Committee To Protect Journalists
TANZANIAN JOURNALIST KABENDERA FREED, BUT FACES HEFTY FINES IN PRESS FREEDOM CASE
[Press Freedom\Erick Kabendera] CPJ’s Muthoki Mumo: “We welcome the end of Erick Kabendera’s nearly seven-month imprisonment on charges that were transparent retaliation for his ...
NIGERIAN JOURNALIST CHARGED WITH CYBERCRIME FOR REPORT DETAILING ALLEGED BANKING CORRUPTION
[Press Freedom\Nigeria] In February, CPJ emailed request for comment on the criminal and civil cases against Oliver to two of Sterling Bank’s publicly listed ...
JOURNALIST’S TWITTER INFORMATION WAS SUBPOENAED BY NYPD CITING PATRIOT ACT SAYS CPJ
[Press Freedom\NYPD] CPJ’s Courtney Radsch: “Police should respect reporters’ right to keep source information private, rather than subpoenaing tech companies to gain information on ...
COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS WELCOMES TARGETED SANCTIONS TO PROTECT PRESS FREEDOM
[Press Freedom] Clooney, who authored the report, recommends that governments use targeted sanctions such as travel bans and asset freezes to punish and deter ...
NEW LAWS OBSTRUCT WORK OF PUERTO RICAN INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS SAYS CPJ
[Press Freedom\Puerto Rico] Cecille Blondet: “In an act of total contempt towards the country, during the twilight hours, Ricardo Rosselló signed the Law of ...
NIGERIAN JOURNALIST DIES AT PROTEST ALLEGEDLY BY HANDS OF POLICE
[Committee To Protect Journalist] The local privately-owned news website Sahara Reporters published a report on January 23 saying that police had shot and killed ...
GAMBIAN GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN RADIO STATION, ARRESTS JOURNALISTS, SAYS COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS
[Press Freedom] On January 26, police raided the offices of the privately-owned radio stations Home Digital FM, in Brikama, and King FM radio station, ...
CPJ Welcomes Release of US Freelance Journalist Peter Theo Curtis
The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release of American freelance journalist Peter Theo Curtis, who was held captive by the al-Qaeda affiliate ...
