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More than 100 prominent journalists from 47 countries sent a petition to the Iranian government today calling for the immediate release of Maziar Bahari, Newsweek’s Tehran correspondent, who has been held without charge in an Iranian jail since June 21. Compiled by CPJ, Index on Censorship, and Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, the petition was…

Postings this week on two Web sites erroneously attributed statements about young female journalists to the Committee to Protect Journalists. Because the statements are completely contrary to our fundamental principles, we are taking a moment to make sure the record is clear. 

We released this statement today after a North Korean court found U.S. journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling guilty of entering the country illegally and carrying out “hostile acts, sentencing the Current TV reporters to terms of 12 years hard labor.

Following news that Radio Shabelle Director Mukhtar Mohamed Hirabe was killed and News Editor Ahmed Omar Hashi seriously injured today by gunmen in Somalia’s volatile capital, Mogadishu, the Committee to Protect Journalists issued this statement…

Oslo is reputed to be the world’s most expensive city, and while I can’t absolutely affirm it, I can tell that I paid $15 for a beer and $5 for a coffee. The International Freedom of Expression Exchange, a network of press freedom organizations from around the world, is holding its general assembly here in…

New York, May 26, 2009– Following a Western news agency report in which a Canadian and Australian journalist held hostage in war-torn Mogadishu for nine months complained of poor health and urged their respective governments to help free them, CPJ issued the following statement today:

New York, May 26, 2009–The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following statement in response to the killing of Mexican crime reporter Eliseo Barrón of the Torreón-based daily La Opinión that belongs to the Milenio media group. Barrón was abducted by unidentified hooded gunmen Monday and found dead this morning in the town of Gómez…

New York, May 22, 2009–Following news that Abdirisak Warsame Mohamed of Radio Shabelle was shot to death today in the crossfire of government and militia forces in the capital, Mogadishu, CPJ issued this statement:

New York, May 11, 2009–The Committee to Protect Journalists has issued the following statement in response to reports that freelance journalist Roxana Saberi, who had been imprisoned in Iran, has been released this morning:

Sri Lanka got special mention in the statements of world leaders marking World Press Freedom Day, May 3. It’s not surprising. The government in Colombo has coupled an all-out effort to end its war with the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam with an assault on critics in the Sri Lankan media. U.S. President Barack…