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CPJ calls on Pakistan to free two journalists convicted of defamation

January 18, 2017 5:02 PM EST

Washington D.C., January 18, 2017–Pakistan should immediately release Ikhlaque Ahmed Jokhio and Qurban Ali Gadehi, two reporters for the Sindhi-language weekly Saahiti Awaz who were sentenced to five years in prison for criminal defamation, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Protesters block a road in Bahrain on January 15 after authorities executed three men convicted of a deadly attack on police. (AP)

CPJ calls on Bahrain to allow Al-Wasat to publish freely

January 17, 2017 5:46 PM EST

New York, January 17, 2017–The government of Bahrain should rescind an order suspending the online edition of Al-Wasat, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The Information Affairs Ministry ordered the independent outlet yesterday to suspend its online operation indefinitely for inciting division, jeopardizing national unity, and disrupting public peace, according to the official Bahrain…

CPJ calls for release of kidnapped South African journalist Shiraaz Mohamed

January 17, 2017 4:54 PM EST

New York, January 17, 2017–The Committee to Protect Journalists today called for the immediate release of Shiraaz Mohamed, a South African freelance journalist who was kidnapped in Syria last week while documenting the humanitarian relief effort in northern Syria.

CPJ calls on Congolese authorities to release Talassa editor

January 13, 2017 6:03 PM EST

New York, January 13, 2017–Congolese authorities should immediately release Ghys Fortuné Dombé Bemba, editor of the privately owned newspaper Talassa, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The Republic of Congo’s security services arrested Bemba in Brazzaville on January 11, Radio France Internationale reported.

UK police monitored calls of Daily Mirror and Northern Echo journalists

January 13, 2017 5:10 PM EST

New York, January 13, 2017–U.K. police used surveillance powers to monitor the phone calls of three journalists to try to reveal their sources in two separate stories, according to news reports.

Pakistani journalist murdered in Baluchistan

January 13, 2017 4:26 PM EST

New York, January 13, 2017–Pakistani authorities should credibly investigate yesterday’s fatal shooting of a journalist in Baluchistan province and bring those responsible to swift justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Blogger jailed in Belarus faces extradition to Azerbaijan

January 13, 2017 4:22 PM EST

New York, January 13, 2017–Belarussian authorities should unconditionally release Aleksandr Lapshin, a Russian-Israeli blogger detained in the capital Minsk on an extradition request from Azerbaijan, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Police beat a demonstrator in Monclova, in Mexico's Coahuila state, at a protest against rising fuel prices, January 5, 2017. (Fidencio Alonso/Courtesy of Zocalo de Monclova, via Reuters)

Mexican police attack journalists covering protests

January 12, 2017 5:57 PM EST

Mexico City, January 12, 2017–Mexican police should quickly and credibly investigate reports that police threatened and attacked journalists covering protests last week and should swiftly bring to justice officers found to have assaulted reporters, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Cameroonian President Paul Biya leaves the podium after addressing the U.N. General Assembly in New York, September 22, 2016. (Reuters/Carlo Allegri)

Cameroon suspends radio station, seals office

January 11, 2017 5:25 PM EST

Lagos, Nigeria, January 11, 2017–Cameroonian authorities should immediately reverse a decision to suspend independent broadcaster Radio Hot Cocoa 94 FM’s permission to operate and allow the station to resume broadcasting immediately, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Government officials in Bamenda, the capital of Cameroon’s Northwest Region, yesterday sealed the station’s office, its manager…

Magomed Daudov (left), the speaker of the Chechen parliament, waits for Russian President Vladimir Putin to deliver the annual state of the nation address at the Kremlin in Moscow, December 1, 2016. Daudov on January 4 threatened journalist Grigory Shvedov in a post to Instagram. (Reuters/Maxim Shemetov)

Speaker of Chechen parliament threatens journalist Grigory Shvedov

January 9, 2017 2:29 PM EST

New York, January 9, 2017–Russian federal authorities should ensure the safety of Grigory Shvedov, the editor of the independent news website Kavkazsky Uzel (Caucasian Knot), and should hold accountable Magomed Daudov, the speaker of Chechnya’s parliament, for publicly threatening the journalist, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.