August 10, 2015 12:53 PM ET
Secretary of State John Kerry's recent visit to Vietnam was made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the former adversaries. While Kerry's speech during his three-day tour emphasized the need for Hanoi to improve its rights...
In times of war, Pentagon reserves right to treat journalists like spies
July 31, 2015 3:24 PM ET
The Pentagon has produced its first Department of Defense-wide Law of War Manual and the results are not encouraging for journalists who, the documents state, may be treated as "unprivileged belligerents." But the manual's justification for categorizing journalists this...
Dieu Cay on solitary confinement, hunger strikes, and his fight for press freedom
June 16, 2015 10:43 AM ET
EDITOR'S NOTE: Held in solitary confinement and stripped of his human rights, Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Van Hai suffered greatly during his six and a half years in prison. The 63-year-old outspoken critic of the repressive Vietnamese government was granted early...
CPJ calls on Ukraine to not revoke Inter broadcasting license
May 29, 2015 12:42 PM ET
New York, May 29, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ukrainian authorities to allow national television channel Inter to continue broadcasting freely and to investigate why its signal has been jammed. Parliamentary criticism of the station has led the...
In Venezuela, Tal Cual under pressure but not defeated
April 9, 2015 5:13 PM ET
Tal Cual, one of the few remaining Venezuelan newspapers critical of the government, is so shorthanded there's often no receptionist on hand to let people in. Visitors must bang on the front door until someone in the newsroom notices....
A year after Raza Rumi attack, little change for Pakistan's beleaguered press
March 27, 2015 4:49 PM ET
One year ago Raza Rumi, a TV anchor and widely-respected analyst in Pakistan, narrowly escaped death when gunmen opened fire on his car in an attack that killed his driver, Mustafa. When I wrote about the March 28 attack,...
Mission Journal: Bangladeshi press reined in as Hasina exerts authority
March 26, 2015 5:24 PM ET
Matiur Rahman Chowdhury has been the host of "Frontline," a popular Bangla-language news show, for five years. Aired live three times a week, the show gained notoriety for bringing politicians, members of civil society, and journalists together to discuss...
Honoring courage and defying repression
November 6, 2013 1:17 PM ET
CPJ's 2013 International Press Freedom AwardsNew York, November 6, 2013 -- Four outstanding journalists who have endured and defied media repression in Ecuador, Egypt, Turkey, and Vietnam will be honored with the Committee to Protect Journalists' 2013 International Press Freedom...
Release of Chinese journalist Shi Tao was long overdue
September 9, 2013 3:15 PM ET
New York, September 9, 2013--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the early release of journalist Shi Tao, who was first detained in 2004 and sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2005 on charges of "leaking state secrets abroad." Shi...
