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Adana shooting is fourth attack on Turkish press in two weeks
May 24, 2019 12:35 PM ET
Istanbul, May 24, 2019--An unidentified gunman today shot Turkish journalist Hakan Denizli in the leg, according to reports. Denizli, founder of the local daily Egemen, was taken to a hospital and the police are looking for his attacker, according to reports. The shooting, which took place outside the journalist's...
US charges Julian Assange with 17 counts under Espionage Act
May 23, 2019 5:01 PM ET
New York, May 23, 2019--The Trump administration today disclosed 17 new criminal charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange under the Espionage Act for unlawfully obtaining and disclosing national defense information....
Nigeria charges Weekly Source editor Jones Abiri under cybercrimes, terrorism acts
May 22, 2019 11:59 AM ET
Berlin, May 22, 2019 --A federal court today charged Jones Abiri, the publisher and editor-in -chief of the Weekly Source, under Nigeria's cybercrimes act, anti-sabotage act, and terrorism prevention act for crimes allegedly carried out in 2016, and ordered the journalist to be detained, according to his lawyer, Samuel...
New accreditation requirements restrict press access to Nigeria's National Assembly
May 21, 2019 2:45 PM ET
Berlin, May 21, 2019 -- Authorities in Nigeria should withdraw new media accreditation requirements for accessing the National Assembly, the country's legislature, and ensure that future regulations do not unduly limit freedom of the press and access to information, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
CPJ, Human Rights Watch call on Venezuela to release Jesús Medina
May 21, 2019 9:00 AM ET
New York, May 21, 2019--Venezuelan authorities should immediately release Jesús Medina, who they have arbitrarily imprisoned because of his reporting for nearly nine months, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Human Rights Watch said today....
Colombia sentences two ex-paramilitary fighters for 2000 attack on Jineth Bedoya
May 8, 2019 4:04 PM ET
Miami, May 8, 2019--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the sentencing on May 6 of former paramilitary fighters Alejandro Cárdenas Orozco and Jesús Emiro Pereira Rivera for the kidnapping, rape, and torture of Colombian journalist Jineth Bedoya Lima in 2000....
Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo freed by pardon in Myanmar
May 7, 2019 12:24 AM ET
Bangkok, May 7, 2019-- Reuters' journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were released today from a Yangon prison in Myanmar as part of a presidential pardon, after spending more than 500 days behind bars, Reuters reported. The journalists were released in a mass amnesty of prisoners granted today...
Ugandan regulator suspends staff from 13 outlets that covered Bobi Wine
May 2, 2019 10:57 AM ET
Addis Ababa, May 2, 2019--The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Uganda's media regulator to immediately rescind an order yesterday suspending staff from 13 radio and television stations in connection to their coverage of opposition politician Robert Kyagulanyi, known as Bobi Wine....
Trial of detained Nicaraguan journalists Lucía Pineda and Miguel Mora indefinitely delayed
April 30, 2019 2:25 PM ET
Miami, April 30, 2019 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists today renewed its calls for Nicaraguan authorities to immediately released detained journalists Lucía Pineda and Miguel Mora. Their trial, which was scheduled to begin yesterday, was instead postponed without a new date set, according to local news reports....
Myanmar court rejects appeal by Reuters' Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo
April 22, 2019 11:31 PM ET
New York, April 22, 2019--The Committee to Protect Journalists expressed deep disappointment today after the Myanmar Supreme Court upheld Reuters' journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo's convictions. Reuters reported that the Supreme Court justice said the appeal was rejected and did not elaborate further....