Legal Action - Tag Results - Committee to Protect Journalists

Chinese reporter arrested in connection with Hong Kong protest coverage

October 14, 2014 2:19 PM ET

New York, October 14, 2014--The arrest of a Chinese reporter working for a German weekly is cause for alarm and signals a threat to other Chinese journalists working for foreign media in China, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....

When it comes to the right to report, journalists must stand together

October 14, 2014 12:52 PM ET

Pakistani journalists I have met over the years know that while I might be an American, I have never been an apologist for the U.S. government. The goal of the Committee to Protect Journalists is to assist members of...

Reporter on trial in Azerbaijan on criminal libel charges

October 10, 2014 2:21 PM ET

New York, October 10, 2014--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the criminal libel charges filed against Khadija Ismayilova, an award-winning investigative journalist in Azerbaijan, and calls on authorities to drop the charges immediately....

One year after CPJ's US report, little has changed between Obama and press

October 10, 2014 1:16 PM ET

After a summer plagued by war and disease abroad and partisan fighting at home, it was not hard to fathom why President Barack Obama would yearn for a retreat. But from which of the mounting crises did the president...

Amid government crackdown, Hungary's journalists look for new ways to work

October 9, 2014 2:26 PM ET

"They raided our offices as if we were mobsters. The irony of the situation is that the Hungarian police rarely raid mobsters with such force," said an employee at one of two NGOs whose Budapest offices were stormed by about...

Japanese reporter charged with defamation in South Korea

October 9, 2014 1:33 PM ET

New York, October 9, 2014--A Japanese journalist has been charged with criminal defamation in South Korea and forbidden from leaving the country, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the move and calls on South Korean...

Big businesses attempt to muzzle critical reporting in India

October 7, 2014 1:20 PM ET

This month Keya Acharya is responding to a nine-page legal notice demanding she pay 1 billion rupees ($16.3 million) over her article on India's rose industry. Her legal troubles are a window on to a pattern of how big businesses...

Honduran court imposes 16 month professional ban on journalist

October 3, 2014 3:11 PM ET

New York, October 3, 2014--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the decision by a Honduran appeals court to forbid journalist Julio Ernesto Alvarado from practicing journalism for 16 months as part of a criminal defamation conviction. Alvarado hosts the daily...

As al-Sisi promises freedom of speech, TV host Youssef is put under investigation

September 30, 2014 4:09 PM ET

The Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was given a great platform for his country last week, with a speech at the United Nation's General Assembly in which he said that his "new Egypt" would "guarantee freedom of speech," and...

Australia's national security bills threaten press freedom

September 30, 2014 3:19 PM ET

New York, September 30, 2014--The Committee to Protect Journalists said it is gravely concerned by a national security-related bill in Australia, which could result in prison time of up to 10 years for journalists who report on intelligence. The National...