Gunmen in Pakistan kill K2 Times reporter
October 17, 2018 5:54 PM ET
New York, October 17, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Pakistani authorities to investigate and promptly bring to justice the killers of journalist Sohail Khan. Khan, a reporter for the Urdu daily K2 Times, was shot dead...
Gunmen break into radio station in Brazil and shoot commentator in the leg
September 25, 2018 5:09 PM ET
São Paulo, September 25, 2018--Police in the Brazilian state of Ceará must act quickly to bring the gunmen who injured radio owner and commentator Sandoval Braga to justice and ensure the safety of employees at Radio União FM 96.5,...
Acts of Intimidation: In Pakistan, journalists' fear and censorship grow even as fatal violence declines
September 12, 2018 12:00 AM ET
As killings of journalists in Pakistan decline so too does press freedom, as the country’s powerful military quietly, but effectively, restricts reporting by barring access, encouraging self-censorship through direct and indirect acts of intimidation, and even allegedly instigating violence...
Acts of Intimidation:
September 12, 2018 12:00 AM ET
Divided and alone, Pakistan’s press finds safety in numbers To compensate for the unwillingness or inability of government institutions to create a safe atmosphere for the press or tackle the ongoing issue of impunity in the murder of journalists,...
Journalists in Yemen under attack from all sides as rival forces crack down on critics
September 7, 2018 12:11 PM ET
In its report released late last month, the U.N. Human Rights Council found that all groups involved in the Yemen conflict--from the government-controlled south, with its militias propped up by the UAE-led coalition and loyal to the secessionist Southern...
In India, party activists beat TV journalists during live broadcast of show
August 29, 2018 2:18 PM ET
New Delhi, August 29, 2018--A group of people suspected of being supporters of the far-right Shiv Sena political party attacked several journalists including the producer, Rahul Zori, during a live broadcast of a show for the privately owned broadcaster...
Reporter threatened, home attacked in southern Brazil
August 17, 2018 1:24 PM ET
São Paulo, August 18, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned an attack on Brazilian reporter Adenilson Miguel and called on police in the country's Minas Gerais state to ensure Miguel's safety and identify those responsible and bring them to...
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of July 30, 2018
August 2, 2018 12:14 PM ET
Journalist threatened Hale Gönültaş, a reporter for the news website Gazete Duvar, received a death threat on July 30, three days after the publication of her feature on the Islamic State militant group selling Yezidi women as slaves, her...
Journalist abducted in Libya found bound and shot dead
August 1, 2018 5:53 PM ET
New York, August 1, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the killing of Libyan journalist Musa Abdul Kareem in Sabha, and urged the authorities responsible for the city to immediately investigate the circumstances of his death. Abdul Kareem,...
Silence from judiciary over media attacks increases self-censorship, Pakistan's journalists say
July 20, 2018 1:11 PM ET
When it comes to the military and the judiciary, Pakistan's journalists are "between a rock and a hard place," Zohra Yusuf, of the independent non-profit Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, told CPJ. In recent months the judiciary, which has...