Angela Quintal

At least six journalists and one media worker were arrested – with four held for more than two days – and another was harassed w

Angolan Police detain, harass, and beat Journalists covering Protests

[CPJ\Angola Police Brutality] CPJ\Angela Quintal: “Angolan authorities must stop harassing and detaining journalists who are simply doing their work and must allow them to ...

Journalists in Nigeria must be permitted to freely report on demonstrations without threat of violence or intimidation

CPJ calls for journalists’ safety to be protected amid Nigeria protests

[Committee to Protect Journalists] CPJ: “Journalists in Nigeria are too often attacked simply for working to keep the Nigerian public and the world informed ...

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South African Journalists Attacked covering Farmer Protest

[CPJ\South Africa] CPJ: “Authorities must thoroughly investigate the recent attacks on The Citizen journalists Tracy Lee Stark and Marizka Coetzer.” Photo: The Citizen/Tracy Lee ...

The attacks began after Adenekan and Ubanga filmed members of the group allegedly attempting to bribe people to vote for certain

Journalists attacked covering alleged vote fraud in Nigeria’s Edo state

[Samson Adenekan\Offem Nathaniel Ubanga] CPJ: “The consistent attacks on journalists covering elections in Nigeria amount to direct attacks on democracy…Those who attacked journalists Samson ...

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Nigerian journalist held since August on cybercrime charge

[Ime Sunday Silas] CPJ: “The prolonged detention of journalist Ime Sunday Silas is yet another grave reminder of the lengths to which Nigerian authorities ...

Hopewell Chino'ono

Zimbabwe Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono released on Bail, with Restrictions

[Hopewell Chin’ono] CPJ: “We welcome today’s long-overdue release of journalist Hopewell Chin’ono, but authorities must immediately drop the vindictive and meritless charges against him ...

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Nigerian journalist attacked by police covering COVID-19 lockdown

[Sikiru Obarayese] CPJ’s Angela Quintal: “The attack by police on journalist Sikiru Obarayese is an alarming reminder of the Nigerian police’s willingness to target ...

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CPJ: Guinea Bissau Broadcaster Radio Capital FM Vandalized

[Guinea Bissau\Radio Capital FM] CPJ: “In the early morning of July 26, unidentified armed men in uniforms of Guinea Bissau’s national guard smashed equipment ...

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CPJ: Nigerian Authorities Should Investigate Beating of Journalist Nwosu

[Ike-Jacobs Nwosu\CPJ] CPJ: Ugboma called in a group of men and told them to take Nwosu away, the journalist told CPJ. At least four ...

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Nigerian Journalist in Hiding after Police Arrest Fellow Journalists

[Journalist Cletus Opukeme] CPJ’s Angela Quintal: “Nigeria’s police must stop detaining and questioning journalists, and should disclose the reason they are pursuing journalist Cletus ...