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Truong Huy San, a well-known political commentator and author, was apprehended by the police on June 1 in the capital Hanoi while traveling to an event where he was scheduled to speak, according to news reports. (Screenshot: YouTube/RFI)

Vietnamese journalist Truong Huy San indicted for ‘abusing democratic freedoms’

Bangkok, February 18, 2025—Vietnam must drop all charges against jailed prominent journalist Truong Huy San over his personal Facebook posts and stop using legal threats to intimidate the independent media, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. The government is prosecuting San under Article 331 of the penal code, which outlaws “abusing democratic freedoms to infringe on…

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An Afghan money changer holding banknotes speaks with a customer at a currency exchange market in Kabul in January, following the decline in the afghani currency against US dollars.

Taliban ban domestic political and economic broadcasts in Afghanistan

New York, February 14, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the Taliban to reverse Thursday’s ban on the broadcast of political and economic programs by domestic Afghan outlets. The Ministry of Information and Culture issued a verbal directive to media executives in the capital Kabul on February 13, stating that organizations may only address…

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CPJ: Nepal lawmakers should reject social media bill threatening press freedom

New York, February 14, 2025—The Nepalese government should withdraw a recently introduced social media bill that is expected to undermine press freedom, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. “Nepal’s proposed social media law is ripe for misuse against journalists reporting on critical topics of public interest,” said CPJ Asia Program Coordinator Beh Lih Yi….

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Turkish court issues 9 life sentences for journalist Hrant Dink’s murder

Istanbul, February 14, 2025–Turkish authorities must continue searching for those who masterminded the 2007 murder of Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday, after a retrial in which an Istanbul court issued nine defendants with life sentences. Lawyers representing the Dink family said they would appeal the February 7 verdict due…

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In Italy, 4 journalists shot at while reporting on alleged child abuse

Berlin, February 13, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Italian authorities to swiftly complete their investigation into the gunshots fired at four Italian television journalists on February 5 while reporting on the alleged mistreatment of two children by their family. An unknown individual shot at public broadcaster RAI1’s reporter Vito Francesco Paglia and camera…

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Honduran security forces patrol the Villa Nueva neighborhood, as part of a slate of new measures intended to crack down on armed gangs, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras June 25, 2024. REUTERS/Fredy Rodriguez

Honduran military chief files defamation complaints against 12 news outlets

Mexico City, February 12, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the Honduran Armed Forces to end its intimidation campaign against journalists following defamation complaints against 12 media outlets in connection with reports on alleged government corruption. “Armed forces should not weaponize the judicial system to silence the press,” said Cristina Zahar, CPJ’s Latin America…

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Prominent Serbian minority newspaper receives threatening letter with white powder

Berlin, February 11, 2025—Croatian authorities must swiftly investigate the recent threat to the staff of weekly newspaper Novosti, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday, after the country’s most prominent Serbian minority newspaper received a letter containing a suspicious powder and referencing a deadly nerve agent. “Croatian authorities must spare no effort in bringing all…

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An Azerbaijani court decision remanded Toplum TV presenter Shahnaz Baylargizi to 3.5 months in pretrial detention over foreign funding allegations. (Photo: Toplum TV)

Azerbaijani journalist given 3-month pretrial detention in foreign funding case

New York, February 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a February 6 Azerbaijani court decision remanding Toplum TV presenter Shahnaz Baylargizi to 3.5 months in pretrial detention over foreign funding allegations and calls for her immediate release. “Veteran journalist Shahnaz Baylargizi’s arrest underscores how Azerbaijani authorities are exploiting allegations of Western funding to silence leading independent voices,”…

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Journalist Francesco Cancellato speaks in February 2025 about his phone being targeted with Israeli-made spyware through WhatApp.

Italian investigative journalist Francesco Cancellato targeted with Paragon spyware

Berlin, February 10, 2025 — Italian authorities should thoroughly investigate the targeting of the editor-in-chief of the news site Fanpage.it Francesco Cancellato’s cell phone with spyware via the WhatsApp messaging app and punish the perpetrators, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. “The attack on investigative journalist Francesco Cancellato with Paragon spyware is a serious…

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Tunisian journalist Chadha Hadj Mbarek sentenced to 5 years in prison 

New York, February 7, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for the immediate release of journalist Chadha Hadj Mbarek after a Tunisian court sentenced her to five years in prison on Wednesday. Another journalist, freelancer Chahrazad Akacha, was sentenced to 27 years in absentia. “The sentencing of journalists Chadha Hadj Mbarek and Chahrazad Akacha is a clear example of how the Tunisian…

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