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...
Journalists grapple with increasing power of European extremists
April 27, 2015 11:01 AM ET
Athens, May 6, 2012. Journalists attending Golden Dawn's triumphal election night news conference are ordered to stand up when the group's leader, Nikos Michaloliakos, enters the room. "Rise up! Rise up! Show your respect!" barks the master of ceremonies,...
CPJ calls on Belgium to defend press freedom at Committee of Ministers
November 18, 2014 2:19 PM ET
CPJ calls on Didier Reynders, Belgium's foreign minister, to use his country's presidency at the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe--the largest pan-European human rights watchdog--to defend press freedom in Europe, and address violations by members states. CPJ's letter highlights press freedom abuses in Azerbaijan, Hungary, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine.
Orbán walks fine line in Brussels with Hungary's media law
November 3, 2014 12:21 PM ET
"With the Islamic state offensive, the Ebola epidemic and Ukraine, Hungary is not on anyone's mind in Europe," mused one of our interlocutors during the Committee to Protect Journalists' fact-finding mission in Budapest in October. "Viktor Orbán has really...
Hungarian journalists work in climate of self-censorship, fear
October 17, 2014 5:38 PM ET
Budapest, October 17, 2014--On a rare mission to a European Union country, a CPJ delegation led by board member Kati Marton was in Hungary this week to meet with journalists, media lawyers, managers, rights defenders, policy analysts, and government officials...
Turkey's reform fatigue, the EU's enlargement fatigue, and press freedom
October 9, 2014 1:23 PM ET
"The European Commission expressed serious concern about developments in the area of rule of law and fundamental rights (in Turkey)." It is progress report season in Brussels. As every year in early October, the commissioner in charge of enlargement...
Hungary's independent media struggle against economic pressure, intimidation
July 7, 2014 1:51 PM ET
"This is a new wave of clampdowns by the government--they want to have another four-year term with even less critical media than before," said Szabolcs, a 21-year-old economics student, one of thousands of people who marched in the streets...