White House setting wrong example at Trump-Kim summit in Hanoi
February 27, 2019 11:11 AM ET
Washington, D.C., February 27, 2019--The White House today barred four journalists from covering a dinner in Hanoi between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, citing "sensitivities over shouted questions," according to news reports. The unusual...
#JusticeForJamal campaign culminates with call for administration to respond to Senate inquiry
February 7, 2019 3:22 PM ET
Washington D.C, February 7, 2019--The Committee to Protect Journalists held a press conference this morning in front of the White House to demand accountability in the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, one day before the February 8 deadline...
CPJ calls on White House to restore credentials of CNN correspondent, stop denigrating media
November 8, 2018 2:17 PM ET
New York, November 8, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on the White House to restore the credentials of Jim Acosta, CNN's chief White House correspondent. The White House last night suspended Acosta's credentials after a heated exchange...
CPJ welcomes U.S. government's new hostage policy
June 24, 2015 12:08 PM ET
New York, June 24, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the new U.S. policy announced today which states that families of American hostages seeking to negotiate with or pay ransom to the abductors will not be threatened with criminal prosecution....
US senator condemns Ethiopia's persecution of the press
June 15, 2012 12:48 PM ET
On Wednesday, the same day the White House announced a strategic plan committing the United States to elevating its efforts in "challenging leaders whose actions threaten the credibility of democratic processes" in sub-Saharan Africa, a senior member of the...
Jammeh 'award' coverage reflects chill in Gambian press
September 24, 2010 3:26 PM ET
"President Jammeh bags 4 awards," trumpeted a September 17 headline of the Daily Observer, a pro-government newspaper in the Gambia, a West African nation whose idyllic façade as "the smiling coast of Africa" is maintained in part by President...