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Media squeezed in Thai military coup

May 22, 2014 1:21 PM EDT

Bangkok, May 22, 2014–Thailand’s military-led National Peace and Order Maintaining Council today seized administrative power in a coup and ordered local broadcast media to halt regular programming and local satellite and cable service providers to block international news channels, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the military-imposed censorship and calls for an…

Jordan’s free press record dims with website restrictions

May 22, 2014 1:00 PM EDT

Jordan’s press freedom climate, once a shining light in the Middle East, has quickly deteriorated as journalists grapple with last year’s government ban on nearly 300 news websites. Press freedom groups are documenting a rise in self-censorship and an increase in criminal cases against journalists. Local online news editors and journalists are complaining of economic…

Indian journalists beaten outside political leader’s home

May 21, 2014 12:50 PM EDT

At least four journalists were assaulted on May 18, 2014, outside the house of a high-ranking party leader in Tamil Nadu.

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has decreed several laws that censor the press. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

Saudi censorship blurs lines between journalism, activism

May 20, 2014 4:59 PM EDT

Since the surprise Arab uprisings of 2011, the Saudi government has worked assiduously to ensure it has all the tools of censorship it needs to control dissent. These tools–a combination of special courts, laws, and regulatory authorities–are starting to fire on all cylinders. The result has been a string of arrests and prosecutions in recent…

Russia calls for release of journalists reportedly caught carrying anti-aircraft missiles

May 20, 2014 4:39 PM EDT

Mashable cited and quoted CPJ’s statement in their coverage of the deteriorating environment for journalists working in Ukraine.Read the full article here.

Five convicted in murder of Anna Politkovskaya

May 20, 2014 4:24 PM EDT

New York, May 20, 2014–A Moscow City Court jury today convicted five individuals for planning, participating, and carrying out the 2006 murder of Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya, local and international press reported. Three of the defendants had been acquitted in an earlier trial. A mastermind was not named in today’s verdict.

Thai media censored under martial law

May 20, 2014 11:57 AM EDT

Bangkok, May 20, 2014–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns military censorship of the media, including the forced broadcasting of martial law orders and announcements, in Thailand.

Egyptian presidential candidates should support journalists, CPJ says

May 20, 2014 9:23 AM EDT

To presidential candidates Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi and Hamdeen Sabahi: The Committee to Protect Journalists is writing to express its deep concern about the state of press freedom in Egypt. Since the organization was founded in 1981, journalists in Egypt have never been under greater threat of assault, imprisonment, or even death, CPJ research shows.

Journalists held, questioned in Crimea, mainland Ukraine

May 19, 2014 5:07 PM EDT

New York, May 19, 2014–Ukrainian authorities are holding two foreign journalists, while five other journalists were interrogated in Crimea by Russian authorities over the weekend, according to news reports.

CPJ calls for investigation into murder of Paraguayan journalist

May 19, 2014 4:37 PM EDT

New York, May 19, 2014–Paraguayan authorities must conduct a thorough investigation into the death of a radio journalist who was shot dead on Friday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Fausto Gabriel Alcaraz Garay was killed in Pedro Juan Caballero, a city on the border with Brazil, an area that is particularly dangerous for…