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Uzbekistan should free editor to receive medical care

April 2, 2013 3:17 PM EDT

New York, April 2, 2013–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the ongoing imprisonment of independent Uzbek editor Muhammad Bekjanov, whose health has severely deteriorated in jail, and urges authorities to immediately release him so that he may receive medical care. Bekjanov and a colleague, both of whom were jailed in 1999, have been in prison…

Malian journalist Boukary Daou released on bail

April 2, 2013 2:44 PM EDT

New York, April 2, 2013–The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes today’s decision by a judge in Mali to grant bail to a journalist who was jailed for 27 days in connection with his paper’s publication of a letter critical of a military leader. CPJ calls on the public prosecutor to drop the charges against Boukary…

Kenyan reporter, 27, found dead in his home

April 1, 2013 4:15 PM EDT

Nairobi, April 1, 2013–A correspondent for The Star daily newspaper was found dead Sunday morning in his house in the coastal city of Mombasa, local journalists told CPJ. A housemate found reporter Bernard Wesonga with blood on his nose and mouth at around 11:30 a.m., Star Deputy Editor Charles Kerich said.

Cameroonian journalist jailed on defamation charge

March 28, 2013 5:02 PM EDT

New York, March 28, 2013–An appellate court in Cameroon should overturn the defamation conviction and jail sentence handed to a newspaper editor on Monday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Baluch journalist reported missing in Karachi

March 28, 2013 3:57 PM EDT

New York, March 28, 2013–Pakistani authorities should determine the whereabouts of a Baluch journalist living in Karachi who was last seen on March 24, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Seleka fighters cruise a neighborhood in Bangui. (AFP/Sia Kambou)

In Central African Republic, rebel forces ransack outlets

March 26, 2013 5:27 PM EDT

New York, March 26, 2013–At least two news outlets were raided in the Central African Republic on Sunday when rebel groups ousted the president from power, according to news reports and local press freedom groups.

BBC halts service in Sri Lanka after broadcasts disrupted

March 26, 2013 5:13 PM EDT

New York, March 26, 2013–The BBC announced today that it has suspended all radio broadcasts in Sri Lanka following what it called “continued interruption and interference” by a national broadcaster in the country.

Rwandan editor, jailed for opinion piece, fails in appeal

March 26, 2013 4:09 PM EDT

Nairobi, March 26, 2013–An appellate court judge in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, on Monday upheld the criminal conviction of an editor who is serving a one-year prison sentence in connection with an opinion column, according to local journalists.

Protests outside the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters last week have led to escalating threats against the press and a siege on Sunday of Cairo's Media Production City. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)

CPJ condemns siege at Cairo’s Media Production City

March 25, 2013 6:41 PM EDT

New York, March 25, 2013–The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the violent siege on Sunday of the Media Production City, a complex housing numerous private news outlets in Cairo, an episode that followed a series of inflammatory anti-press comments by President Mohamed Morsi and members of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Visiting Somali journalist shot dead in Mogadishu

March 25, 2013 12:31 PM EDT

EDITOR’S NOTE: Subsequent to the publication of this report, questions were raised about the veracity of the account given by the primary sources. CPJ has published two follow-up reports detailing those questions, which raise doubts as to whether a killing took place as described. CPJ continues to monitor the case.Nairobi, March 25, 2013–Somali authorities must…