Nigerian journalist detained over critical article he didn't write
January 8, 2018 2:53 PM ET
Lomé, January 8, 2018--Nigerian authorities should immediately release Timothy Elombah, editor of the news website Elombah, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Security forces arrested the journalist at his home in Nnewi, a city in Anambra state, on...
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of November 5, 2017
November 9, 2017 5:42 PM ET
Journalists arrested A Turkish court on November 9 arrested Nuh Gönültaş, a columnist for the shuttered daily Bugün, Behram Kılıç, a sports reporter for the now-shuttered daily Zaman, and Mehmet Gündem, who formerly worked for Zaman and pro-government outlets...
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of October 22, 2017
October 23, 2017 11:15 AM ET
Two journalists held on terror charges An Istanbul court yesterday ordered two journalists from the socialist Etkin News Agency (ETHA) to be jailed pending trial, alongside 10 other people including politicians and lawyers, their employer reported today....
Prominent newspaper folds under official pressure in Cambodia
September 5, 2017 12:15 PM ET
Bangkok, September 5, 2017--The Cambodia Daily stopped publication yesterday under official threat of forced closure over allegations of tax evasion, according to a statement released by the paper. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the silencing of the newspaper...
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of August 27, 2017
August 31, 2017 12:14 PM ET
Turkish authorities confiscate columnist's passport Turkish police confiscated Aslı Erdoğan's passport as the former advisory board member of the shuttered pro-Kurdish daily Özgür Gündem and frequent columnist was on her way to Germany to accept an award for her...
Bahraini journalists harassed, banned from travel
May 1, 2017 2:54 PM ET
New York, May 1, 2017--Bahraini prosecutors and security officials should cease harassing journalists and should lift travel bans imposed on two reporters in the past week, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Prosecutors summoned three journalists for questioning in...
Defamation suit in Thailand restricts BBC reporter's freedom of movement
February 28, 2017 1:48 PM ET
Bangkok, February 28, 2017--A court in Thailand has seized the passport of BBC reporter Jonathan Head in response to a criminal defamation suit filed by a Thai lawyer over a news report on alleged fraud committed on the tourist island...
CPJ calls on Egypt to lift travel ban on blogger Esraa Abdel Fattah
December 23, 2016 3:37 PM ET
New York, December 23, 2016--Egypt must lift the travel ban imposed on Esraa Abdel Fattah, an Egyptian blogger, columnist, and social media activist, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Abdel Fattah has been under a travel ban for nearly...
'People talk as they please' Sisi says in comments on Egypt's press freedom record
November 28, 2016 3:06 PM ET
In Egypt last week a journalist was barred from travel without official explanation, a reporter was accused of criminal defamation over a 2015 investigation on child prostitution, and President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi defended Egypt's freedom of expression record. An...
Malaysia intensifies harassment of award-winning cartoonist
November 28, 2016 11:22 AM ET
Bangkok, November 28, 2016―Malaysian authorities should drop all criminal charges against award-winning cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque, popularly known as Zunar, and cease harassing him for his work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....