CPJ calls on EU to keep up pressure on Hungary amid press freedom concerns
September 12, 2018 12:04 PM ET
Brussels, September 12, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today welcomed the vote by members of the European Parliament in favor of a resolution against Hungary for breaching EU values, and called on the bloc to keep up pressure on...
Investigative reporter attacked in Bulgaria
May 14, 2018 5:19 PM ET
Berlin, May 14, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Bulgarian authorities to conduct a thorough investigation into an attack on investigative journalist Hristo Geshov, who was beaten on May 10 outside his home in the northwestern town...
Independent journalists in Hungary brace for tough times in next Orbán term
May 7, 2018 6:00 PM ET
As Hungary's new Parliament holds its first session, where Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is due to form his third consecutive government after a landslide re-election a month ago, journalists critical of his power will closely monitor his words for...
Mission Journal: In Poland, some journalists fear worst is yet to come
March 12, 2018 6:00 PM ET
Entering the historic site of the Gdansk shipyard, one cannot miss the wooden boards hanging over the famous gate No. 2. Handwritten in 1980, they display the list of demands of the strikers led by Lech Walesa, the founder...
CPJ welcomes call for EU directive against SLAPPs
February 22, 2018 10:08 AM ET
Brussels, February 22, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today welcomed a call from members of the European Parliament on Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans to introduce a new European Union directive to stop abusive lawsuits against critical...
CPJ condemns Bülent Keneş's arrest in Turkey
October 9, 2015 6:13 PM ET
New York, October 9, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists denounces today's arrest in Istanbul of Bülent Keneş, the editor-in-chief of the English-language daily newspaper Today's Zaman. Keneş was taken from his office by police after İstanbul 5th Penal Judge of...
Why Spain's new gag law is threat to free flow of information
May 1, 2015 1:33 PM ET
On July 1 a public security law is due to come into force in Spain amid an increasingly vocal chorus of concern among the media and press freedom groups. The bill--dubbed the "ley mordaza," or "gag law," by opposition...
Reporter who broke LuxLeaks story faces charges in Luxembourg
April 27, 2015 5:11 PM ET
The French journalist who helped break the LuxLeaks scandal, which exposed a large-scale, state-blessed system of tax avoidance in placid Luxembourg late last year, was indicted on April 23. A statement from the Luxembourg prosecutor's office accused Edouard Perrin...