Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Senegalese reporter Maty Sarr Niang remains behind bars
Conditions of Pape Ndiaye and Serigne Saliou Gueye’s provisional release, requires them to report to the prosecutor’s office once a month and prevents them from leaving the country.
Governor of DRC’s Equateur province defies court order
Radio Télévision Sarah remains off air, despite a local appeal court decision authorising that the privately owned station be allowed to reopen and its equipment be returned.
Liberian publication summoned to defend report on alleged court corruption
“FrontPageAfrica” is compelled to apologise for story they carried on the case of alleged bribery in the country’s judicial system.
High court dismisses private prosecution of journalist
A South African high court calls former president Jacob Zuma’s private prosecution of prosecutor Billy Downer and writer Karyn Maughan an abuse of process.
Iranian cartoonist Atena Farghadani detained on undisclosed charges
The activist was arrested after publishing her first satirical cartoon on Instagram since 2020.
CPJ welcomes overturning of Hong Kong journalist Choy Yuk-ling’s conviction
The Committee to Protect Journalists emphasised that “no journalists should be criminally charged, let alone convicted, for their reporting.”
DRC journalist survives machete attack
Geonne Djokwa is hospitalised after being brutally attacked while covering a protest in Kinshasa, the capital city of the DRC.
Belarus: Journalist Yauhen Merkis sentenced to four years in prison
“Authorities should drop all charges against Merkis, release him immediately alongside all other imprisoned journalists, and stop retaliating against members of the press for their reporting” – CPJ