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A portrait of Moises Sánchez is seen at the Medellin home of his son in August 2015. The Veracruz journalist, known for his critical coverage of local authorities, was abducted and murdered in January 2015. (AFP/Alfredo Estrella)

Two Mexican policemen convicted for murder of Moisés Sánchez; chief suspects still at large

March 28, 2018 6:16 PM EDT

Mexico City, March 28, 2018 – The Committee to Protect Journalists today welcomed the convictions of two police officers in the Mexican state of Veracruz, who stood trial for their involvement in the 2015 murder of journalist Moisés Sánchez Cerezo. Both men were sentenced to 25 years in jail on March 23, according to a…

Ericino de Salema, a prominent journalist and human rights lawyer, was abducted and assaulted on March 27, according to reports.(Neusa Ribeiro)

Mozambique journalist abducted, assaulted

March 28, 2018 5:49 PM EDT

New York, March 28, 2018–Mozambican authorities should launch a credible investigation into the abduction and assault of Ericino de Salema, a prominent journalist and human rights lawyer, and bring those responsible to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

A file photo of freelance photojournalist Vladimir Legagneur, who went missing in Haiti's Port-au-Prince on March 14, 2018. (AFP/Valerie Baeriswyl)

Haitian photojournalist missing in Port-au-Prince

March 28, 2018 5:00 PM EDT

New York, March 28, 2018–Haitian authorities must do everything possible to locate freelance photojournalist Vladjimir Legagneur and conduct a full and transparent investigation into his disappearance, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Pedestrians walk along Istiklal Street, in central Istanbul, in 2016. Police on March 28 raided the pro-Kurdish daily Özgürlükçü Demokrasi, based in the district. (AFP/Yasin Akgul)

Turkish authorities seize control of pro-Kurdish national daily

March 28, 2018 4:05 PM EDT

Istanbul, March 28, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the takeover today by a government-affiliated body of one of the last remaining pro-Kurdish national dailies and called for authorities to immediately release at least 10 media staff detained during the raid and to return the outlet to its rightful management.

A park visitor wrapped in a Brazilian flag stands above a natural rock window in Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park in Alto Paraiso, Brazil in March 2018. At least one unidentified gunman on March 25 fired at the offices of the weekly Jornal dos Bairros, according to reports. (Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino)

Brazilian newspaper offices shot at by unidentified gunman

March 27, 2018 5:59 PM EDT

São Paulo, March 27, 2018–Brazilian authorities should immediately investigate a recent attack on the offices of the independent weekly Jornal dos Bairros in the southern state of Paraná and bring those responsible to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

A Participant runs past the Israeli barrier during the annual Palestine Marathon in Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, March 23, 2018. Israeli troops on March 23 detained Bakr Abdel Haq, a correspondent for the Palestinian Authority's broadcaster Palestine TV, at the al-Karama border crossing between Israel and Jordan.(Reuters/Mussa Qawasma)

Israeli troops detain Palestinian reporter at border crossing

March 27, 2018 5:26 PM EDT

Beirut, March 27, 2018–Israeli security forces should immediately release Bakr Abdel Haq, a correspondent for the Palestinian Authority’s broadcaster Palestine TV, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

A Kenyan flag inside a car in the capital Nairobi, Kenya, October 29, 2017. According reports, police officers attacked reporters at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi while they were covering an opposition politician's return to the country. (Reuters/Siegfried Modola)

Kenyan journalists assaulted by police at Nairobi airport

March 27, 2018 4:15 PM EDT

Nairobi, March 27, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on authorities in Kenya to immediately investigate the assault of journalists by police at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi yesterday. According to media reports and journalists who spoke with CPJ, police officers attacked reporters covering an opposition politician’s return to the country, causing…

Indian workers use boats to transport sand as they remove it from the River Yamuna in Allahabad in March 2018. Amid growing outrage over the latest murder of a journalist in India, police have arrested a truck driver accused of killing Sandeep Sharma over his investigative reporting into the country's "sand mafia." (AFP/Sanjay Kanojia)

Indian reporter hit by truck, dies after investigating ‘sand mafia’

March 27, 2018 1:25 PM EDT

New Delhi, March 27, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Indian authorities to determine the motive and bring to justice those responsible for the death of journalist Sandeep Sharma in central India’s Madhya Pradesh state.

A Syrian Kurd waves the Kurdish flag in Erbil in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq. Kurdish security forces have attacked and detained journalists covering protests against austerity measures taken by the Kurdistan Regional Government, according to news reports. (AFP/Safin Hamed)

TV crews assaulted, detained covering protests in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq

March 26, 2018 4:05 PM EDT

Beirut, March 26, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on the Kurdistan Regional Government to investigate immediately attacks against local journalists covering regional protests.

A street in the port city of Aden, Yemen in January 2018. Armed attackers on March 23 broke into the al-Shomou Foundation's Aden offices, where the daily Akhbar al-youm and the weekly al-Shomou are printed, and abducted at least seven people, according to reports. (Reuters/Fawaz Salman)

Gunmen abduct at least seven from Yemen media foundation

March 26, 2018 1:19 PM EDT

New York, March 26, 2018 -Yemeni authorities should investigate an attack on a media foundation’s offices and the abduction of at least seven people from the building, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Armed attackers on March 23 broke into the media foundation’s Aden offices, where the daily Akhbar al-youm and the weekly al-Shomou…