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Journalists and press-freedom advocates release balloons outside the Istanbul courthouse where 17 employees and board members of the newspaper Cumhuriyet went on trial, July 24, 2017. (Reuters/Murad Sezer)

Trial of 17 Cumhuriyet newspaper employees begins in Turkey

July 24, 2017 1:44 PM EDT

New York, July 24, 2017–The trial of 17 journalists, managers, and board members of the pro-opposition daily newspaper Cumhuriyet on terrorism-related charges is a further blow to press freedom in Turkey, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Banners threatening two Quintana Roo journalists were left in Cancún. Violence against journalists has risen in the Mexican state. (Noticias Pedro Canché)

Journalists receive death threats in Mexican state of Quintana Roo

July 21, 2017 5:34 PM EDT

New York, July 21, 2017–Authorities in the southern Mexican state of Quintana Roo must undertake a swift and credible investigation into threats against two journalists and ensure their safety, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On July 19, banners containing threatening messages, known as “narcomantas,” were left in two locations in Cancún, according to…

A man broadcasts via Facebook during a demonstration in Rabat in support of protests in the northern Rif region. Police arrested a journalist who was on his way to cover the protests in Rif. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Editor of Morocco news website arrested on way to cover Rif protests

July 21, 2017 4:37 PM EDT

New York, July 21, 2017–Moroccan authorities should immediately release Badil Editor-in-Chief Hamid al-Mahdaoui, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Police arrested al-Mahdaoui yesterday as he traveled to the Rif area of northern Morocco to cover protests, according to one of the journalist’s colleagues and news reports.

South Sudan authorities block access to at least four media websites

July 20, 2017 5:42 PM EDT

New York, July 19, 2017 — South Sudanese authorities should immediately unblock the websites of at least four media outlets, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Israeli police and Palestinians clash outside the Lion's Gate of Jerusalem's Old City on July 18. At least two journalists were injured while covering the protests. (Reuters/Ammar Awad)

Two journalists injured as Israeli police break up Jerusalem protest

July 20, 2017 5:24 PM EDT

New York, July 20, 2017–Israeli authorities should ensure that journalists can cover protests and unrest safely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. At least two journalists were injured on July 18 as police broke up protests in Jerusalem, the local press freedom group Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedom (MADA) told CPJ.

Russian independent journalist Yulia Latynina attacked

July 20, 2017 4:03 PM EDT

New York, July 20, 2017 — Russian authorities should investigate an attack on prominent independent journalist and columnist Yulia Latynina, bring those responsible to justice, and ensure her safety, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. In the early hours yesterday, unknown assailants sprayed a foul-smelling substance through an open window of Latynina’s house in…

Tourists take photos of the Moscow skyline. A journalist based in the city says he has received anonymous threatening text messages over his reporting. (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)

Russian journalist warned by anonymous text messages to stop reporting

July 18, 2017 5:34 PM EDT

New York, July 18, 2017–Russian authorities should investigate threatening messages that business reporter Rinat Sagdiyev said he has received, and ensure the journalist’s safety, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

President Salva Kiir gives a speech in Juba on South Sudan's independence day. The family of a broadcasting director say authorities detained the journalist because he did not air the speech. (Reuters/Jok Solomun)

South Sudan detains director of public broadcaster for more than a week

July 18, 2017 3:19 PM EDT

Nairobi, July 18, 2017–South Sudanese authorities should immediately release Adil Faris Mayat, the director of the country’s public broadcaster, South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation, the Committee to Protect Journalist said today. National Security Service agents arrested Mayat in Juba on July 10, according to media reports.

Nigerian court orders journalist facing false reporting charge to be detained

July 17, 2017 5:01 PM EDT

New York, July 17, 2017–Nigerian authorities should drop all charges against Luka Binniyat and release the journalist from jail immediately, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. A judge ordered the journalist to be detained on charges of “breach of public peace” and false reporting over an article he wrote for the daily, Vanguard, according…

Gate's leading to Myanmar's parliament in Naypyidaw. The Upper House is due to discuss amendments to Myanmar's restrictive Telecommunications Law this week. (AFP/Romeo Gacad)

Online defamation law amendments fall short in Myanmar

July 17, 2017 11:17 AM EDT

Bangkok, July 17, 2017–A ministerial proposal to amend Myanmar’s 2013 Telecommunications Law falls short of the changes needed to guarantee press freedom, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The statute has been repeatedly abused to stifle online speech and jail journalists, CPJ has found.