Attacks

Threats, harassment, assaults, and worse – intimidation as a means of suppressing free expression.

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#WEWANTCHANGE: IPI launches campaign highlighting challenges to press freedom worldwide

Criminal defamation laws, the imprisonment of journalists, violent attacks on journalists, endemic impunity for such crimes and a spate of emerging restrictions on digital journalism are the five greatest challenges to press freedom around the world, says the IPI.

Pakistani journalists hold placards and pictures of Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, who was killed April 4, 2014 in Afghanistan, during a demonstration to condemn attacks against journalists in Islamabad, 7 April 2014, REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood

The road to justice: Breaking the cycle of impunity in the killing of journalists

The lack of justice in hundreds of murders of journalists around the world is one of the greatest threats to press freedom today, says CPJ in a special report released ahead of the UN International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists.

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Rights groups call for freedom of expression protections in Cambodia

As violent crackdowns on freedom of expression have increased in Cambodia over the last year, rights groups and media are disturbed to observe a coinciding increase in impunity for the perpetrators of these crimes.

Men shout and point at RTHK reporter Wong Wing-yin, as they surround her during a pro-government protesters' gathering in Hong Kong, 25 October 2014, REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Month-long Hong Kong protests result in 24 journalist attacks

The IFJ joins its affiliate the HKJA in condemning the continued use of violence against journalists covering the Occupy Movement protests in Hong Kong. We are also deeply concerned over the minimal support from the Hong Kong Government and Police for journalists and media workers covering the protests.

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Two Peruvian journalists receive death threats after reporting on corrupt public officials

Journalists Paola Collazos and José Atauje stated that there are very powerful mafias in the region that have sway over the authorities. Their reports about this situation have resulted in death threats.

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Acid attacks on women in Iran – new grounds for harassing journalists

Embarrassed by a public outcry about a spate of acid attacks on women in the central city of Isfahan since the start of October, the Iranian authorities have been threatening news media and arresting journalists and netizens.

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Kosovo: Independent journalist stabbed repeatedly in retaliation for unfavourable report

Local reports said that a man entered the newsroom of the headquarters of private broadcaster Klan Kosova in Pristina and repeatedly stabbed Milot Hasimja in the head and neck as the journalist sat at his desk.

Link to: Missing journalist found dead in Sinaloa, Mexico

Missing journalist found dead in Sinaloa, Mexico

Antonio Gamboa Urías was the director of Nueva Prensa magazine for ten years and had more than 18 years’ experience as a journalist. The magazine touches on issues related to corruption and politics in the region of Los Mochis, Sinaloa.

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Two Nepalese journalists assaulted in separate incidents

A journalist was attacked by hotel owners over his reports on the sale and distribution of liquor in western Nepal.

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Life of Vietnamese activist in danger due to gross mistreatment in prison

The Vietnamese government should immediately cease the ill-treatment, physical and psychological abuse of Dang Xuan Dieu while in arbitrary detention. The activist, who is currently serving one of the longest politically motivated sentences in Vietnam, has been held in solitary confinement and subject to physical and psychological abuse.

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Television news channels forced off the air in Karachi due to threats

Several television news channels went off the air for about six hours in Karachi and other parts of Sindh province after anonymous threats were received.

French President Francois Hollande (L) greets Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev as he arrives at the Elysee Palace in Paris, 27 October 2014, REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

Open letter to François Hollande highlights desperate state of independent media in Azerbaijan

As Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev visits France, Reporters Without Borders publishes an open letter to French president François Hollande, drawing attention to the desperate state of independent media and journalists in Azerbaijan.

Ko Ko Gyi, a leader of the 88 Generation Students group, speaks as political activists hold placards during a demonstration for reporter Aung Kyaw Naing (also known as Ko Par Gyi) in Yangon, 26 October 2014, REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

Journalist killed in military custody in Burma

Burma’s army shot dead freelance reporter Aung Kyaw Naing while the journalist was in military custody, according to news reports. CPJ condemns the journalist’s killing, the first in Burma since 2007.

A Shi'ite Houthi holds a weapon as rebels wait for a televised speech by their leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi in Sanaa September 23, 2014, REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Houthi rebels in Yemen pursue offensive against news media

A month after seizing the capital, Sanaa, Yemen’s Houthi rebels are continuing to advance on the centre and south of the country, occupying the headquarters of news media on the way and arresting or kidnapping journalists.

U.S. Ambassador Earl Anthony Wayne (l) meets with Tamaulipas Governor Egidio Torre Cantú (r), Embassy of the United States in Mexico City via Wikimedia Commons

Report of Mexican citizen journalist’s murder appears via her own twitter account

The suspected murder of citizen journalist María del Rosario Fuentes Rubio was reported via her own twitter account, after she was believed to have been kidnapped by cartel members in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.

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Areas in Iraq and Syria controlled by ISIS are now considered news “blackholes”

Islamic State’s Jihadi militants are imposing a news and information dictatorship in the areas they dominate in Iraq and Syria.