Thai columnist Pravit Rojanaphruk charged with two cases of sedition
Washington, D.C., August 8, 2017–Thai authorities should immediately and unconditionally drop all charges against Pravit Rojanaphruk, a columnist at the news website Khaosod English, and allow the journalist to work freely and without further harassment, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Bangladeshi journalist arrested for reporting death of goat
New York, August 1, 2017–Bangladeshi authorities should drop all charges against Abdul Latif Morol and should release him without delay, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Police in Dumaria, roughly 200 kilometers (124 miles) southwest of Dhaka, yesterday arrested the journalist on defamation charges after he wrote on Facebook that a goat had died.
CPJ Highlights: July edition
CPJ and Freedom of the Press Foundation launch the “U.S. Press Freedom Tracker” On August 2, CPJ, the Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF), and 22 partner organizations launched the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, a website that documents threats to press freedom in the United States. The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker is the first centralized…
Palestinian journalists injured covering West Bank protests
Beirut, July 25, 2017–Israeli authorities should independently and credibly investigate reports that Israeli security forces injured journalists covering protests in the West Bank last weekend, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. At least six Palestinian journalists were injured while covering protests in East Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Hebron on July 20 and 21, according to…
CPJ announces 2017 International Press Freedom Award winners
New York, July 18, 2017–The Committee to Protect Journalists will honor journalists from Cameroon, Mexico, Thailand, and Yemen with its 2017 International Press Freedom Awards. The journalists have faced government harassment, death threats, or imprisonment in their pursuit of the truth. CPJ is also honoring PBS journalist Judy Woodruff with its inaugural Gwen Ifill Press…
Judy Woodruff
CPJ is honored to present its inaugural Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award to PBS journalist Judy Woodruff. Broadcast journalist Judy Woodruff is the managing editor of “PBS NewsHour,” a show she anchored since 2013 with her co-host, Gwen Ifill, the late veteran journalist and CPJ senior advisor. Woodruff has covered politics and other news for…
Afrah Nasser, Yemen
CPJ is honored to present its 2017 International Press Freedom Award to Afrah Nasser, a Yemeni reporter and blogger living in exile in Sweden. Afrah Nasser, an award-winning exiled Yemeni independent reporter and blogger, reports from Sweden on human rights violations, women’s issues, and press freedom in her home country. Nasser began contributing to the…
Pravit Rojanaphruk, Thailand
CPJ is honored to present its 2017 International Press Freedom Award to Thai journalist Pravit Rojanaphruk. Pravit Rojanaphruk is one of Thailand’s most prominent critical reporters and a long-time advocate for press freedom. He is currently a columnist and senior staff writer for Khaosod English (Fresh News), a website established in 2013 that publishes critical…
Ahmed Abba, Cameroon
CPJ is honored to present its 2017 International Press Freedom Award to Cameroonian journalist Ahmed Abba. Ahmed Abba, 38, a correspondent for Radio France Internationale’s (RFI) Hausa service, was arrested in July 2015 as he left a press briefing at the office of a local governor in Maroua, the capital of Cameroon’s far north region,…