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Two South African journalists assaulted in separate incidents
Lusaka, March 9, 2023 - South African authorities must swiftly and thoroughly investigate the recent assaults of journalists Silindelo Masikane and Gaddafi Zulu and prosecute those responsible, the Co...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 22:48hrs | 6 | by CPJ
Somali journalist dies after suicide bomber targets café
Nairobi - Somali broadcast journalist Abdullahi Osman Moalim died yesterday from injuries sustained on September 10 when a suicide bomber attacked a café in Beldweyne where members of the press gathe...Published: 14 Sep 2017 at 16:18hrs | | by CPJ
Congolese radio journalist arrested at protest is beaten in custody
New York - Congolese authorities should immediately drop all charges against Jean Pierre Tshibitshabu, a reporter for the independent broadcaster Radio Television KADEKAS, and investigate claims that ...Published: 28 Aug 2017 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by CPJ
Nigerian police raid investigative news website's office
Lagos, Nigeria, January 19, 2017-Nigerian authorities should drop all charges against Dapo Olorunyomi, publisher of the news website Premium Times, and Evelyn Okakwu, who covers the judiciary for the ...Published: 20 Jan 2017 at 00:26hrs | | by CPJ
Nigerian military threatens journalist for not revealing sources
Abuja, Nigeria - The Nigerian military should cease threatening freelance journalist Ahmad Salkida with prosecution for not acting as an informer, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The ...Published: 19 Aug 2016 at 07:43hrs | | by CPJ
Uganda blocks social media and mobile phone services during voting
Nairobi - The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Ugandan authorities' restricting access to social media as voters went to the polls in today's presidential elections.According to press...Published: 18 Feb 2016 at 18:55hrs | | by CPJ
Guinea journalist shot dead during clash at political meeting
New York, February 5, 2016 - The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the shooting in Guinea today of El-Hadj Mohamed Diallo, a reporter for the news websites Guinée7 and Afrik, and calls on aut...Published: 06 Feb 2016 at 10:02hrs | | by CPJ
Uganda forces radio station off the air ahead of elections
New York - Ugandan regulators should immediately allow the privately owned radio station Endigyito FM to resume broadcasts, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.Endigyito FM ceased ...Published: 29 Jan 2016 at 07:22hrs | | by CPJ
Car bomb kills broadcast journalist in Somalia
New York, December 3, 2015 - A Somali journalist with state-run media was killed today in Mogadishu when a bomb blew up her car, according to news reports. Hindia Haji Mohamed was the widow of another...Published: 03 Dec 2015 at 22:54hrs | | by CPJ
Editor and lawyer convicted of contempt of court
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns today's convictions for contempt of court of an editor and lawyer in Swaziland.The Swaziland High Court convicted Bheki Makhubu, editor of the ind...Published: 17 Jul 2014 at 21:43hrs | | by cpj
Zim should drop charges against 'Baba Jukwa' suspect - CPJ
Cape Town - Zimbabwean authorities should drop charges against the editor of the state-controlled Sunday Mail and release him immediately, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....Published: 24 Jun 2014 at 07:34hrs | | by CPJ
Zim journalists targeted amid pre-election tension
Cape Town, South Africa - All parties in Zimbabwe's government of national unity must respect the responsibility of journalists to document events and report the views of citizens, especially in t...Published: 18 Jun 2013 at 19:23hrs | | by CPJ
CPJ calls on African Union to uphold press freedom
New York, May 2, 2013-The Committee to Protect Journalists asks Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, chairperson of the African Union, to uphold press freedom by calling for justice in journalist murders in Africa...Published: 03 May 2013 at 06:08hrs | 1 | by CPJ
Zim should heed rule of law in Beatrice Mtetwa case
New York - CPJ writes to the minister of Justice of Zimbabwe, Hon. Patrick Chinamasa, expressing concern about the arrest on Sunday of award-winning human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa and her subsequ...Published: 21 Mar 2013 at 22:07hrs | | by CPJ
Mali: journalist stabbed for his critical reporting
NEW YORK - Authorities in Mali must investigate an attack on a critical radio journalist that came two weeks after he received threats warning him to resign from the station, the Committee to Protect ...Published: 12 Mar 2013 at 07:01hrs | | by CPJ
Police raid station studios, detain journalist
Authoritie have stepped up their crackdown on independent news coverage in the country by raiding the production studios of a radio station and confiscating radios distributed by nongovernmental organ...Published: 01 Mar 2013 at 18:33hrs | | by CPJ
DR Congo soldiers attack Radio Tujenge Kabambare
NEW YORK - Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo should bring to account soldiers involved in a raid on a radio station in the eastern town of Kabambare, and the arbitrary detention and beat...Published: 10 Jan 2013 at 06:54hrs | | by CPJ | APO
In Zambia, musician accused in attack on photographer
NEW YORK - The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in Zambia to thoroughly investigate accusations that a well-known rhumba musician attacked a freelance photographer on Friday a...Published: 03 Jan 2013 at 05:53hrs | | by CPJ/APO
Nigerian journalists freed, but equipment still held
NEW YORK - The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Nigeria's State Security Service (SSS) to return laptops and cell phones confiscated from two journalists who were illegally detained fo...Published: 03 Jan 2013 at 04:46hrs | | by CPJ/APO
Gabon suspends 2 newspapers critical of government
NEW YORK - The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Friday's decision by Gabon's state-run media regulator to suspend two private newspapers for six months over criticism of top officials. In a ...Published: 07 Aug 2012 at 10:12hrs | | by APO | CPJ
Mozambican journalist sentenced in criminal libel case
NEW YORK - An appeals court in the Mozambican city of Beira should reverse the criminal libel conviction of a journalist who wrote about a disagreement between a private school and the family of a dis...Published: 03 Aug 2012 at 03:54hrs | | by CPJ
Amid assaults on press, Uganda police promise reforms
Joseph Mutebi, a photojournalist for the popular vernacular state-owned daily Bukedde, spent his afternoon trying to file a complaint with the police in the capital, Kampala. "First they told me the o...Published: 08 Jun 2012 at 20:41hrs | | by CPJ
Kenyan journalists threatened for their reporting
New York - Kenyan authorities must investigate threats made against two journalists who covered a police raid on a supermarket, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. One of the journalists ...Published: 13 Apr 2012 at 16:41hrs | 1 | by CPJ
Equatorial Guinea's press silent on unrest in Mali, Syria - CJP
While Mali remains in global headlines with a March 22 military coup and rebel claims of an independent state, citizens in Equatorial Guinea are kept in the dark about the crisis unless they have acc...Published: 07 Apr 2012 at 04:55hrs | | by Mohamed Keita/CPJ Africa Advocacy Coordinator
Gunmen shoot, injure Somali journalist
New York - The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Sunday's shooting of radio journalist Mohyadin Hassan Mohamed in the capital, Mogadishu, and calls on authorities to ensure his safety....Published: 26 Mar 2012 at 21:26hrs | | by CPJ
Police assault three journalists in Kenya
New York - Kenyan authorities should hold responsible police officers who assaulted three reporters last week and drop a baseless legal case against one of them, the Committee to Protect Journalists s...Published: 21 Mar 2012 at 21:15hrs | | by CPJ
Police beat journalists covering Ugandan opposition leader's arrest
New York - The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns attacks by Ugandan police against two journalists in separate incidents outside of police stations today.Police officers beat freelance...Published: 21 Mar 2012 at 20:41hrs | | by cpj
Vietnamese police detain reporter for covering corruption
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Vietnamese journalist Nguyen Van Khuong's detention on Monday in Ho Chi Minh City on charges related to "giving bribes." Khuong can be held in detention f...Published: 04 Jan 2012 at 18:48hrs | | by CPJ
SA Criminal probe targets AP, Reuters cameras on Mandela
South African authorities announced on Thursday the launch of a criminal probe against international news agencies The Associated Press and Reuters for installing cameras outside the home of anti-Apa...Published: 16 Dec 2011 at 21:47hrs | | by CPJ
CPJ urges South African authorities to drop secrecy bill
New York - South African authorities should heed widespread calls to drop a "secrecy bill" that opponents say will criminalize whistle-blowing and stifle investigative journalism, the Committee to Pro...Published: 08 Dec 2011 at 23:00hrs | | by CPJ
Suspicious break-in at Zimbabwe newspaper
New York, April 29, 2011-The Zimbabwe Republic Police should consider all possible leads, including a political motive, in investigating a break-in at the offices of leading independent daily NewsDay ...Published: 30 Apr 2011 at 06:56hrs | | by CPJ
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