Jordan arrests two journalists over report on finance minister
January 17, 2018 3:56 PM ET
Beirut, January 17, 2018--Authorities should immediately release two journalists from the independent news website Jfranews who have been charged under Jordan's Press and Publication Law and Cybercrime Law, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Syrian militia hold two media activists in Idlib
January 11, 2018 4:23 PM ET
The Syrian militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham took captive two media activists, Hossam Mahmoud and Amjed al-Maleh, in the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib in December 2017, according to news reports, the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of...
Nigerian journalist detained over critical article he didn't write
January 8, 2018 2:53 PM ET
Lomé, January 8, 2018--Nigerian authorities should immediately release Timothy Elombah, editor of the news website Elombah, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Security forces arrested the journalist at his home in Nnewi, a city in Anambra state, on...
Somali authorities arrest local journalist following critical reporting
January 4, 2018 5:23 PM ET
Nairobi, January 4, 2017--Somali authorities should immediately release Abdishakur Abdullahi Ahmed, also known as Shaasha, who works as a correspondent for the Nairobi-based RTN Somali TV channel and owns a local radio station, City FM, the Committee to Protect...
DRC radio journalist detained over defamation claim
December 21, 2017 12:39 PM ET
New York, December 21, 2017--Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo should immediately release broadcast journalist Benjamin Mutiya, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The national security service (ANR) arrested Mutiya, a reporter at the community station Radio...
Uganda detains newspaper editors, directors, holds them without charge
November 22, 2017 2:47 PM ET
Nairobi, November 22, 2017--Ugandan authorities should immediately release eight employees of the national newspaper Red Pepper who are being held in government detention without charge, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Guatemalan journalist imprisoned after covering protests
November 17, 2017 4:10 PM ET
New York, November 17, 2017--Guatemalan authorities should immediately release community reporter Jerson Antonio Xitumul Morales and drop all charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Two former Radio Free Asia journalists detained in Cambodia
November 16, 2017 12:25 PM ET
Bangkok, November 16, 2017--Two former reporters with the U.S. Congress-funded Radio Free Asia were detained in Cambodia on November 14 on suspicion of illegally producing and disseminating news, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists today called...
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of November 5, 2017
November 9, 2017 5:42 PM ET
Journalists arrested A Turkish court on November 9 arrested Nuh Gönültaş, a columnist for the shuttered daily Bugün, Behram Kılıç, a sports reporter for the now-shuttered daily Zaman, and Mehmet Gündem, who formerly worked for Zaman and pro-government outlets...