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Somaliland police ride horses during independence celebrations in Hargeisa in 2013. Authorities in the region are detaining a journalist on false news accusations. (Reuters/Feisal Omar)

Somaliland journalist detained on false news accusation

September 27, 2017 11:16 AM EDT

Nairobi, September 27, 2017–Somaliland authorities should immediately release Mohamed Adan Dirir, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Police arrested the Somali journalist on September 16 on allegations of incitement and publishing false news, local journalist groups told CPJ.

Israeli security forces arrest Palestinian journalist in West Bank

September 27, 2017 9:58 AM EDT

Beirut, September 27, 2017-Israeli security forces should immediately release Palestinian journalist Abdul Rahman Awad, a correspondent in Ramallah for the Hamas-affiliated Palestinian news agency Safa, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Tunisian police beat reporter, seize his equipment at protest

September 26, 2017 10:38 AM EDT

Tunisian police beat Hamdi al-Souissi, a reporter for the local radio station Diwan FM, seized Souissi’s recording equipment, detained him, and questioned him for two hours at a precinct in in the country’s eastern city of Sfax, on September 18, 2017, local media reported.

A press freedom activist holds a copy of the opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet during a demonstration in solidarity with the jailed members of the opposition newspaper outside a courthouse, in Istanbul on September 25. (Reuters/Osman Orsal)

Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of September 24, 2017

September 25, 2017 10:32 AM EDT

Spain releases Turkish journalist arrested on Ankara’s request Spanish authorities yesterday released the leftist writer Hamza Yalçın, who they had arrested in August at the request of the Turkish government, according to the daily Evrensel.

A view of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey. The body of a Syrian-American journalist living in Istanbul was found yesterday in her apartment.(Reuters/Murad Sezer)

Syrian-American journalist killed in Turkey

September 22, 2017 1:51 PM EDT

New York, September 22, 2017–Syrian-American journalist Halla Barakat and her mother, Syrian opposition activist Orouba Barakat, were found dead yesterday in their Istanbul apartment, the Turkish news agency DHA reported today. Friends alerted the police when Halla Barakat, 23, did not show up for her reporting job at the Syrian opposition website Orient Net, according…

Local reporter beaten to death in northeastern India

September 21, 2017 3:33 PM EDT

New Delhi, September 21, 2017–Indian authorities must conduct a thorough investigation into the death of Shantanu Bhowmik, a reporter for the local Bengali-language Dinraat news channel, and bring those responsible to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

CPJ urges President Macron to champion the protection of journalists in France and around the world

September 20, 2017 11:52 AM EDT

CPJ calls on President Macron of France to continue to champion the protection of journalists and press freedom at home and around the world.

Cameroon uses anti-terror law to silence critical press

September 20, 2017 7:36 AM EDT

New York, September 20, 2017–Cameroon’s broadly worded anti-terror law is being used by authorities to arrest and threaten local journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists found in a report released today. The report, “Journalists Not Terrorists: In Cameroon, anti-terror legislation is used to silence critics and suppress dissent,” finds that despite a presidential decree ending…

Cameroon publisher detained for more than eight months

September 18, 2017 6:11 PM EDT

Police arrested Mofor Ndong, the Bamenda-based publisher of the independent bi-monthly newspaper, Voice of the Voiceless, on February 9, 2017 in Buea, the capital of Cameroon’s English-speaking Southwest region, according to media reports.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey on September 8, 2017. An Istanbul court found Çağlar Özbilgin, an editor for the online newspaper Sendika and columnist for leftist newspaper Halkın Sesi, guilty of insulting the Turkish president for referring to the leader as a

Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of September 17, 2017

September 18, 2017 12:52 PM EDT

Istanbul officials cancel press freedom award ceremony Officials in Istanbul today canceled a press freedom awards ceremony, according to the anti-censorship platform Susma.