Upcoming elections could make or break Tunisia's fledgling free press
June 25, 2019 10:00 AM ET
Tunisia's progression to a freer society took center stage this month, as journalists, digital rights activists, and tech companies gathered in Tunis for RightsCon and the IFJ congress. Tunisia has secured greater press freedom than many of the Arab...
Polish court bans reporter Anna Wilk from journalism for 3 years in criminal libel suit
June 4, 2019 12:30 PM ET
Berlin, June 4, 2019--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the conviction and sentence of journalist Anna Wilk in a criminal libel lawsuit in which she was sentenced on first instance for a fine and a three-year ban on practicing...
Burundi media regulator bans BBC and VOA
April 2, 2019 12:10 PM ET
Nairobi, April 2, 2019 -- Authorities in Burundi should fully restore broadcasting rights to the British Broadcasting Corporation and the Voice of America, and allow journalists in the country to contribute to the two organizations, the Committee to Protect...
Ukraine bars Austrian reporter from entering for one year
March 8, 2019 3:36 PM ET
Kiev, March 8, 2019--The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Ukraine to reverse its decision to ban Christian Wehrschütz, a veteran reporter for the state-run Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, from entering the country for one year....
Somaliland court suspends newspaper for one year for publishing 'false news'
February 15, 2019 4:05 PM ET
Nairobi, February 15, 2019--The Committee to Protect Journalists today expressed deep concern about a one-year suspension imposed by a Somaliland court on the privately owned Foore newspaper, and called on authorities to drop the charges on appeal....
Kazakhstan detains French journalist and bans him from filming
September 27, 2018 5:05 PM ET
New York, September 27, 2018--Kazakh authorities should allow French journalist Vincent Prado and his local fixer Danara Ismetova to work without obstruction, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. Prado and Ismetova were briefly detained by police this morning, before...
Undiscoverable: How Al-Jazeera's Snapchat channel disappeared from three Gulf nations
September 10, 2018 12:35 PM ET
Search for "Al-Jazeera" on Snapchat, and the first result that comes up is a ubiquitous publisher channel in the app's famed vertical layout. That is, unless you are in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), or Bahrain. Users...
Iran orders at least 7 journalists jailed and flogged over Dervish protest coverage
August 31, 2018 2:01 PM ET
New York, August 31, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the harsh sentences Iranian authorities imposed on at least seven journalists over their coverage of protests by a religious order....
CPJ joins call for UN Human Rights Council to address crackdown in Tanzania
August 17, 2018 4:22 PM ET
The Committee to Protect Journalists and 29 other civil society groups yesterday wrote to the member and observer states of the United Nations Human Rights Council urging them to address the deteriorating situation for human rights, including freedom of...