In Iraqi Kurdistan, riots lead to press freedom abuses
December 6, 2011 5:41 PM ET
New York, December 6, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the targeting of media by supporters of various political factions in Kurdistan. Journalists have been attacked and arrested in Iraqi Kurdistan and six media offices have been attacked in the past four days, according to news reports....
Iraqi journalist shot dead in Baghdad
September 9, 2011 12:55 PM ET
New York, September 9, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Thursday evening's killing of Iraqi journalist, filmmaker, and playwright Hadi al-Mahdi in Baghdad and calls on Iraqi authorities to immediately take steps to bring the perpetrators to justice. Al-Mahdi, radio show host and critic of the government, was shot...
Kurdish journalist brutally assaulted in Iraq
August 31, 2011 5:47 PM ET
New York, August 31, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Monday's brutal assault on Kurdish journalist Asos Hardi and calls on Kurdish authorities to immediately take steps to bring the perpetrators to justice....
Journalist held in Yemen; attacks in Kurdistan, West Bank
April 20, 2011 4:21 PM ET
New York, April 20, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Yemeni authorities today to explain why they have held prominent journalist Ali Salah Ahmed since Tuesday without revealing his location or charging him with a crime. ...
Summoned by Yemeni authorities, journalist is now missing
April 18, 2011 5:30 PM ET
New York, April 18, 2011-- The Committee to Protect journalists called on Yemeni authorities to clarify the whereabouts of reporter Ahmad al-Mohamadi, who has been missing since being called for questioning Saturday by the Republican Guards....
More journalists held in Libya; blogger jailed in Egypt
April 11, 2011 5:30 PM ET
New York, April 11, 2011--Continuing a weeks-long pattern of seizing journalists covering the Libyan conflict, the government of Muammar Qaddafi is detaining two more television journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. And in Egypt, in a serious setback for press freedom under the transitional government, a court...
Journalist missing in Libya; 1 killed in Iraq
April 8, 2011 5:00 PM ET
New York, April 8, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about the fate of American freelance journalist Matthew VanDyke, who has been missing in Libya since mid-March, according to his family and news reports. He is among 15 reporters either missing or in government custody in Libya....
Bahrain manipulates daily; attacks in Libya, Iraq, Yemen
April 4, 2011 5:33 PM ET
New York, April 4, 2011--The Bahraini government continued its attempts at muzzling critical media with the Ministry of Information ordering the country's premier independent daily temporarily shut down on Sunday. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Bahraini government's strong-arm tactics, which effectively forced a change in a prominent paper's editorial management. In Libya,...