CPJ condemns Equatorial Guinea's decision to ban state media coverage of Gbagbo trial
February 2, 2016 2:00 PM ET
New York, February 2, 2016--The Committee to Protect Journalists strongly condemns the decision of the government in Equatorial Guinea to ban state television from covering the trial of former Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo, which opened at the International Criminal...
Broken promises
July 15, 2015 12:01 AM ET
Introduction On April 18, two journalists arrived near a state-owned ranch in Tana River County in southeast Kenya to investigate residents’ claims that local paramilitary police had impounded a large herd of cattle for allegedly trespassing and were demanding bribes...
Broken promises
July 15, 2015 12:01 AM ET
3. Critical journalists silenced by threats of arrest or violence Harassment of the press from official quarters does not begin or end with the passage of troublesome legislation. Journalists say they are routinely threatened, intimidated, and even attacked, and...
Broken promises
July 15, 2015 12:01 AM ET
Sidebar: Covering the International Criminal Court By Robert Wanjala When the International Criminal Court (ICC) began its investigations into the 2007-2008 post-election violence that killed over 1,000 people, it had wide public support. Kenyans desperately wanted to see justice for...
Kenyan editor murdered by unknown assailants in Eldoret town
May 1, 2015 4:05 PM ET
Nairobi, May 1, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the western Kenyan town of Eldoret to do their utmost to identify and prosecute the killers of journalist John Kituyi on Thursday....
Forced to flee false perceptions, ICC, and Kenyan press
March 6, 2014 5:17 PM ET
EDITOR'S NOTE: February 15, 2014 marked one year since Omwa Ombara arrived in the U.S. to seek political asylum after attempts on her life in Kenya between May and December 2012. She fled her native land after being contacted...
In Sudan, a new strategy to censor the press
April 5, 2012 6:43 PM ET
Sudanese authorities have a long history of closing newspapers and silencing journalists. But the government security agents who carry out official censorship have launched a new strategy this year that focuses on economic impoverishment--leaving newspapers more vulnerable than ever....
Justice pins Gbagbo, but not yet Ouattara's forces
November 30, 2011 5:06 PM ET
This week, former Ivory Coast ruler Laurent Gbagbo was extradited to the Hague to account for alleged human rights violations before the International Criminal Court. Justice appears to be slower in coming to rival fighters loyal to current President...