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In Azerbaijan, journalist in hiding faces criminal investigation

February 12, 2015 4:22 PM EST

New York, February 12, 2015–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Azerbaijani authorities to drop the criminal investigation of Emin Huseynov, journalist and media freedom advocate, and allow him to work and travel without harassment and fear of arrest.

FREELANCERS AT RISK: A call for global standards

By Samantha Libby on February 12, 2015 11:24 AM EST

Freelance journalism has never been more dangerous. At Columbia Journalism School in New York City, join an unprecedented coalition of leading news companies, freelance journalism organizations and press-freedom advocates responding to this crisis, by launching global safety principles and practices for international news organizations and the freelancers who work with them.

CPJ calls on Egypt to free Al-Jazeera journalists

February 11, 2015 2:17 PM EST

New York, February 11, 2015–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Egyptian authorities to drop the charges against imprisoned Al-Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, whose retrial is scheduled to begin on Thursday. A court said it had ordered the retrial because of lack of evidence leading to their conviction of “conspiring with…

Zunar holds a copy of his banned cartoon book in 2010. The cartoonist has been arrested on accusations of sedition. (AP/Lai Seng Sin)

Cartoonist detained for critical tweets in Malaysia

February 11, 2015 9:20 AM EST

Bangkok, February 11, 2015–Malaysian authorities arrested a political cartoonist on Tuesday on accusations of sedition, according to news reports. Zulkiflee Awar Ulhaque, also known as Zunar, was detained after posting critical tweets about a court decision to imprison the country’s main opposition leader.

TrollBusters app takes on those seeking to silence women writers

By Louisa Reynolds/CPJ Guest Blogger on February 10, 2015 6:23 PM EST

Eight years ago Michelle Ferrier was forced to quit her job as a newspaper columnist and move to a different state after being targeted by racist hate mail. But Ferrier has managed to turn a traumatic experience into an empowering one by inspiring a team of tech-savvy media professionals and entrepreneurs to create TrollBusters, a…

South Sudan daily Nation Mirror ordered to stop publishing

February 10, 2015 11:31 AM EST

Nairobi, February 10, 2014–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the ban on independent newspaper Nation Mirror, which was ordered to stop publishing by National Security Service agents in South Sudan’s capital Juba, and calls on authorities to immediately reverse the order.

Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez on his 87th birthday last year. The Nobel laureate played a vital role in protecting journalists but more needs to be done. (AFP/Yuri Cortez)

Why García Márquez’s work to improve press protection in Colombia is still vital

By Pedro Vaca/CPJ Guest Blogger on February 9, 2015 6:10 PM EST

To coincide with Colombia’s national day for journalists the Colombian organization Foundation for Freedom of the Press (FLIP) has published its annual report on press freedom conditions. The review of challenges faced by the media in 2014 comes as we remember the loss last year of one of the great defenders and promoters of Colombian…

A sand sculpture in Mumbai for victims of the Charlie Hebdo attack. An editor arrested after complaints over her decision to publish an image of the French magazine's cover has gone into hiding in India. (Reuters/Danish Siddiqui)

In India, laws that back the offended force editor into hiding

By Sumit Galhotra/CPJ Asia Program Research Associate on February 9, 2015 3:45 PM EST

Mumbai may be 7,000 kilometers from Paris but the debate on freedom of expression sparked by coverage of the January 7 attack on French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo is close to home for large parts of the Indian press.

CPJ calls on Turkish government to reverse anti-press measures

February 9, 2015 12:21 PM EST

Dear Prime Minister Davutoğlu: The Committee to Protect Journalists is writing to express alarm at a fresh wave of anti-press actions in Turkey and to ask that you use the power of your office to reverse the measures.

In Uganda, mob assaults radio journalists

February 9, 2015 9:52 AM EST

A group of about 30 men with clubs attacked journalists Gerald Kankya and Simon Amanyire in the town of Fort Portal in western Uganda on January 23, 2015, Kankya told CPJ. The assailants beat the journalists, breaking one of Kankya’s teeth and bruising his legs and arms, the journalist said. Amanyire escaped without serious injury.