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Thailand harasses critical website ahead of constitutional vote

July 12, 2016 5:56 PM EDT

New York, July 12, 2016 – Thai authorities should cease harassing independent news website Prachatai and drop all charges against one of its journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Liberia forces critical radio station Voice FM to stop broadcasting

July 7, 2016 9:52 AM EDT

Nairobi, July 7, 2016–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the decision by Liberian authorities to shut down the privately owned station Voice FM and called on the government today to allow the station to resume broadcasting immediately.

Georgia journalist arrested over open records request related to court

July 6, 2016 5:20 PM EDT

New York, July 6, 2016–The Committee to Protect Journalists called on prosecutors today to drop all charges against Mark Thomason, the publisher of local weekly newspaper Fannin Focus, in Blue Ridge, Georgia. Thomason, who was arrested June 24, faces felony charges including making a false statement in an open records request.

Journalists view the damage caused by a forced entry at the Argentine paper Tiempo Argentino on July 4. (AP/Victor R. Caivano)

Newspaper and radio station offices damaged during forced entry linked to ownership dispute

July 6, 2016 2:18 PM EDT

New York, July 6, 2016–Argentine authorities should investigate the forced entry and damage caused at the Buenos Aires offices of the newspaper Tiempo Argentino and radio station, Radio América, on July 4, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The newspaper was being run by a journalists’ collective after a dispute over ownership earlier this…

Ethiopian police arrest Somaliland journalist

July 1, 2016 4:24 PM EDT

Nairobi, July 1, 2016 – Ethiopian authorities should immediately release a television journalist from the semi-autonomous republic of Somaliland, Muktar Nuh Ibrahim, who has been held since June 19, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Gunmen injure Philippines radio journalist and son

July 1, 2016 2:22 PM EDT

New York, July 1, 2016– Philippine authorities should credibly investigate Thursday’s shooting of a Filipino journalist and his son outside their home in Surigao City, Mindinao, and bring the gunmen to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Police raid, close independent radio station in Puntland

June 30, 2016 1:30 PM EDT

Nairobi, June 30 2016 — Authorities in the Puntland region of Somalia should immediately reopen an independent radio station closed in a police raid and ensure its journalists’ safety, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Liliane Daoud prepares to present her program on the Egyptian satellite channel ONtv in this file photo. (David Degner/Getty)

Egypt expels prominent TV host Liliane Daoud

June 28, 2016 6:28 PM EDT

New York, June 28, 2016 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the expulsion of TV host Liliane Daoud by authorities in Egypt late on Monday.

Zambian editors arrested trying to enter newspaper’s offices amid tax dispute

June 28, 2016 5:34 PM EDT

Nairobi, June 28, 2016–The editor-in-chief of independent Zambian newspaper The Post was arrested trying to enter his newspaper’s offices today, after authorities closed it in a dispute over allegedly unpaid taxes. Fred M’membe, his wife Mutinta, and his deputy managing editor Joseph Mwenda, were released on bail, but face charges of breaking into a building,…

Two Chinese journalists detained for ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble’

June 28, 2016 4:55 PM EDT

New York, June 28, 2016 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the detention of Lu Yuyu and Li Tingyu, who systematically document protests on social media websites.