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In this November 4, 2014, file photo, editor Rafael Marques de Morais smiles on a visit to Johannesburg, South Africa. (AP/Simon Allison)

Angolan journalists charged with crimes against state

June 23, 2017 3:29 PM EDT

New York, June 23, 2017–Angolan authorities should immediately drop all charges against journalists Rafael Marques de Morais and Mariano Bras Lourenco, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Al-Jazeera staff at the broadcaster's Doha headquarters in June 2017. Qatar's neighbors have demanded the country close the station as part of negotiations in the current political crisis. (AP/Malak Harb)

Gulf countries order Qatar to close Al-Jazeera and other outlets

June 23, 2017 2:10 PM EDT

New York, June 23, 2017–A group of Arab countries today issued Qatar a list of demands, including that the Gulf nation close media outlets that it funds, among them the broadcasters Al-Jazeera and Arabi 21, and the websites Al-Araby Al-Jadeed and Middle East Eye. The demands are a prerequisite for lifting diplomatic and economic sanctions…

A man walks in front of the seat of the Karnataka state legislature in Bangalore, India, April 2, 2017. (AP/Aijaz Rahi)

Indian state assembly sentences two editors to prison for defamation

June 23, 2017 1:53 PM EDT

New Delhi, June 23, 2017–The elected assembly of India’s Karnataka state should revoke one-year jail sentences it imposed on two editors in Bangalore, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

A Kenyan voter in Nairobi carries a copy of the Daily Nation newspaper as he waits to vote in the March 4, 2013, elections. The headline, "Never Again," refers to the post-election violence of 2007. (AP/Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin)

Kenyan reporter detained for two days on bribery allegation

June 22, 2017 5:44 PM EDT

Police in Nairobi on June 18 arrested Sunday Nation journalist Walter Menya on charges of soliciting a bribe of 55,000 Kenyan shillings (U.S.$531) to “write a damaging story in The Nation newspaper,” according to a police statement. The amount he was alleged to have accepted was later changed to 50,000 Kenyan shillings (U.S.$482), according to…

Newspapers at a stand in Islamabad in June 2017. A news crew in the city say students attacked them and damaged their vehicle this week. (AFP/Aamir Qureshi)

News crews attacked in two separate incidents in Pakistan

June 21, 2017 6:50 PM EDT

New York, June 21, 2017–Pakistani authorities should ensure the safety of journalists and investigate two separate incidents in which members of the press were attacked and had equipment damaged, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Ugandans read a copy of the newspaper Red Pepper in Kampala, in this February 25, 2014, file photo. (AP/Rebecca Vassie)

Newspaper editor interrogated in Uganda

June 21, 2017 4:54 PM EDT

Nairobi, June 21, 2017–Ugandan authorities should cease investigation and intimidation of privately-owned daily newspaper Red Pepper editor Ben Byarabaha and four other publications, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Guatemalan TV journalist survives gunshot to head

June 21, 2017 3:37 PM EDT

Two unidentified gunmen on June 14, 2017, shot Carlos Danilo Rodríguez Ixtecox, the owner and director of the local TV channel Multiviral Canal 19, in a small grocery store his family owns in Puerto Barrios, on Guatemala’s Caribbean coast.

CPJ welcomes Michael De Dora as Washington Advocacy Manager

June 21, 2017 1:23 PM EDT

New York,June 21, 2017 –The Committee to Protect Journalists has created the new position of Washington Advocacy Manager to lead efforts to advance press freedom around the world with the U.S. government and other policymakers in Washington, D.C. Michael De Dora will be the first to occupy the post.

In this November 2010 file photo, a man uses a computer in an internet cafe in the West Bank town of Bethlehem (AP/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

Palestinian Authority censors at least 11 news websites

June 21, 2017 1:02 PM EDT

New York, June 21, 2017–The Palestinian Authority should cease blocking access to news websites in the West Bank, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The Palestinian Authority’s attorney general, Ahmad Barrak, on June 15 ordered internet service providers to block access to at least 11 news websites, according to news reports.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stands in the presidential palace in Ankara, June 15, 2017. (AP/Presidency Press Service)

Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of June 18, 2017

June 21, 2017 11:09 AM EDT

Prosecutor asks to reopen investigation into journalist for interview Public prosecutor Umut Tepe petitioned a Turkish court to allow him to reopen his investigation into jailed Cumhuriyet reporter Ahmet Şık on charges of producing propaganda for a terrorist organization, Cumhuriyet reported yesterday. Tepe had previously dropped charges against the journalist for publishing an interview with…