Prominent blogger Seved Hossein Ronaghi Maleki arrested in Iran after critical tweets - Committee to Protect Journalists

Washington, D.C., February 24, 2022 — Iranian authorities should immediately release blogger Seyed Hossein Ronaghi Maleki and drop any charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday. On Wednesday, February 23, the Tehran...

Taliban forces detain 2 journalists in undisclosed location - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, February 1, 2022 — The Taliban must immediately release journalists Waris Hasrat and Aslam Hijab and stop detaining members of the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. On Monday, men who identified themselves as...

Iowa, Kansas lawmakers bar media from Senate floors, stymieing newsgathering - Committee to Protect Journalists

Lawmakers’ whispers, eyerolls, and other hints about the course of debate are no longer visible to journalists covering the state Senates in Kansas and Iowa.   In a break with decades of precedent, journalists in both states have been barred from...

Three Philippine media outlets face latest in a string of cyberattacks - Committee to Protect Journalists

Three Philippine news websites, ABS-CBN News, Rappler, and Vera Files, publicized separate distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks between December 11 and 23, 2021. The attacks flood websites with requests to prevent them from functioning,...

Why the UN’s push for a cybercrime treaty could imperil journalists simply for using the internet - Committee to Protect Journalists

Cybercrime is on the global agenda as a United Nations committee appointed to develop a treaty on the topic plans for its first meeting amid pandemic-related delays. The process is slated to take at least two years, but experts warn that such a...

‘Nothing like this ever happened here before’: Journalists describe covering mass protests in Kazakhstan - Committee to Protect Journalists

The nationwide antigovernment protests that erupted in early January 2022 in Kazakhstan – which left 225 dead, according to official figures – upended the country’s reputation as one of Eurasia’s most stable authoritarian regimes. They also posed...

In Middle East and North Africa, a drop in attacks on journalists belies dire state of press freedom - Committee to Protect Journalists

The Middle East and North Africa region has long been especially dangerous for journalists. The Committee to Protect Journalists’ research has found that one out of every three reporters killed worldwide in retaliation for their work since 1992 —...

After a harrowing escape, a family of Afghan journalists prepares for a new life in the US - Committee to Protect Journalists

The day Kabul fell to the Taliban, was the “end of the line for us as journalists,” said Shiraz Noorani. That day, August 15, 2021, was when the Nooranis, a family of five current and former Afghan journalists, decided to flee the country. Four...

Ethiopia uses emergency law to ramp up arrests of journalists - Committee to Protect Journalists

Nairobi, December 16, 2021 – Ethiopian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release all journalists held in custody for their work and should refrain from using the country’s state of emergency law to imprison members of the press, the...

Number of jailed journalists reached global high in 2021, at least 24 killed for their coverage - CPJ report - defenceWeb

The number of journalists worldwide who are behind bars reached a global high in 2021, according to a new report from the nonprofit Committee to Protect Journalists, which says that 293 reporters were imprisoned as of 1 December this year. At...

How China’s Huawei technology is being used to censor news halfway across the world - Committee to Protect Journalists

When a staffer at the independent media website Iwacu in the central African state of Burundi tried to visit the outlet online in late October, they received an error message instead. “Hum. Nous ne parvenons pas à trouver ce site;” the site could...

Italian police increase protection of journalist Sigfrido Ranucci after assassination plot revealed - Committee to Protect Journalists

In August 2021, Italian police placed Sigfrido Ranucci, host and deputy director of the Rome-based TV program “Report”on Italian public broadcaster RAI3, under 24-hour protection due to an alleged assassination plot by the ´Ndrangheta organized...

Russia expels Dutch newspaper correspondent Tom Vennink - Committee to Protect Journalists

Berlin, November 4, 2021–The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Russian authorities today to reverse their decision to revoke Dutch journalist Tom Vennink’s visa and residence permit and allow him to continue his work in Russia. On...

Tanzania police arrest cartoonist, journalists on cybercrime and illegal assembly allegations - Committee to Protect Journalists

Nairobi, October 7, 2021—Tanzanian authorities should unconditionally release cartoonist Opptertus John Fwema, and drop investigations into Mgawe TV journalist Harold Shemsanga and the media outlet’s owner, Ernest Mgawe, the Committee to Protect...

German journalist Michael Trammer detained, charged with trespassing while covering environmental protesters - Committee to Protect Journalists

Berlin, September 22, 2021 — German authorities should immediately drop all charges against photojournalist Michael Trammer and ensure that members of the press can cover public events without fear of detention, the Committee to Protect...

BBC news crew threatened by COVID-19 protesters in UK - Committee to Protect Journalists

Berlin, September 14, 2021 — United Kingdom authorities must conduct a swift and thorough investigation into the threats against journalist Phillip Norton and his crew and ensure their safety, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On...

Egyptian journalist Hossam Bahgat is set to go on trial for a tweet - Committee to Protect Journalists

On November 2, Egyptian investigative journalist Hossam Bahgat is set to go on trial over a tweet. In the December 2020 post on Twitter–where he has more than 260,000 followers–Bahgat, who is also the executive director and founder of local rights...

Taliban fighters detain, flog, and beat journalists covering protests in Afghanistan - Committee to Protect Journalists

Washington, D.C., September 8, 2021–The Taliban must immediately cease detaining journalists in Afghanistan, end the use of violence against them, and allow the media to operate freely and without fear of reprisal, the Committee to Protect...