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Ethiopia jails nine journalists, renews press crackdown

April 28, 2014 4:24 PM ET

Nairobi, April 28, 2014--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the Ethiopian government's arrests of nine journalists in one of the worst crackdowns against free expression in the country."With the latest arrests, Ethiopian authorities are turning the peaceful...

In Bangladesh, journalist summoned for criticism of court

April 23, 2014 12:31 PM ET

It's not the first time, and it likely won't be the last: Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal has demonstrated little tolerance for criticism of its activities. Last week, the tribunal launched contempt of court proceedings against Dhaka-based British journalist David Bergman...

CPJ disturbed by new bill to restrict blogging in Russia

April 22, 2014 5:42 PM ET

New York, April 22, 2014--The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on President Vladimir Putin to veto a new bill that would subject popular bloggers to the same restrictions as traditional media in Russia. The bill was approved by...

Mountain of impunity looms over Kurdistan journalists

April 22, 2014 10:00 AM ET

Iraqi Kurdistan may seem calm compared with much of the Middle East, but the media are vulnerable whenever internal political tensions flare. Amid impunity for anti-press attacks, including murder and arson, journalists say they must self-censor on topics like religion,...

Azerbaijan jails reporter on espionage charges

April 21, 2014 5:45 PM ET

New York, April 21, 2014--A court in Baku today ordered journalist Rauf Mirkadyrov, Turkey correspondent for the independent Azerbaijani newspaper Zerkalo, to jail for three months pending trial on espionage charges after he was deported from Turkey, news reports said. ...

CPJ condemns eradication of Kazakh independent media

April 21, 2014 1:41 PM ET

New York, April 21, 2014--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the shutting down of Assandi-Times, the last remaining independent newspaper in Kazakhstan. A court in Almaty today declared the weekly a structural part of banned newspaper Respublika, three weeks after...

Journalists face criminal defamation charges in Thailand

April 17, 2014 12:11 PM ET

Bangkok, April 17, 2014--A Thai court today formally charged two journalists for the local Phuketwan news website with criminal defamation, according to news reports. The charges were brought by a Thai navy official. ...

Politkovskaya murder trial proceeds with third jury

April 17, 2014 10:03 AM ET

More than seven years after the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, the prominent Novaya Gazeta journalist, a jury is hearing the case against five defendants in the killing. The suspects were first announced in 2011, but proceedings did not begin...

Getting Away With Murder

April 16, 2014 12:01 AM ET

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Cameroonian newspaper editor jailed for defamation

April 15, 2014 3:09 PM ET

New York, April 15, 2014--Authorities in Cameroon should release a newspaper editor who has been imprisoned since March 29 after being convicted of criminal defamation, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On Friday, a judge postponed indefinitely a bail...