Tag: CPJ

Montenegro. N1 TV crew attacked and harassed at Montenegro protest (CPJ)

Demonstrators are seen at a protest against in Cetinje, Montenegro, on September 4, 2021. Protesters attacked a reporting team from the broadcaster N1 TV...

Slovenia. Protesters against Slovenian COVID-19 response and vaccination storm headquarters of RTVS broadcaster (CPJ)

 Protesters and police are seen after demonstrators broke into the headquarters of public broadcaster RTV Slovenija in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on September 3, 2021. (RTVSLO.si/Ergyn...

(USA) Iowa journalist Andrea Sahouri acquitted on misdemeanor charges from 2020 protest coverage (CPJ)

https://cpj.org/2021/03/iowa-journalist-andrea-sahouri-acquitted-on-misdemeanor-charges-from-2020-protest-coverage/

(USA) CISA emergency directive urges to fix Microsoft Exchange zero-days (Security Affairs)

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an emergency directive related to recently fixed Microsoft Exchange zero-days. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115278/security/cisa-microsoft-exchange-zero-days.html

(Georgia) Georgian journalist Vakhtang Sanaia receives concussion from assault by 3 attackers (CPJ)

Georgian authorities should thoroughly investigate the attack on journalist Vakhtang Sanaia, and ensure that the perpetrators are held to account, the Committee to Protect...

(Cuba) Staff of Cuban press freedom group ICLEP lose internet service, fear targeted disruption (CPJ)

Cuban authorities must ensure that journalists and staff at the Cuban Institute for Freedom of Expression and the Press (ICLEP) are able to access...

(Myanmar) At least 10 media workers detained amid anti-coup protests in Myanmar, including AP journalist Thein Zaw (CPJ)

https://cpj.org/2021/02/at-least-10-media-workers-detained-amid-anti-coup-protests-in-myanmar-including-ap-journalist-thein-zaw/

(Philippines) Philippine journalist Lady Ann Salem remains jailed after dismissal of firearms charges (CPJ)

On February 5, the Mandaluyong Regional Trial Court dismissed illegal firearms possession charges against Salem, editor of the Manila Today English-language news website, stating that police...

(Russia) Anonymous Telegram channel publishes financial information of Russian journalist Elena Solovyova (CPJ)

In several posts on February 4 and 10, the anonymous Telegram channel “Komi-Telega,” which has over 6,000 subscribers, published copies of Solovyova’s tax forms...

(Mexico) Mexican journalist Edgar Leyva in hiding after shooting attempt (CPJ)

On February 3, in Ocotlán, in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, two unidentified men in a car pulled up to a plot of...

(Myanmar) At least 6 journalists detained in Myanmar as coup government cracks down on press (CPJ)

Myanmar’s military government must stop detaining, harassing, and threatening journalists, and allow the media to work freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. https://cpj.org/2021/02/at-least-6-journalists-detained-in-myanmar-as-coup-government-cracks-down-on-press/

(Mozambique) Mozambique expels British journalist Tom Bowker, bans him for 10 years (CPJ)

Mozambican authorities should reverse their decision to expel journalist Tom Bowker and allow him to work freely in the country, the Committee to Protect...

(Bangladesh) Bangladesh court sentences 5 to death, 1 to life in prison for murder of blogger Avijit Roy (CPJ)

In response to a Bangladesh court’s sentencing today of five people to death for their involvement in the 2015 murder of blogger Avijit Roy,...

(Belarus) Belarusian authorities raid Belarusian Association of Journalists headquarters, journalists’ homes (CPJ)

Belarusian authorities should cease their raids against journalists and journalistic associations and return confiscated reporting equipment, records, and money, the Committee to Protect Journalists...

(Ghada Oueiss/Free Press) Al-Jazeera’s Ghada Oueiss on hacking, harassment, and Jamal Khashoggi (CPJ)

Justin Shilad/CPJ Senior Middle East and North Africa Researcher In a mid-2020 Washington Post opinion piece, Lebanese Al-Jazeera broadcast journalist Ghada Oueiss described hackers stealing private photos and videos...

(Myanmar/Free Press) Irrawaddy editor Aung Zaw speaks to fears of a post-coup media crackdown in Myanmar (CPJ)

Shawn W. Crispin/CPJ Senior Southeast Asia Representative On February 1, Myanmar military overthrew the country’s democratically elected government and imposed a year of emergency rule...