Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of October 26, 2018
November 1, 2018 12:37 PM ET
Journalist freed pending trial An Istanbul court on October 31, ordered Ali Sönmez Kayar, a reporter for the socialist Etkin News Agency (ETHA), to be freed pending trial, the independent news website Bianet reported. Kayar, who is charged with...
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...
Russian Supreme Court upholds travel ban on Norwegian journalist
June 1, 2018 4:08 PM ET
Russia's Supreme Court on May 25, 2018, upheld a December 4, 2017, decision of a Moscow city court to bar Norwegian journalist Thomas Nilsen from traveling to Russia for five years, according to media reports....
Turkey convicts Cumhuriyet journalists on terrorism charges
April 25, 2018 5:32 PM ET
Istanbul, April 25, 2018--An Istanbul court today convicted 14 people affiliated with the independent daily Cumhuriyet of aiding terrorist organizations and sentenced them to jail terms ranging between three and seven years, the newspaper reported. The court placed the...
Azerbaijan goes to the polls amid muzzled media and blocked websites
April 6, 2018 12:02 PM ET
When it comes to silencing critics, Azerbaijani authorities have been industrious and methodical. Ahead of snap presidential elections scheduled for April 11, potential opposition candidates have been either jailed or barred from running, and the political landscape has been...
Prosecutor in Ukraine flouts court, refuses to return journalist's passport
April 4, 2018 4:23 PM ET
New York, April 4, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Ukrainian prosecutors to return the passport of Fikret Huseynli, a Dutch national of Azerbaijani origin, and to respect a district court's April 2 ruling that the journalist...
CPJ joins call for Kyrgyzstan to end restrictive media practices
March 14, 2018 3:20 PM ET
The Committee to Protect Journalists joined a coalition of 28 other international press freedom organizations to call on Kyrgyz authorities to drop defamation lawsuits and to end the practice of using disproportionate fines, travel bans and other harsh penalties...
Kyrgyz journalist charged, put under travel ban following investigative report
February 13, 2018 3:51 PM ET
New York, February 13, 2018--Kyrgyz authorities should immediately drop all charges against freelance journalist Elnura Alkanova, lift her travel ban, and allow her to report without fear of reprisal, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....