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Second Indian journalist arrested in Chhattisgarh in one week

March 28, 2016 4:40 PM EDT

New York, March 28, 2016 – The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Indian authorities to release journalist Deepak Jaiswal, and to cease harassing and jailing journalists for their work. Police arrested Jaiswal, a reporter for the Hindi-language daily Dainadini, in the Bastar region of the central Indian state Chhattisgarh on Saturday. He is…

Family of Chinese blogger taken away after being questioned over critical letter

March 25, 2016 5:16 PM EDT

New York, March 25, 2016–U.S.-based blogger Wen Yunchao told CPJ today he believes that government officials have detained his parents and brother after two weeks of police questioning the family about his alleged connection to an open letter calling on President Xi Jinping to resign.

Can Dündar, left, and Erdem Gül speak to reporters before standing trial in Istanbul, March 25, 2016. (AP)

Turkish judge rules trial for journalists facing life sentences to be closed to public

March 25, 2016 10:16 AM EDT

Istanbul, March 25, 2016 – The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns an Istanbul court’s decision to bar the public from the trial of Can Dündar and Erdem Gül, journalists for the daily newspaper Cumhuriyet. Representatives from CPJ and other press freedom groups attended the first session of the trial today.

AFP and Le Monde reporters beaten, have passports taken during Congolese elections

March 24, 2016 6:06 PM EDT

New York, March 24, 2016–Three international journalists who were covering the elections in the Republic of Congo were punched and had their passports and equipment seized Wednesday by a group of four men who identified themselves as police, according to reports.

Singapore court sentences online editor for sedition

March 24, 2016 12:04 PM EDT

Bangkok, March 24, 2016 – The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a Singaporean court’s sentencing Wednesday of an Australian editor of a now-defunct independent Singaporean news website, and calls on authorities to stop jailing journalists and censoring websites.

Six sentenced in killing of journalist in Somalia

March 23, 2016 2:46 PM EDT

New York, March 23, 2016 — A military court in Mogadishu on Sunday upheld sentences imposed on six people convicted in connection with the December 2015 murder of Somali broadcast journalist Hindia Haji Mohamed.

Vietnamese bloggers imprisoned for ‘abusing democratic freedoms’

March 23, 2016 1:05 PM EDT

Bangkok, March 23, 2016 – The Committee to Protect Journalists strongly condemns a Hanoi court’s sentencing today of two Vietnamese bloggers to prison terms on charges of “abusing democratic freedoms.”

Journalist arrest another sign of deteriorating climate for press in Chhattisgarh

March 22, 2016 5:36 PM EDT

New York, March 22, 2016–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh to immediately release Prabhat Singh, a reporter for the Hindi daily Patrika, who was arrested in the south Bastar region Monday, and to investigate a claim that he was mistreated in custody. Singh’s arrest comes as…

Congo imposes total communications blackout during election

March 22, 2016 4:15 PM EDT

New York, March 22, 2016 -The government of the Republic of Congo should immediately lift the total communications blackout it imposed before the March 20 presidential elections, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Authorities close Al-Baghdadia TV in Iraq, force staff out of channel’s offices

March 18, 2016 1:06 PM EDT

New York, March 18, 2016–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Iraqi authorities to restore the broadcasting license of the pro-Sunni satellite channel Al-Baghdadia TV, and to allow the channel to operate freely in Iraq.