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CPJ calls on Sri Lanka to improve press freedom

March 3, 2015 10:34 AM EST

Dear President Sirisena, As your government’s post-election 100-day agenda nears completion the Committee to Protect Journalists, an international press freedom organization, recognizes your early endeavors in keeping promises to ensure media freedom. CPJ would like to request a meeting with you and your government to discuss the problems that persist for the country’s media.

Veteran journalist detained, websites shut down in China

August 2, 2013 2:23 PM EDT

New York, August 2, 2013–Chinese authorities should release a veteran journalist and government critic being held without charge and reverse their orders to shut down more than 100 websites, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

The offices of Horseed FM were raided and shut down on Saturday. (Horseed FM)

Puntland authorities close down radio and website

October 9, 2012 5:23 PM EDT

Nairobi, October 9, 2012–Security agents in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland shuttered private broadcaster Horseed FM on Saturday morning and ordered Internet service providers in the region to block the station’s website, according to local journalists.

The offices of Angolan weekly Folha 8 have been stripped of their computers, forcing the paper to stop publishing at least for now. (Courtesy A. Neto)

Angolan police raid weekly’s office, seize computers

March 12, 2012 5:42 PM EDT

New York, March 12, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns today’s Angolan police raid at the independent weekly Folha 8, which was conducted in connection with a politicized investigation into the publication of a satirical photo montage. Officers confiscated all of Folha 8’s computers, effectively crippling the operations of one of the country’s two remaining…

Tajikistan orders Internet providers to block websites

March 7, 2012 2:04 PM EST

New York, March 7, 2012–Authorities in Tajikistan must immediately lift the order blocking domestic access to several news websites and Facebook, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Kyrgyz government blocks access to news website

February 23, 2012 9:00 AM EST

New York, February 23, 2012–The Kyrgyz government’s decision to block access to the independent news website Ferghana News contradicts the country’s declared commitment to press freedom and should be overturned immediately, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.