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Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attends a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, on October 9, 2018. Vietnam sentenced a citizen journalist to prison on an anti-state charge on October 12. (Franck Robichon/Pool via Reuters)

Vietnam sentences citizen journalist on second anti-state charge

October 15, 2018 10:58 AM EDT

Bangkok, October 15, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the second prison sentence handed to Vietnamese journalist Do Cong Duong and strongly reiterated its call for his immediate and unconditional release.

A man stands by a street stall as another one walks past him in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on December 21, 2016. A newspaper editor was detained for criminal defamation in Kinshasa on October 10, 2018. (AFP/Eduardo Soteras)

DRC newspaper editor detained for criminal defamation

October 12, 2018 6:19 PM EDT

Goma, October 12, 2018–Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo should immediately release Sylvanie Kiaku, editor of the privately owned weekly newspaper La Percée, who was arrested on October 10 in the capital, Kinshasa, and drop charges of criminal defamation against her, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

An officer stand guards before Insein prison in Yangon, Myanmar. Three journalists from Eleven Media were remanded to the prison after raising questions about public spending in Yangon. (Ye Aung Thu/AFP)

Myanmar arrests three journalists from Eleven Media

October 10, 2018 5:29 PM EDT

New York, October 10, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Myanmar authorities to immediately release without charge three journalists from Eleven Media Group arrested today.

Kazakh Interior Ministry troops patrol beneath a poster of President Nursultan Nazarbayev and partially burnt buildings in Zhanaozen, in December 2011, that were damaged in riots. Kazakh police detained a French journalists today while he interviewed witnesses to the 2011 violence. (Reuters/Vladimir Tretyakov)

Kazakhstan detains French journalist and bans him from filming

September 27, 2018 5:05 PM EDT

New York, September 27, 2018–Kazakh authorities should allow French journalist Vincent Prado and his local fixer Danara Ismetova to work without obstruction, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. Prado and Ismetova were briefly detained by police this morning, before a judge fined Prado and banned the journalist from filming in the Manghystau region of Kazakhstan,…

A fisherman carries his catch near a fishing port in Mogadishu on September 14. Authorities in the Somali state of Galmudug have detained a journalist on false news allegations. (Reuters/Feisal Omar)

Somali authorities detain journalist accused of spreading ‘false news’

September 26, 2018 1:46 PM EDT

Nairobi, September 26, 2018–Authorities in the Somali state of Galmudug should immediately release broadcast journalist Mohamed Abdiwali Tohow without charge, the Committee to Protect Journalist said today. Intelligence personnel detained the journalist on September 22 over a report broadcast the previous day for the Mogadishu-based Radio Kulmiye, according to the station’s director, Burhan Dini Farah,…

Radio owner and commentator Sandoval Braga, pictured left with his colleague Inaldo Lima. Gunman shot Braga in the leg and threatened him over his reporting on September 21. (Radio União)

Gunmen break into radio station in Brazil and shoot commentator in the leg

September 25, 2018 5:09 PM EDT

São Paulo, September 25, 2018–Police in the Brazilian state of Ceará must act quickly to bring the gunmen who injured radio owner and commentator Sandoval Braga to justice and ensure the safety of employees at Radio União FM 96.5, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

People demonstrate during a protest against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government in Managua, the capital, on September 16, 2018. An online smear campaign targeted a freelance reporter in Nicaragua beginning September 16. (AFP/Inti Ocon)

Online smear campaign targets freelance reporter in Nicaragua

September 25, 2018 4:51 PM EDT

New York, September 25, 2018–Nicaraguan authorities should investigate a targeted online harassment campaign against freelance journalist Carl David Goette-Luciak, find those responsible, and ensure his safety, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Vendors and customers walk at a market in San Cristobal de las Casas, in Chiapas, Mexico, on December 31, 2013. A Mexican journalist was gunned down in Chiapas on September 21, 2018. (Reuters/Claudia Daut)

Mexican journalist gunned down in Chiapas

September 24, 2018 4:32 PM EDT

Mexico City, September 24, 2018–Mexican authorities must immediately undertake a rigorous and credible investigation into the killing of reporter Mario Leonel Gómez Sánchez in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

A general view shows people walking along a street in Galkayo on April 21, 2015. A radio reporter and photographer was killed in Galkayo on September 19, 2018. (Reuters/Feisal Omar)

Journalist dies in Puntland of injuries sustained in knife attack

September 21, 2018 2:13 PM EDT

Nairobi, September 21, 2018–Police in Puntland, a semi-autonomous region in Somalia, should rigorously investigate the killing of Abdirisak Said Osman, a reporter and photographer with the privately owned radio station Codka Nabada, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

A protest in Addis Ababa on September 17, over clashes that left at least 23 people dead. Access to mobile internet was cut during the unrest. (AFP/Maheder Haileselassie Tadese)

In Ethiopia, mobile internet cut in the capital amid clashes and protests

September 21, 2018 12:34 PM EDT

Nairobi, September 21, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists today urged Ethiopian authorities to ensure internet is available, including during times of unrest when access to information provided by journalists is crucial. Mobile internet was unavailable in the capital, Addis Ababa, from September 17 to the morning of September 19 amid protests and clashes, according to…