World Refugee Day: Fear of arrest drives journalists into exile
June 16, 2016 9:49 AM ET
In August 2014 two journalists living more than 4,000 miles apart slipped across a border to find safety: one with his wife and three children, the other alone. Idrak Abbasov, from Azerbaijan, and Sanna Camara, from Gambia, faced imprisonment because...
Burundi arrests two foreign correspondents in wider crackdown
January 29, 2016 4:49 PM ET
New York, January 29, 2016--The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on authorities in Burundi to stop harassing journalists and allow them to freely report on events in the country. At least three journalists have been briefly detained in...
CPJ calls on Democratic Republic of Congo to not extradite Burundian journalist
December 31, 2015 12:05 PM ET
New York, December 31, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo not to extradite Egide Mwemero, an exiled Burundian radio journalist who has been in custody since October 13, according to reports. Bob...
Burundian journalist arrested in Democratic Republic of Congo
October 19, 2015 6:36 PM ET
New York, October 19, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the detention of Egide Mwemero, a Burundian journalist who, according to the managing director of his radio station and local reports, was arrested in Uvira in eastern Democratic Republic of...
Burundian authorities crack down on press ahead of elections
April 29, 2015 2:46 PM ET
Nairobi, April 29, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the harassment of journalists and news outlets in Burundi and calls on authorities to allow them to cover protests ahead of scheduled elections in May and June. Police cut the...
Press law debate and journalist's release signal hope for Burundi's media
March 10, 2015 2:43 PM ET
Burundi journalists may have more space to report freely ahead of the country's controversial elections this year after the legislative assembly pushed for amendments to a draconian press law and a radio director was released on bail....
Burundian journalist arrested, charged after not revealing source
January 21, 2015 2:53 PM ET
Nairobi, January 21, 2015--Burundian authorities imprisoned the director of the privately owned Radio Publique Africaine on Tuesday and charged him with complicity in murder, according to news reports. The arrest followed the station's broadcast of an interview in which...
Burundi's journalist union takes repressive press law to court
September 19, 2014 1:15 PM ET
If the state decides that a journalist's article in Burundi jeopardizes someone's "moral integrity" under the country's Media Law it can demand that the journalist reveals sources, and it can suspend the publication. "It's a backwards, freedom-killing law," said...
Burundi reporter shot by police for seeking information
May 3, 2013 5:21 PM ET
Burundi's government took unusually swift action last week in response to the police shooting of a radio reporter, after the journalist sought information at a roadblock in the capital Bujumbura where market vendors were allegedly being "taxed" for passage....
Burundi Senate passes harsh amendments to press law
April 23, 2013 10:43 AM ET
New York, April 23, 2013--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the passage in the Senate of highly restrictive amendments to Burundi's Press Law and calls on President Pierre Nkurunziza to reject the bill when it comes to him for confirmation....