Committee to Protect Journalists (New York)
Website: http://www.cpj.org/
May 18
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Africa: At AU Summit, Kerry Should Speak Out for a Free Press [press release]
Honorable John Kerry Read more »
May 16
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Ethiopia: Editor Questioned Over Story On Meles' Widow [press release]
Ethiopian police in Addis Ababa questioned an editor for several hours today in connection with a story published in October about the widow of the late Ethiopian leader Meles... Read more »
May 14
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Cameroon: Govts Shuts Down Station Over Secessionist Coverage [press release]
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the closure of an independent radio station on April 22 in retaliation for its broadcast of an interview that authorities said incited... Read more »
May 13
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South Africa: CPJ Urges President Zuma to Block Secrecy Bill [document]
His Excellency President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma Read more »
May 10
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Mali: Malian Army Expels French Journalist From Gao [press release]
A French freelance reporter has said she was expelled from the city of Gao after reporting on allegations of human rights abuses in a nearby town, according to news reports. Read more »
May 9
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Zimbabwe: Journalists Charged After Military-MDC Story [press release]
Police in Harare have filed criminal charges against two Zimbabwean journalists on accusations they published "false statements prejudicial to the state" in a story about... Read more »
May 3
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Ethiopia: In Eskinder Case, Politicized Verdict Undermines Ethiopia [press release]
In response to today's ruling by Ethiopia's Supreme Court to uphold an 18-year prison sentence imposed on award-winning journalist Eskinder Nega and reject his appeal, the... Read more »
May 1
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Somalia: Somaliland Official Says Media Owner Attacked By Police [press release]
A senior administration official in Somaliland has said that police officers were the perpetrators of an April 24 attack on the owner of a media network, according to news reports. Read more »
April 24
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Swaziland: Court Must Overturn Editor's Two -Year Sentence, Fine [press release]
The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Swaziland's appeals court to overturn last week's conviction of an editor for "contempt by scandalizing the court" in relation... Read more »
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Burundi: Senate Passes Harsh Amendments to Press Law [press release]
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the passage in the Senate of highly restrictive amendments to Burundi's Press Law and calls on President Pierre Nkurunziza to reject... Read more »
April 23
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Somalia: Authorities Must Investigate Murder of Somali Journalist [press release]
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Somali authorities to keep their promise to prosecute journalists' killers by investigating the murder of Mohamed Ibrahim Raage. Two... Read more »
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Ethiopia: Govt Transfers Editor Woubshet Taye to Remote Prison [press release]
The Committee to Protect Journalists protests Ethiopian authorities' transfer of independent newspaper editor Woubshet Taye to a remote prison several hours away from his family's... Read more »
April 20
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Kenya: Two Investigative Journalists Threatened in Kenya [press release]
Two investigative journalists have reported receiving death threats in Kenya shortly after airing a story suggesting foul play in a government official's death, according to news... Read more »
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Nigeria: Journalists Could Face Life in Jail On Forgery Charges [press release]
Two Nigerian journalists and their employer have been charged with forgery in connection with their publication of a memo reported to be from President Goodluck Jonathan, according... Read more »
April 18
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Nigeria: Nigeria Bans Film On Oil Corruption, Warns Director [press release]
The Committee to Project Journalists condemns a recent decision by the Nigerian government to ban the exhibition and distribution of a documentary film on corruption in the state's... Read more »
April 17
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Burundi: CPJ Urges Burundi to Reject Restrictive Media Law [document]
2013 Read more »
April 11
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Ethiopia: Govt Threatens Journalist With Solitary Confinement [document]
His Excellency Berhan Hailu Read more »
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Nigeria: Police Harass Leadership Staff Over Memo [press release]
Nigerian police should stop harassing the staff of leading independent daily Leadership over a story critical of President Goodluck Jonathan, the Committee to Protect Journalists... Read more »
April 6
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Somalia: In Somalia, Police Claim Questions in Reported Killing [press release]
Police in Somalia say they have been holding a woman in custody for much of this week after they say questions were raised about the veracity of reports that a journalist was... Read more »
April 5
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Togo: Freelance Togolese Journalist Attacked in Hit-and-Run [press release]
The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on authorities in Togo to investigate an apparently deliberate hit-and-run attack Wednesday on freelance photojournalist and... Read more »
April 4
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Cameroon: Govt Bans Five Broadcast Programs, Suspends Hosts
In a wave of censorship, Cameroon has indefinitely banned two TV programs for what regulators considered violent content and another three radio programs on vague charges of ethics... Read more »
April 3
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Mali: Malian Journalist Boukary Daou Released On Bail [press release]
The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes today's decision by a judge in Mali to grant bail to a journalist who was jailed for 27 days in connection with his paper's... Read more »
April 2
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Kenya: Reporter, 27, Found Dead in His Home
A correspondent for The Star daily newspaper was found dead Sunday morning in his house in the coastal city of Mombasa, local journalists told CPJ. A housemate found reporter... Read more »
March 29
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Cameroon: Cameroonian Journalist Jailed On Defamation Charge [press release]
An appellate court in Cameroon should overturn the defamation conviction and jail sentence handed to a newspaper editor on Monday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Read more »
March 27
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Rwanda: Editor, Jailed for Opinion Piece, Fails in Appeal [press release]
An appellate court judge in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, on Monday upheld the criminal conviction of an editor who is serving a one-year prison sentence in connection with an... Read more »
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