Turkish court sentences documentary filmmakers to 4 and a half years
July 19, 2019 3:07 PM ET
Istanbul, July 19, 2019--Documentary filmmakers Ertuğrul Mavioğlu and Çayan Demirel, directors of the 2015 documentary movie "Bakur" ("North"), about the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), were sentenced to four years and six months in prison yesterday for "making propaganda...
Turkish appeals court upholds prison sentences for Cumhuriyet staff
February 19, 2019 3:00 PM ET
Istanbul, February 19, 2019--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Istanbul appeals court's decision today to uphold the terrorism-related convictions of the staff of pro-opposition daily newspaper Cumhuriyet....
Pakistani journalist appeals 22-year sentence on terrorism, defamation charges
May 10, 2018 5:26 PM ET
Washington D.C., May 10, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Pakistani authorities to withdraw all charges against journalist Shabbir Siham, who is appealing a sentence of 22 years in prison and a 500,000 rupee (US$4,300) fine by...
Ahmed Abba to be freed after Cameroonian court reduces sentence on appeal
December 21, 2017 8:28 AM ET
Durban, South Africa, December 21, 2017 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes today's ruling by a Cameroonian military appeal court that should result in Radio France Internationale radio journalist Ahmed Abba's immediate release from prison....
A Loyal Press
April 25, 2017 8:04 AM ET
Independence means isolation for journalists in Sisi's Egypt By Ursula Lindsey When President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi took office in Egypt in 2014, after leading the army's ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, he promised to restore peace and prosperity through...
Two Ethiopian radio journalists convicted on terror charges
December 21, 2016 12:11 PM ET
Nairobi, December 21, 2016--Ethiopian radio journalists Khalid Mohammed and Darsema Sori, who have been imprisoned since February 2015, were today convicted on terrorism charges by the High Court's 19th Criminal Bench, according to the independent Addis Standard newspaper....
Turkey press crackdown continues with arrests of three pro-Kurdish journalists
December 22, 2015 3:04 PM ET
New York, December 22, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Turkey to end its crackdown on the press. Since the release of CPJ's annual prison census, three journalists working for pro-Kurdish outlets have been arrested in Turkey on terror...
In Ethiopia, new printing directive equals pre-censorship
May 9, 2012 5:47 PM ET
New York, May 9, 2012--Ethiopia's main, state-owned printing company has directed newspaper publishers to censor any content that may draw government prosecution under the country's anti-terrorism law or face cancellation of their printing contracts, according to local journalists and...
Ethiopian paper fined for coverage of Eskinder Nega trial
May 4, 2012 5:04 PM ET
New York, May 4, 2012--An Ethiopian court has cited the editor of a leading independent newspaper for contempt after his paper published the verbatim courtroom statement made by the imprisoned journalist Eskinder Nega during his trial, according to news...