Hyderabad police detain Mojo TV’s Revathi Pogadadanda
Washington, D.C., July 12, 2019–Hyderabad police should immediately release journalist Revathi Pogadadanda, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Pogadadanda, the founder and former CEO of independent news channel Mojo TV, was forcibly taken to a police station this morning, according to news reports.
Azory Gwanda “disappeared and died,” says Tanzanian foreign minister
Do you have five minutes? Please take this survey to help us improve this newsletter. Thank you! In a BBC interview Wednesday, Tanzanian Foreign Minister Palamagamba Kabudi said that journalist Azory Gwanda had “disappeared and died” in the country’s eastern Rufiji region. Gwanda, the subject of CPJ’s ongoing #WhereIsAzory campaign, went missing on November 21,…
CPJ joins letter urging MTN Group to end participation in internet shutdowns in Sudan
The Committee to Protect Journalists yesterday joined 22 other organizations in signing a joint letter to executives at South African telecommunications company MTN Group, calling on them to end their roles in Sudan’s internet shutdowns.
Vice Media compelled to give chat logs to Canadian police
On July 4, 2019, Vice Media exhausted its legal options to resist a demand from Canadian authorities to turn over chat logs between one of its reporters, Ben Makuch, and his source, Farah Shirdon, a Somali-Canadian man who allegedly joined the Islamic State militant group, and gave the logs to police, according to Makuch, who…
CPJ testifies to Congress on the threats Cuban journalists face
Washington, D.C., July 11, 2019–At a congressional hearing today, Carlos Martínez de la Serna, program director at the Committee to Protect Journalists, highlighted the most pressing threats to the media in Cuba and called on Congress to act when and where it can make a difference for Cuba’s journalists.
In BBC interview, Tanzanian foreign minister says journalist Azory Gwanda is dead
Nairobi, July 10, 2019 — The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on the Tanzanian government to provide a detailed public account of the fate of freelance journalist Azory Gwanda after the country’s foreign minister, Palamagamba Kabudi, said in an interview that the journalist is dead.
Syrian security forces arrest pro-Assad reporter Rabea Kalawandi
Beirut, July 10, 2019 — The Committee to Protect Journalists today expressed concern about the arrest of Syrian journalist Rabea Kalawandi, a reporter for Iranian state-run broadcaster Al-Alam TV, and called on Syrian authorities to reveal the reason for his arrest or release him immediately.
AFP freelance journalist Hamza Turkia shot while covering clashes in Libya
On June 19, 2019, an unidentified individual shot Hamza Turkia, a freelance photographer and videographer at the time working for French news agency Agence France-Presse, in the hand and leg while the journalist was covering clashes between forces allied with the internationally recognized Government of National Accord and the self-styled Libyan National Army in Tripoli,…
Former official assaults Indian journalist, family in Gujarat
On July 6, 2019, three men assaulted Harshad Ahir, Valsad bureau chief of privately owned daily Gujarat Mitra, and his wife and infant child at their home in Gujarat’s Valsad district, in western India, according to the journalist, who spoke to CPJ via phone, and news reports.