Protests

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St. Louis probe into police handling of protests must take press freedom into account

The Committee to Protect Journalists and other organizations write to the mayor of St. Louis, Missouri, to express concern about police conduct toward reporters covering protests and urge that any investigation into law enforcement actions encompass press freedom.

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CPJ requests meeting with Israeli ambassador to the United States

CPJ requests a meeting with the Israeli ambassador to the United States to discuss the Israeli government’s threats to close Al-Jazeera’s bureau and other threats to press freedom in the country.

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A protester sits under an umbrella as he attends an October 1, 2014 demonstration in Hong Kong. Reporter Mak Ying-sheung faces contempt of court charges after she was arrested while reporting on a November 2014 protest. (Reuters/Tyrone Siu)

Hong Kong charges reporter with contempt for covering 2014 protest

New York, August 10, 2017–Authorities in Hong Kong should immediately drop all charges against reporter Mak Ying-sheung, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

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Security forces detain protesters in Kinshasa, July 31, 2017. (Reuters/Kenny Katombe)

Journalists detained, harassed, beaten covering Congo protests

New York, August 3, 2017–Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo should cease harassing and detaining journalists and should allow them to cover protests and other events of public interest without interference, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

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A woman shouts slogans in a protest in the Moroccan town of Al-Hoceima, July 21, 2017. (Reuters/Youssef Boudlal)

Morocco deports Spanish journalists

New York, July 27, 2017–Moroccan authorities should lift any restriction on the ability of journalists José Luis Navazo and Fernando Sanz to enter the country and should allow journalists to report freely on matters of public interest, including protests, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

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Journalist assaulted covering protest in Beirut

A security officer in civilian clothes and a uniformed soldier on June 16, 2017, struck French freelance journalist Philippine de Clermont Tonnere as she covered a protest in Beirut against a third extension of the Lebanese parliament’s term, the journalist told the Committee to Protect Journalists.

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Demonstrators in Al-Hoceima, in northern Morocco's Rif region, protest on June 4, 2017. (Reuters/Youssef Boudlal)

Moroccan website director held in solitary confinement pending trial

Moroccan security forces on June 6, 2017, arrested Mohamed al-Asrihi, a video journalist and the director of the opposition news website Rif24, from the home of activist Mohsen Athari in the northern town of Trogout, where he was hiding, according to news reports and a statement from Rif24.

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A car drives on the outskirts of Caracas, Venezuela, September 29, 2017. A Dutch freelance journalist said Venezuelan security forces detained him on September 21, 2017 while he was on a reporting trip in the country's southern mining district. (Reuters/Ricardo Moraes)

Venezuela Country Safety Page

Updated November 9, 2017 As the political situation in Venezuela continues to deteriorate, journalists covering protests have been routinely targeted, harassed, attacked, and detained. To provide concrete safety information for local and international journalists covering the unrest, CPJ’s Emergencies Response Team is issuing periodic updates on the political situation and the climate for journalists.

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A man gestures at a protest in support of protests in northern Morocco's Rif region, Rabat, May 28, 2017. (AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Morocco deports Algerian journalist

New York, June 1, 2017–Moroccan authorities should lift any restrictions on Algerian journalist Djamel Alilat’s ability to enter Morocco following his May 30 deportation, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Police arrested Alilat as he left a protest he was covering in northern Morocco two days prior, according to the journalist and other news…

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Protesters battle police in Kolkata, India, May 22, 2017. Dozens of journalists were injured as police forcibly cleared demonstrations. (AP/Bikas Das)

Police beat Indian journalists protesting assault

New Delhi, May 22, 2017–Police officials should identify and discipline the officers who assaulted dozens of journalists in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata today, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. Journalists at the scene said police assaulted dozens of reporters covering a protest, then forcibly cleared a demonstration the journalists staged to protest their…

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