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CPJ joins call for passage of Iran resolution in UN

November 18, 2013 12:44 PM EST

The Committee to Protect Journalists has joined two dozen human rights organizations in signing a letter calling on all member states of the U.N. General Assembly Third Committee to vote in favor Tuesday of resolution A/C.3/68/L.57 on the promotion and protection of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Editor Sardar Alibeili, right, has been sentenced to four years in prison. (IRFS)

Critical editor convicted, jailed in Azerbaijan

November 14, 2013 2:44 PM EST

New York, November 14, 2013–Authorities in Azerbaijan should release on appeal a journalist sentenced to four years in jail on trumped-up charges of hooliganism, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The conviction comes as Azerbaijan is scheduled to assume the rotating chairmanship in the Strasbourg-based Council of Europe in May.

Indian journalist Lingaram Kodopi released on bail

November 14, 2013 2:26 PM EST

New York, November 14, 2013–The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release on bail today of Lingaram Kodopi, an Indian journalist who has been imprisoned for more than two years, and calls on authorities to drop all charges against him.

CPJ petition calls for release of blogger Dieu Cay

November 12, 2013 2:07 PM EST

New York, November 12, 2013–The Committee to Protect Journalists has created a petition that calls on Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung to immediately release unjustly imprisoned blogger Nguyen Van Hai.

African media leaders must address Ethiopia’s repression

November 5, 2013 5:55 PM EST

New York, November 5, 2013–As media leaders and officials of regional institutions gather in Addis Ababa this week for the African Media Leaders Forum (AMLF), the Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the participants to ensure that press freedom is squarely on the agenda.

Getachew Worku is being held without charge. (Ethio-Mihdar)

Ethiopia arrests 2 journalists from independent paper

November 5, 2013 2:48 PM EST

New York, November 5, 2013–Ethiopian police have arrested without charge two editors of the leading independent Amharic weekly Ethio-Mihdar, according to local journalists. Police in the town of Legetafo, northeast of the capital Addis Ababa, on Monday arrested Getachew Worku in connection a story published in October alleging corruption in the town administration, according to Muluken…

News from the Committee to Protect Journalists, October 2013

November 4, 2013 12:44 PM EST

CPJ launches US report Following CPJ’s release of its report on the state of press freedom in the United States, the organization is pursuing high-level meetings with the White House. CPJ had drafted six recommendations that were shared with President Obama, including calling for a guarantee that journalists would not be at legal risk or…

Saudi columnist held without charge for four days

October 31, 2013 4:39 PM EDT

New York, October 31, 2013–Saudi authorities should immediately release a columnist who wrote in support of the women’s right to drive and has been held without charge since Monday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Vietnamese blogger sentenced for Facebook post

October 29, 2013 12:53 PM EDT

Bangkok, October 29, 2013–A Vietnamese court today sentenced independent blogger Dinh Nhat Uy to a 15-month suspended prison term and one year of house arrest in connection with his posts on Facebook, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the verdict and calls on Vietnamese authorities to end their escalating campaign of…

Investigative journalist imprisoned in Macedonia

October 24, 2013 5:41 PM EDT

New York, October 24, 2013–Authorities in Macedonia should reverse on appeal the conviction of a prominent investigative journalist who has been imprisoned since May, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.