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CPJ, others urge India to drop sedition investigation into journalist Mohammed Zubair

The Committee to Protect Journalists on Monday joined 10 other press freedom and human rights organizations in calling on Indian authorities to withdraw an October police complaint filed against award-winning journalist and fact-checker Mohammed Zubair in Ghaziabad city of northern Uttar Pradesh state. The complaint cites several provisions of India’s new penal code, the Bharatiya…

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Azerbaijani authorities detain at least 6 journalists on currency smuggling charges

New York, December 6, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the Azerbaijani authorities’ detention of at least six journalists and media workers in the capital Baku on Friday. At around noon, independent journalist Ramin Jabrayilzade (also known as Ramin Deko) was detained at the Baku airport upon arrival from neighboring Georgia, where he was covering…

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Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu was arrested in February 2022 and sentenced to seven years in jail on espionage charges on November 29, 2024. (Photo: Dong family)

CPJ condemns 7-year jail sentence for Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu on spy charges

New York, November 29, 2024 – The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a harsh seven-year jail sentence handed down to veteran Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu on Friday on espionage charges, and calls for his immediate release. Dong, 62, a columnist for the state-run newspaper Guangming Daily, was arrested in Beijing in February 2022 while having…

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks during the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku on November 13, 2024. CPJ joined six other international press freedom organizations in condemning legal actions against Greek journalists filed by Grigoris Dimitriadis, former general secretary and the nephew of Mitsotakis. (Photo: AFP/Alexander Nemenov)

CPJ, others condemn abusive lawsuits against Greek journalists who exposed spyware scandal

The Committee to Protect Journalists and six other international press freedom organizations issued a joint statement on Friday, November 22, 2024, condemning the ongoing legal actions against journalists who exposed Greece’s Predator spyware scandal and urged Greek authorities to swiftly implement the European Union’s anti-SLAPP Directive to strengthen protections for journalists amid the growing trend…

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Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, handcuffed and chained between two officers, is led into a police van as he heads to court to be charged under the territory's national security law on December 12, 2020 as he is accused of conspiring with foreign forces to endanger national security.

Hong Kong must end Jimmy Lai’s show trial, CPJ urges ahead of hearing

New York, November 18, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges the Hong Kong government to drop its trumped-up charges against media publisher Jimmy Lai, who is set to take the stand for the first time on Wednesday in his trial on national security charges, which could see the 77-year-old jailed for life if convicted. “This…

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Gustavo Gorriti

Peru judge orders IDL-Reporteros to turn over audio recordings in corruption case

Bogotá, November 12, 2024—Peruvian judicial authorities must stop harassing journalist Gustavo Gorriti and the investigative news website he founded, IDL-Reporteros, and respect the right of reporters to maintain confidential sources, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. In an October 25 resolution, Peru Supreme Court Judge Juan Carlos Checkley ordered the Attorney General’s office to…

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Serbia politician physically attacks journalist Miloš Ljiljanić during municipal assembly meeting

Berlin, November 12, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Serbian authorities to swiftly complete their investigation into the November 6 physical attack by a local ruling party politician against Miloš Ljiljanić, a journalist with local news site Kovinske Info, while he was documenting a municipal council meeting in the northern town of Kovin. “Serbian…

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Togolese regulator suspends Tampa Express for 3 months for criticizing minister

Dakar, November 7, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Togolese authorities to reverse their three-month suspension of Tampa Express after the bi-monthly newspaper criticized a government minister. “Togolese authorities must allow Tampa Express to resume publication without delay,” said Angela Quintal, head of CPJ’s Africa program, in Durban. “Media regulations should be used to…

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Journalists Musa Sekou Sheriff and Momodou Justice Darboe were arrested on September 26 on the day Gambian President Adama Barrow praised his country’s press freedom record at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. (Photo courtesy of The Voice)

Gambian president withdraws defamation lawsuit against The Voice, editor 

Durban, November 4, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes Gambian President Adama Barrow’s decision to withdraw a civil defamation lawsuit against The Voice newspaper and its editor-in-chief and urges Attorney General Dawda A. Jallow to drop related false news charges against the editor and a colleague. “We are relieved that President Barrow responded to appeals…

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Arko Edward and Erastus Asare Donkor

Mine security guards attack media crew covering environmental degradation in Ghana

Abuja, October 31, 2024–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ghanaian authorities to swiftly investigate and hold accountable the security guards who attacked four journalists and media workers working for the privately owned Multimedia Group conglomerate at a mining site in the country’s southern Ashanti region. On October 20, at least 10 armed security guards…

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