Tanzania imposes 7-day publication ban on The Citizen
March 1, 2019 10:50 AM ET
Nairobi, March 1, 2019--Authorities in Tanzania should lift a seven-day publication ban on the privately owned newspaper The Citizen and allow journalists to report on matters of public interest freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The Information...
Chhattisgarh's plan for journalist safety law could be template for all India
February 15, 2019 12:32 PM ET
Every day for two years, freelance journalist Santosh Yadav must walk the 50 or so yards from his home to the Darbha village police station in Bastar, Chhattisgarh, to sign a register. Just one missed day could immediately land...
Malaysia withdraws sedition charges against cartoonist Zunar
July 31, 2018 11:53 AM ET
New York, July 31, 2018--A Kuala Lumpur court yesterday dropped nine sedition charges against Malaysia's political cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque, known as Zunar, according to news reports. If convicted, Zunar, who was honored with CPJ's 2015 International Press Freedom...
Fiji charges newspaper, journalists with sedition
May 21, 2018 2:33 PM ET
New York, May 21, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Fiji authorities to drop sedition charges against the weekly Fiji Times, three newspaper executives, and an opinion columnist. A High Court judge tomorrow will make a final...
Gambia declares criminal defamation unconstitutional, keeps some laws on sedition, false news
May 10, 2018 4:05 PM ET
Nairobi, May 10, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the Gambian Supreme Court's decision yesterday to declare criminal defamation unconstitutional, but is dismayed that segments of the country's criminal code on sedition and false news were upheld....
ECOWAS court rules Gambia violated rights of journalists
February 14, 2018 3:14 PM ET
New York, February 14, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists called on the Gambian government to act on a judgment passed today by the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to immediately repeal its...
Tanzania slaps fines on 5 TV stations after they report on alleged human rights abuses
January 12, 2018 4:09 PM ET
Nairobi, January 12, 2018--Tanzanian authorities should immediately annul fines levied against five television stations that the country's regulatory commission accused of broadcasting seditious and unbalanced content, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Thai columnist Pravit Rojanaphruk charged with two cases of sedition
August 8, 2017 12:01 PM ET
Washington, D.C., August 8, 2017--Thai authorities should immediately and unconditionally drop all charges against Pravit Rojanaphruk, a columnist at the news website Khaosod English, and allow the journalist to work freely and without further harassment, the Committee to Protect...
Pravit Rojanaphruk, CPJ honoree, accused of sedition in Thailand
August 3, 2017 12:28 PM ET
New York, August 3, 2017--Authorities in Thailand should cease harassing Pravit Rojanaphruk and should drop any criminal proceedings against him for his writing, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Pravit, a columnist at Khaosod English who will be...
79 cases and counting: Legal challenges pile up for Daily Star editor who admitted error in judgment
February 23, 2016 4:44 PM ET
When Mahfuz Anam, editor of one of Bangladesh's most respected newspapers, admitted recently to a lapse in editorial judgment several years ago, he could not have predicted the legal backlash that would ensue. Anam's admission that he published unsubstantiated...