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Chad expels Cameroonian journalist after Nobel story

October 16, 2009 4:42 PM EDT

New York, October 16, 2009—Chadian authorities summarily expelled a Cameroonian-born journalist from the country on Wednesday, a day after he wrote an op-ed in response to a government official’s suggestion that the Nobel Peace Prize should have been awarded to Chad President Idriss Deby.

Driss Chahtan holds his daughter while being taken to prison. (Abdelwahid Mahir)

In Morocco, editor imprisoned, court shutters paper

October 16, 2009 2:51 PM EDT

New York, October 16, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists strongly condemns the decision of a Rabat court Thursday to imprison the managing editor of Al-Michaal newspaper for one year.

Russian TV crew threatened, forced to leave Ingushetia

October 15, 2009 5:13 PM EDT

New York, October 15, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns threats and an attack on a TV crew from the Moscow-based independent broadcaster REN-TV in the North Caucasian republic of Ingushetia that caused them to flee the region.

Veteran Zambian editor charged with contempt over op-ed

October 15, 2009 5:03 PM EDT

New York, October 15, 2009—The editor-in-chief of Zambia’s largest newspaper was criminally charged for the second time on Wednesday after running an op-ed critical of controversial pornography charges against a journalist, according to local journalists and news reports.

Radio host flees Colombia following alleged plot to kill him

October 13, 2009 4:54 PM EDT

New York, October 13, 2009—Prominent radio journalist Herbin Hoyos Medina left Colombia on Monday after authorities uncovered a supposed plot to kill him, according to local news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about the threats against Hoyos and urges authorities to continue to provide protection and ensure that the journalist can return…

Two Azeri journalists imprisoned, a third sentenced

October 9, 2009 3:17 PM EDT

New York, October 9, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the prison sentences given to journalists at the weekly newspaper Nota on defamation charges on Thursday.

Algerian journalist faces 16 politicized lawsuits

October 8, 2009 4:17 PM EDT

New York, October 8, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Algerian authorities to drop charges against journalist and rights activist Hafnaoui Ghoul, who is on trial for writing articles critical of local authorities in Djelfa province.

Three newspapers shut down in Iran

October 6, 2009 3:50 PM EDT

New York, October 6, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Iranian authorities’ decisions to revoke the licenses of three reformist newspapers on Sunday and Monday.

CPJ receives Dodd human rights prize

October 5, 2009 9:40 AM EDT

New York, October 5, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists was honored today with the fourth biennial Thomas J. Dodd Prize in International Justice and Human Rights. The $75,000 prize is given “to an individual or group who has made a significant effort to advance the cause of international justice and global human rights.” CPJ was…

Deputy Information Minister Abdishakur Adan explains the VOA ban in Bossasso. (Horseed)

Government suspends VOA service in Puntland

October 2, 2009 2:39 PM EDT

New York, October 2, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the suspension on Thursday of three Voice of America (VOA) reporters in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland in northeastern Somalia. Puntland’s Deputy Minister of Information Abdishakur Mire Adan issued a letter suspending all three VOA correspondents and any other VOA journalist from reporting in the…