Kazakh editor imprisoned for collecting state secrets
New York, August 26, 2009–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the Taraz Regional Court in southern Kazakhstan to overturn on appeal a jail sentence given to Ramazan Yesergepov, the editor of the independent Almaty-based weekly Alma-Ata Info.
Ethiopia jails two editors on old charges under obsolete law
New York, August 26, 2009–Two Ethiopian journalists were thrown in prison on Monday after a judge convicted them under an obsolete press law in connection with coverage of sensitive topics dating back several years, according to local journalists and news reports.
Iran charges journalists with ‘lying’
New York, August 25, 2009–The fourth session of the mass trial of more than 100 opposition figures, including journalists, took place in Tehran today. The Committee to Protect Journalists is particularly dismayed by procedural irregularities and the fact that the trial is only open to state-owned media.
Assailants force two Honduran broadcasters off the air
New York, August 25, 2009–Masked assailants on Monday stormed a radio station and a television outlet critical of the country’s interim government, forcing the broadcasters off the air in the latest attack on the Honduran media. The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Honduran authorities to ensure that all journalists can work safely in an…
In Bukavu, third journalist murdered since 2007
New York, August 24, 2009–Following the brutal murder on Sunday of radio journalist Bruno Koko Chirambiza in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo–the third journalist to be slain in the restive region since 2007–the Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Congolese authorities to end the alarming pattern of impunity in journalist murders.