Guatemalan journalist faces threats, intimidation
June 30, 2017 2:29 PM ET
New York, June 30, 2017--Guatemalan authorities should thoroughly investigate the threats against journalist Marielos Monzón, an investigative reporter and contributor to the newspaper Prensa Libre, and should ensure her safety, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Mexican journalist says he was attacked, threatened by police
June 29, 2017 6:20 PM ET
Mexico City, June 29, 2017--Mexican authorities should swiftly and credibly investigate the alleged assault of journalist Rubén Pat, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Pat, the co-founder of the online news resource Semanario Playa News, told CPJ that police beat him, detained him overnight, and threatened him for...
Kyrgyzstan holds three trials in one day against independent outlet
June 29, 2017 5:56 PM ET
New York, June 29, 2017--Kyrgyzstan should drop all charges against the independent media organization ProMedia and its co-founder, Naryn Idinov, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. A Bishkek district court held three separate hearings today into charges of insult made against ProMedia, which runs the independent online news...
Pakistani journalist taken from home in Balochistan
June 28, 2017 4:35 PM ET
New York, June 28, 2017--Authorities in Pakistan should do everything in their power to ensure the swift release of Zafar Achakzai, a journalist for the newspaper Daily Qudrat, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Myanmar detains three journalists who reported on outlawed group
June 27, 2017 3:45 PM ET
Washington D.C., June 27, 2017--Myanmar authorities should immediately release three journalists arrested in northern Shan state yesterday on accusations of unlawful association after they covered an event organized by an armed ethnic group that is banned by authorities, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Vietnamese blogger stripped of citizenship, deported
June 26, 2017 3:56 PM ET
New York, June 26, 2017--Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang should restore blogger Pham Minh Hoang's citizenship and should allow him to reside and work freely in the country, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Independent journalist detained in eastern Cuba
June 23, 2017 5:12 PM ET
New York, June 23, 2017--Cuban authorities should immediately release independent journalist Manuel Alejandro León Velázquez and return his equipment, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. State security forces and Interior Ministry officials detained León Velázquez around 4 p.m. yesterday in the eastern province of Guantánamo, according to his...
News crews attacked in two separate incidents in Pakistan
June 21, 2017 6:50 PM ET
New York, June 21, 2017--Pakistani authorities should ensure the safety of journalists and investigate two separate incidents in which members of the press were attacked and had equipment damaged, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....