Justice delayed is justice denied in Philippines' Maguindanao massacre
July 31, 2015 10:19 AM ET
During his final State of the Nation Address this week, President Benigno Aquino III made only a passing mention of the 2009 Maguindanao massacre that killed 57 people, including 32 journalists and media workers. He did not detail any...
Myanmar detains, obstructs journalists from reporting
July 8, 2015 8:30 AM ET
On May 31, 2015, Myanmar's navy questioned and briefly detained several journalists. The journalists, who were in small boats, were attempting to reach a remote island off Myanmar's southwestern coast where a ship carrying hundreds of migrants had drifted, according...
Russian journalist detained, beaten in eastern Ukraine
June 17, 2015 4:06 PM ET
New York, June 17, 2015--A correspondent for the independent Moscow-based Novaya Gazeta was obstructed and briefly detained by the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, according to news reports. Pavel Kanygin, a special correspondent for the...
CPJ requests information about alleged detention of two journalists in Egypt
April 17, 2015 10:35 AM ET
New York, April 17, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists wrote to the Egyptian Ministry of Justice on Thursday requesting information about two journalists who were allegedly arrested on Tuesday while attempting to cover the bombing of two electrical pylons that...
Journalists, media outlets remain in the crosshairs in eastern Ukraine
June 27, 2014 4:01 PM ET
New York, June 27, 2014--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns continued pressure on the media in the eastern Ukraine region of Donetsk and calls on separatists to allow journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal....
Reporter disparaged in Turkish parliament, journalists harassed
June 3, 2014 4:13 PM ET
New York, June 3, 2014--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by today's reports that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Parliament called CNN journalist Ivan Watson a "flunky" and said the foreign press was "literally executing their duties...
Russian journalists barred from entering Ukraine
May 23, 2014 2:51 PM ET
New York, May 23, 2014--Several Russian journalists were barred from entering Ukraine this past week, ahead of Sunday's presidential vote, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the move and calls on Ukrainian authorities to allow all...
Slideshow: Covering protests in Ukraine
April 18, 2014 10:00 AM ET
Coverage of street demonstrations is an exceptionally dangerous assignment, with journalists subject to assaults, obstruction, detention, raids, threats, censorship orders, and confiscation or destruction of equipment. This report is one in a series of three by Getty photographers who...
Anti-press attacks rise as tensions escalate in Ukraine
April 14, 2014 5:10 PM ET
New York, April 14, 2014--Local and international journalists covering the volatile situation in eastern Ukraine have been harassed, attacked, detained, and had their equipment seized, according to news reports and regional press freedom groups. ...