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Gabon election marred by media censorship

September 1, 2009 5:21 PM EDT

New York, September 1, 2009–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Gabonese government censorship and restrictions on media coverage of Sunday’s presidential elections, including denials of accreditation to at least four international journalists.

Zambian paper’s staff summoned on contempt charges

August 31, 2009 5:45 PM EDT

New York, August 31, 2009–A magistrate in Zambia issued a summons today for the entire editorial staff of the southern African country’s largest independent newspaper to appear in court on Wednesday on contempt charges, according to local journalists and news reports. The ruling was prompted by an op-ed commenting on the prosecution of the paper’s…

CPJ award goes to jailed Sri Lankan journalist

August 31, 2009 1:54 PM EDT

New York, August 31, 2009–The Committee to Protect Journalists announced today that it will honor imprisoned Sri Lankan journalist J.S. Tissainayagam with a 2009 International Press Freedom Award. Tissainayagam, left, sentenced today to 20 years in prison on specious charges of violating anti-terror laws, is one of five journalists who will be honored by CPJ…

Ugandan paper’s cartoon of president draws interrogation

August 28, 2009 4:20 PM EDT

New York, August 28, 2009–A Ugandan newspaper’s critical caricature of President Yoweri Museveni led police to interrogate three journalists today on allegations of sedition, according to a defense attorney and local journalists.

In Iranian prison, journalists’ well-being in question

August 28, 2009 3:23 PM EDT

New York, August 28, 2009–The Committee to Protect Journalists deplores the conditions in which dozens of Iranian journalists are being held and is concerned about the health of many of them, particularly that of Ahmad Zaid-Abadi. The columnist, who worked for Rooz Online, a Farsi and English-language reformist news Web site, was arrested in mid-June…

Azerbaijani bloggers imprisoned for satirizing government

August 27, 2009 4:35 PM EDT

New York, August 27, 2009–Azerbaijani authorities should drop all charges against video bloggers who satirized the government, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Kazakh editor imprisoned for collecting state secrets

August 26, 2009 5:11 PM EDT

New York, August 26, 2009–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the Taraz Regional Court in southern Kazakhstan to overturn on appeal a jail sentence given to Ramazan Yesergepov, the editor of the independent Almaty-based weekly Alma-Ata Info.

Ethiopia jails two editors on old charges under obsolete law

August 26, 2009 4:50 PM EDT

New York, August 26, 2009–Two Ethiopian journalists were thrown in prison on Monday after a judge convicted them under an obsolete press law in connection with coverage of sensitive topics dating back several years, according to local journalists and news reports.

Four from Uganda’s Monitor face criminal charges

August 25, 2009 5:14 PM EDT

New York, August 25, 2009–Four journalists from Uganda’s largest independent newspaper are facing criminal prosecutions, joining four others already charged since 2007, according to local journalists and news reports.

Iran charges journalists with ‘lying’

August 25, 2009 4:34 PM EDT

New York, August 25, 2009–The fourth session of the mass trial of more than 100 opposition figures, including journalists, took place in Tehran today. The Committee to Protect Journalists is particularly dismayed by procedural irregularities and the fact that the trial is only open to state-owned media.