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Gambia radio station censored, director harassed after foiled coup

January 8, 2015 3:26 PM EST

Abuja, Nigeria, January 8, 2015–An independent radio station that Gambian authorities ordered to stop broadcasting from January 1 to 4 after a failed coup attempt in the country has been allowed back on air, but ordered to play only music, according to news reports and local journalists.

Yemeni journalist killed in explosion

January 8, 2015 11:50 AM EST

New York, January 8, 2015–A television correspondent was killed in the Yemeni city of Dhamar on January 4 when a bomb exploded while he was covering attempts by Houthi militiamen to defuse it, according to news reports. Khaled al-Washli, a correspondent for the Houthi-owned Al-Masirah TV, was one of at least six victims killed by…

Charb, the chief editor of the the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, is shown holding the front page of the newspaper in 2012. Charb was shot dead today in Paris. (AFP/Fred Dufour)

Gunmen attack Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, kill at least 12

January 7, 2015 9:59 AM EST

Brussels, January 7, 2015–Heavily armed and hooded gunmen attacked the Paris office of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo today, killing at least 12 people and injuring at least 11, in the worst attack on the media since the 2009 Maguindanao massacre in the Philippines.

Owner of news channel arrested in Bangladesh

January 6, 2015 2:48 PM EST

New York, January 6, 2015–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the arrest of the owner of a Bangladeshi TV channel, which was unavailable in several parts of the country a day after airing a speech by an exiled opposition leader.

An activist holds a picture of José Moisés Sánchez Cerezo, a Mexican journalist who was kidnapped in the state of Veracruz. (Reuters/Tomas Bravo)

Journalist kidnapped from his home in Mexico

January 5, 2015 6:26 PM EST

New York, January 5, 2015–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the abduction of Mexican journalist José Moisés Sánchez Cerezo and calls on authorities to do their utmost to find him and apprehend the perpetrators.

Somali security forces arrest five journalists in two days

January 5, 2015 4:58 PM EST

Nairobi, January 5, 2015–Somali security forces arrested five journalists in two separate cases over the weekend in the capital, Mogadishu, according to news reports. Three of them are still being held.