Turkey convicts Wall Street Journal reporter of terrorism
October 10, 2017 4:01 PM ET
New York, October 10, 2017--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the conviction today of Wall Street Journal reporter Ayla Albayrak, and called on Turkish authorities to stop their relentless crackdown on the press. As the Journal reported, a court...
Ecuador's Moreno opens new era in relations with media
October 10, 2017 1:55 PM ET
Less than a month after taking office, Ecuadoran President Lenín Moreno engineered a ceasefire in the decade-long battle between the government and the nation's independent news media by inviting a group of radio, TV, and newspaper editors to the...
Cartoonist detained in Equatorial Guinea for weeks without charge
October 6, 2017 5:09 PM ET
New York, October 6, 2017--Authorities in Equatorial Guinea should immediately release cartoonist and blogger Ramón Nsé Esono Ebalé, whom they have held without charge for weeks, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Pakistani journalist faces terrorism and defamation charges for article critical of regional government
October 4, 2017 6:17 PM ET
New York, October 4, 2017--Authorities in Pakistan should drop charges against journalist Shabbir Siham, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan's northern Gilgit-Baltistan region summoned Siham for a hearing on October 7 on accusations...
US Treasury Department decision risks future of two Panama newspapers
October 4, 2017 5:38 PM ET
La Estrella de Panamá has kept Panama's citizens informed since 1849. Now, as the country prepares for elections next year, the existence of the major newspaper, along with that of its sister title, El Siglo, may depend on the...
Zimbabwe arrests NewsDay journalist over story on first lady's underwear donation
October 3, 2017 12:59 PM ET
New York, October 3, 2017--The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Zimbabwean authorities to immediately release NewsDay journalist Kenneth Nyangani and drop all charges against him. Nyangani was arrested yesterday and charged with criminal nuisance for reporting that...
Uzbek journalist detained in Ukraine at risk of extradition
September 27, 2017 4:38 PM ET
New York, September 27, 2017--The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Ukrainian authorities to release Uzbek journalist Narzullo Okhunjonov. The journalist could face extradition to Uzbekistan, his lawyer, Aleksei Fyodorov, said....
Kazakh editor convicted of money laundering, banned from journalism
September 7, 2017 12:33 PM ET
New York, September 7, 2017--A Kazakh court today handed down a suspended prison sentence to Zhanbolat Mamay, editor of the independent newspaper Sayasi kalam/Tribuna, for charges of money laundering, and banned him from working as a journalist for three...
Bolivian radio journalist under house arrest, facing charges after covering protest
September 5, 2017 5:45 PM ET
Bogotá, September 5, 2017--Bolivian authorities must drop charges against a radio journalist arrested while covering a violent demonstration last week in the capital city of La Paz, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
North Korea sentences two South Korean journalists to death in absentia
September 1, 2017 4:49 PM ET
New York, September 1, 2017--A North Korean court has sentenced the South Korean journalists Son Hyo-rim, of Dong-A Ilbo, and Yang Ji-ho, of Chosun Ilbo, and the papers' respective director generals, Kim Jae Ho and Pang Sang Hun to...
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