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Workers remove snow during a heavy snowfall in Kiev, Ukraine in December 2017. Ukrainian law enforcement raided the Kiev offices of Media Holding Vesti, which includes Radio Vesti, the daily newspaper Vesti, and the news website Vesti-ukr on February 8, 2018. (Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)

Ukrainian law enforcement raid Vesti offices in Kiev

February 9, 2018 12:42 PM EST

Kiev, February 9, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a Ukrainian law enforcement raid at the Kiev offices of Media Holding Vesti, which includes Radio Vesti, the daily newspaper Vesti, and the news website Vesti-ukr. More than a dozen masked officers ripped open doors with crowbars, seized property, and fired tear gas in the offices…

A general view of a beach is seen in Acapulco, Mexico in September 2017. Two unidentified assailants on February 5 shot dead Pamika Montenegro, a journalist, satirist and social media commentator, at her Acapulco restaurant. (Reuters/Troy Merida)

Mexican blogger and satirist killed in Guerrero state

February 8, 2018 5:23 PM EST

Mexico City, February 8, 2018–Authorities in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero must undertake an exhaustive investigation into the murder of Pamika Montenegro, a journalist, satirist and social media commentator, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Two unidentified assailants on February 5 shot Montenegro dead in the restaurant she owned in the beachside resort…

People gather at Constitution Square in downtown Guatemala City, Guatemala in August 2015. The bodies of two journalists, Laurent Ángel Castillo Cifuentes and Luis Alfredo de León Miranda, were found in a field outside the town of Santo Domingo, in Guatemala's southwestern Suchitepéquez deportment on February 1, 2018. (Reuters/Jose Cabezas)

Journalist, radio worker found dead in Guatemala

February 7, 2018 5:56 PM EST

New York, February 7, 2017–Guatemalan authorities should conduct a swift and credible investigation into the murders of a newspaper journalist and radio station worker, establish motives, and bring those responsible to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Iraqi Air Force planes fly past during Iraqi Army Day anniversary celebrations in Baghdad, Iraq on January 6, 2018. Men who identified themselves as Iraqi security forces arrested a journalist on the outskirts of Baghdad on February 2, according to reports. (Reuters/Thaier Al-Sudani)

Iraqi authorities arrest Samir Obeid at Baghdad checkpoint

February 6, 2018 4:15 PM EST

Beirut, February 6, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the arrest of Iraqi freelance journalist and political commentator Samir Obeid and called on Iraqi authorities to release him immediately.

Egyptian fishermen on the Nile River as the sun sets in Cairo, Egypt, in April 2015. Ahead of presidential elections scheduled between March 26 and 28, 2018, the Egyptian government has been keen to silence any critical reporting, CPJ research shows. (AP/Hassan Ammar)

Egyptian public must be able to access all news sites

February 6, 2018 4:02 PM EST

New York, February 6, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Egyptian authorities to ensure that the public has easy access to a full range of news and information sources in the lead-up to presidential elections scheduled for next month.

A view of the island of Male, the capital of the Maldives in August 2016. Amid political turmoil in the Maldives, the press has come under attack. (AFP/Ishara Kodikara)

Amid political turmoil in Maldives, press comes under attack

February 5, 2018 6:32 PM EST

New York, February 5, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Maldivian authorities to stop threatening and harassing news outlets and allow them to operate freely. An opposition-aligned TV station and independent news website have come under threat of closure and cyberattack, respectively, amid an escalating political crisis.

A Sudanese man works at a bakery in the capital Khartoum on January 5, 2018. The Sudanese government's decision to devaluate the local currency in January and rising bread prices sparked ongoing protests across the country. Sudanese authorities have arrested journalists after they report on these protests. (AFP/Ashraf Shazly)

Sudan detains local journalist, confiscates newspapers following reporting on protests

February 2, 2018 4:23 PM EST

New York, February 2, 2018–Sudanese authorities should immediately release al-Jarida reporter Ahmed Jadein, cease confiscating newspapers, and allow journalists to report on matters of public interest without fear of reprisal, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Cars drive on a highway on a sunny winter day in Kiev, Ukraine in January 2017. Igor Guzhva, editor-in-chief of the Kiev-based news website Strana, fled from Ukraine to Austria after receiving death threats, according to a statement published on the site.(Reuters/Gleb Garanich)

Editor flees Ukraine after receiving death threats

February 1, 2018 5:34 PM EST

Kiev, February 1, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists called today on Ukrainian authorities to investigate death threats made against Igor Guzhva, editor-in-chief of the Kiev-based news website Strana. Guzhva fled to Austria after receiving death threats, and amid “unprecedented pressure from the [Ukrainian] authorities,” according to a statement from the editor that was published yesterday…

A police officer walks along the Red Square in Moscow, Russia in November 2017. Russia's Federal Security Service searched journalist Pavel Nikulin's Moscow apartment in relation to his article on a Russian man who said he fought with Islamic State militants in Syria. (Reuters/Grigory Dukor)

Russian journalist questioned, apartment searched, equipment seized

February 1, 2018 3:58 PM EST

Kiev, February 1, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Russian authorities today to return all confiscated property to independent journalist Pavel Nikulin, and stop harassing him in retaliation for his reporting. The Federal Security Service (FSB) yesterday morning raided Nikulin’s Moscow apartment, and brought the journalist to agency headquarters where he was questioned for…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) and Chad's President Idriss Deby (R) pose for photographs at the presidential palace ahead of a meeting, in N'Djamena, on December 26, 2017. Journalist Mahamat Abakhar Issa wrote a satirical piece, published on December 27, 2017, outlining a conversation between Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and Erdoğan in which Chad is characterized as unstable and unworthy of investment. (AFP/Brahim Adji)

Chad arrests local journalist over satire piece

January 31, 2018 4:47 PM EST

Judicial police in Chad’s capital N’Djamena on January 29, 2018, released Mahamat Abakar Issa, the director of the weekly newspaper Alchahed, after detaining him for seven days, according to Djimet Witche Wahili, the director of the privately owned news site Alwihda Info.