Glenn Greenwald, Intercept Brasil staff threatened after publishing corruption investigation
June 18, 2019 6:52 PM ET
São Paulo, June 18, 2019--The founder, editor, and other members of the The Intercept Brasil staff said they have received threats on email and social media following their publication of politically sensitive stories this month....
Radio Sans Fin host Pétion Rospide killed in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
June 13, 2019 5:40 PM ET
Miami, June 13, 2019 -- Haitian authorities should conduct a swift and comprehensive investigation into the killing of journalist Pétion Rospide and ensure those responsible are brought to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Romanian investigative journalist Diana Oncioiu receives anonymous death threat
June 13, 2019 2:04 PM ET
Berlin, June 13, 2019 -- Romanian authorities should swiftly and thoroughly investigate the death threat against investigative journalist Diana Oncioiu and ensure her safety, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Mexican reporter Norma Sarabia killed in Tabasco; another journalist kidnapped in Veracruz
June 12, 2019 4:45 PM ET
Mexico City, June 12, 2019--Mexican authorities must immediately and transparently investigate the killing of reporter Norma Sarabia and do everything in their power to ensure the safe recovery of journalist Marcos Miranda Cogco, the Committee to Protect Journalists said...
South African court rules Malema, EFF violated Electoral Code of Conduct in Karima Brown doxxing incident
June 6, 2019 4:00 PM ET
Johannesburg, June 6, 2019--The Johannesburg High Court ruled today that opposition politician Julius Malema and his political party, the Economic Freedom Fighters, had breached the country's Electoral Code of Conduct by doxxing veteran journalist Karima Brown, according to a...
Nigerian journalist Kofi Bartels says police beat him, threatened him with sexual assault
June 6, 2019 3:50 PM ET
New York, June 6, 2019 -- Nigerian authorities must investigate and hold accountable the police officers responsible for allegedly assaulting and threatening journalist Kofi Bartels, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
CPJ joins call for UN Security Council to act on Cameroon crisis
June 3, 2019 6:30 PM ET
The Committee to Protect Journalists and eight other civil society organizations sent a letter to members of the United Nations Security Council about the deteriorating humanitarian and human rights situation in Cameroon. The letter was sent ahead of the...
Bulgarian reporter Hristo Geshov says he was briefly abducted; news outlets attack him
June 3, 2019 10:40 AM ET
The Bulgarian freelance investigative journalist Hristo Geshov said he received threats and at least two news outlets published articles attacking him and shared explicit videos and photos of him after he reported on an allegedly illegal water supply and...
Uribe lawsuit part of 'systematic campaign to silence me,' Colombian reporter Coronell says
May 20, 2019 11:26 AM ET
A civil defamation lawsuit filed in a U.S. court by former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez against journalist Daniel Coronell is the latest broadside in a long and bitter dispute pitting one of Colombia's most powerful politicians against an...
Mexican reporter Francisco Romero Díaz shot dead in Playa del Carmen
May 17, 2019 6:54 PM ET
Mexico City, May 17, 2019--Mexican authorities must immediately undertake a credible and transparent investigation into the killing of Francisco Romero Díaz, a reporter who was shot dead yesterday in Playa del Carmen, a beachside resort in the southern Mexican...