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Editor Sardar Alibeili, right, has been sentenced to four years in prison. (IRFS)

Critical editor convicted, jailed in Azerbaijan

November 14, 2013 2:44 PM EST

New York, November 14, 2013–Authorities in Azerbaijan should release on appeal a journalist sentenced to four years in jail on trumped-up charges of hooliganism, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The conviction comes as Azerbaijan is scheduled to assume the rotating chairmanship in the Strasbourg-based Council of Europe in May.

Indian journalist Lingaram Kodopi released on bail

November 14, 2013 2:26 PM EST

New York, November 14, 2013–The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release on bail today of Lingaram Kodopi, an Indian journalist who has been imprisoned for more than two years, and calls on authorities to drop all charges against him.

CPJ petition calls for release of blogger Dieu Cay

November 12, 2013 2:07 PM EST

New York, November 12, 2013–The Committee to Protect Journalists has created a petition that calls on Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung to immediately release unjustly imprisoned blogger Nguyen Van Hai.

Getachew Worku is being held without charge. (Ethio-Mihdar)

Ethiopia arrests 2 journalists from independent paper

November 5, 2013 2:48 PM EST

New York, November 5, 2013–Ethiopian police have arrested without charge two editors of the leading independent Amharic weekly Ethio-Mihdar, according to local journalists. Police in the town of Legetafo, northeast of the capital Addis Ababa, on Monday arrested Getachew Worku in connection a story published in October alleging corruption in the town administration, according to Muluken…

RFI journalists Ghislaine Dupont, left, and Claude Verlon were found dead in Mali. (AFP/RFI)

Two RFI journalists abducted, killed in Mali

November 4, 2013 2:21 PM EST

New York, November 4, 2013–The Committee to Protect Journalists today calls on Malian and French authorities to conduct an efficient investigation into the killings of two French journalists on Saturday and ensure the killers are brought to justice.

Moscow court revokes news agency’s license

October 31, 2013 4:54 PM EDT

New York, October 31, 2013–The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by a decision by the Moscow City Court today to revoke the license of independent online news agency Rosbalt and urges Russian authorities to overturn the ruling on appeal.

Saudi columnist held without charge for four days

October 31, 2013 4:39 PM EDT

New York, October 31, 2013–Saudi authorities should immediately release a columnist who wrote in support of the women’s right to drive and has been held without charge since Monday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

CPJ alarmed by Cameron’s threat against UK press

October 29, 2013 4:01 PM EDT

New York, October 29, 2013–The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by threats against the press made by U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron in parliament on Monday.

Vietnamese blogger sentenced for Facebook post

October 29, 2013 12:53 PM EDT

Bangkok, October 29, 2013–A Vietnamese court today sentenced independent blogger Dinh Nhat Uy to a 15-month suspended prison term and one year of house arrest in connection with his posts on Facebook, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the verdict and calls on Vietnamese authorities to end their escalating campaign of…

Mohamed Mohamud, 26, died Saturday after being shot six times on October 22. (Associated Press)

Universal TV journalist dies of injuries in Somalia

October 28, 2013 1:38 PM EDT

Nairobi, October 28, 2013–Journalist Mohamed Mohamud, commonly known as “Tima’ade,” succumbed to gunshot wounds on Saturday and died at Medina Hospital in the capital, Mogadishu, local journalists told CPJ. Unidentified gunmen shot Mohamed, a reporter for the popular, privately owned, U.K.-based Universal TV, on his way to work on October 22 in the Wadajir district…