Reporters face police violence and restrictions in Katrina aftermath
New York, September 9, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by police violence against reporters in New Orleans and attempts by the authorities to restrict coverage of the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. U.S. and international media outlets have complained of attacks on staff and the confiscation of film of shoot-outs between police and looters…
A fourth journalist is jailed for “inciting hatred”
New York, August 15, 2005—A Chadian journalist was sentenced to one year in prison today for “inciting hatred”, the fourth reporter jailed in a month in what local journalists called a growing crackdown on the independent press. A court in the capital N’Djamena convicted Sy Koumbo Singa Gali, publication director of the privately-owned weekly L’Observateur,…
Ex-patrulheiros seqüestram quatro jornalistas
Nova York, 27 de outubro de 2003 — O Comitê para Proteção dos Jornalistas (CPJ) está indignado com o recente seqüestro de quatro jornalistas guatemaltecos. No domingo, 26 de outubro, ex-patrulheiros da Autodefesa Civil (Autodefensa Civil PAC) seqüestraram os repórteres Freddy López e Alberto Ramírez, e os fotógrafos Emerson Díaz e Mario Linares, todos…
Columnist on trial for “inciting hatred” Fehmi Koru Faces Up to Four Years in Prison for 1999 Commentary Aired on Turkish TV Station
Good evening respected viewers, The placard carried by a girl from Marmara University and bearing the words “Wasn’t 7.4 convincing enough?” caused many tempers to fray. A leaflet distributed at Ankara’s Kocatepe Mosque during a service to commemorate the death of Bediuzzaman Sait Nursi added further fuel to the flames. And when one of the…
Zimbabwe: “Unpatriotic” newspaper bombed
Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) strongly condemns yesterday’s early-morning bombing of the printing press of the independent Daily News in Harare. Sunday’s attack is the second such bombing of the private daily in less than a year. These violent attacks appear to be part of a deeply disturbing campaign against the Daily News and its staff, which have suffered frequent and ongoing harassment at the hands of police and top-ranking officials of the ruling ZANU-PF.
Quatre ans aprés l’enlévement du journaliste algérien Djamel Eddine Fahassi, le CPJ appelle le gouvernement algérien é retrouver deux journalistes “disparus”
New York, N.Y., 6 Mai 1999-Le Comité pour la protection des journalistes (CPJ-Committee to Protect Journalists) a appelé, aujourd’hui, le gouvernement algérien á retrouver et á assurer la securité de Djamel Eddine Fahassi et Aziz Bouabdallah, deux journalistes algériens enlevés, selon toute vraisemblance par des agents de securité de l’Etat, respectivement en 1995 et 1997.…
How Middle East journalists report during internet blackouts
Washington D.C., April 2, 2026—Iran is now in the grip of the longest internet blackout in its history, a near-total shutdown that has stretched more than 30 days and reduced connectivity to almost zero. Imposed amid war and unrest, the sweeping, government-imposed blackout has effectively sealed off the country, cutting journalists’ access to sources and…
Daughter of slain Peruvian journalist Hugo Bustíos calls release of convicted mastermind ‘an insult’ to justice
Sharmelí Bustíos Patiño was only 14 when her father, 38-year-old Peruvian journalist Hugo Bustíos Saavedra, was killed on November 24, 1988, while covering the war between the Peruvian army and Shining Path fighters in a violent ambush near the town of Huanta. After nearly four decades of fighting to find her father’s killer, Sharmelí found justice in 2023…
Ecuadorian journalist shot after receiving reported false news tip
Bogotá, March 20, 2026—Ecuadorian authorities must swiftly and comprehensively investigate the shooting of journalist José Vinces Oviedo in the southern city of Huaquillas and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. “We urge authorities to swiftly and credibly investigate the shooting of journalist José Vinces Oviedo in Huaquillas, determine whether the attack…
Azerbaijani journalist Ahmad Mammadli sentenced to 6 years in prison
New York, March 19, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Azerbaijan to release journalist Ahmad Mammadli and credibly investigate claims that police severely mistreated him. A court in the capital, Baku, sentenced Mammadli on Monday to six years in prison on a charge of causing serious bodily harm. Mammadli denied the charge and said it…