Alerts by Year:
At least 2 journalists detained amid tensions in Jammu and Kashmir
August 16, 2019 3:44 PM ET
New Delhi, August 16, 2019—The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on the Indian government to immediately stop its harassment of journalists in Jammu and Kashmir and to allow them to work freely. Authorities have detained at least two journalists in the past week amid tensions and the communications...
Basra police raids home, seeks arrest of Iraqi reporter Hassan Sabah
August 16, 2019 1:13 PM ET
New York, August 16, 2019—The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the issuing of an arrest warrant and a raid on the home of Hassan Sabah, a reporter for the Iraqi news broadcaster INEWS, in Basra, and called on Iraqi authorities to allow journalists to work freely and without...
Chile accused of spying on investigative journalist Mauricio Weibel
August 15, 2019 2:08 PM ET
Miami, August 15, 2019—The Committee to Protect Journalists expressed concern today over reports that Chile’s army allegedly ordered a surveillance operation against the investigative journalist Mauricio Weibel Barahona in 2016, when he was researching claims of misconduct in the armed forces....
Journalist Luckson Saint-Vil survives shooting attack in southern Haiti
August 13, 2019 4:31 PM ET
Miami, August 13, 2019--The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned a shooting attack on Haitian journalist Luckson Saint-Vil in southern Haiti last week, and urged Haitian authorities to investigate threats against Saint-Vil and identify and prosecute the attackers....
Cameroon’s military detains pidgin news anchor Samuel Wazizi
August 13, 2019 4:13 PM ET
New York, August 13, 2019--Cameroonian authorities should immediately release without charge pidgin news anchor Samuel Wazizi, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Police arrested Wazizi 11 days ago and handed him over to the military, which has since held him without access to his lawyer or family in...
Iran detains freelance photographer and culture reporter Nooshin Jafari
August 12, 2019 4:56 PM ET
Washington, D.C., August 12, 2019--Iranian authorities arrested Nooshin Jafari, a photojournalist and culture reporter, outside her home in Tehran on August 3 as she was on her way to work. Jafari, a cinema and theater photographer who reports on culture for several Iranian magazines, was taken to an unknown location,...
Venezuelan authorities detain Wilmer Quintana for Facebook posts under anti-hate law
August 12, 2019 4:43 PM ET
Miami, August 12, 2019—The Committee to Protect Journalists today expressed alarm at the use of Venezuela’s Anti-Hate Law for Tolerance and Peaceful Coexistence to jail journalist Wilmer Quintana García. Quintana was arrested for several posts published on his personal Facebook page alleging corruption in the provision of public services...
South Sudan detains Al-Watan editor for over 3 weeks
August 9, 2019 5:11 PM ET
New York, August 9, 2019—Authorities in South Sudan should immediately release Michael Christopher, editor-in-chief of the Arabic-language daily Al-Watan, and halt its harassment of his publication, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....