Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Burkinabé journalists threatened on social media
In separate incidents, Burkinabé journalists Lamine Traoré and Ahmed Newton Barry are threatened on WhatsApp group chats over their coverage of topical national issues.
South Sudan’s security forces detain 6 state media staff
Media practitioners working for the South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation detained over leaked footage, which appears to show President Salva Kiir urinating on himself.
Bangladeshi environmental journalist Abu Azad abducted, severely beaten
Journalist Abu Azad has filed a police complaint against 10 people for assault, extortion, kidnapping, and attempted murder.
Turkey: At least 15 exiled journalists on list of wanted terrorists
Exiled Turkish journalist Can Dündar recently revealed that he had been added to the so-called terrorist “gray list”, a database published by the Turkish Interior Ministry that identifies alleged terrorists and offers rewards for their capture. He and 14 others are wanted for their alleged ties to the exiled preacher Fethullah Gülen.
Sentencing of Amadou Vamoulké described as monumental travesty of justice
The special criminal court in Yaoundé, Cameroon fines 72-year-old Amadou Vamoulké US$76,000 and sentences him to 12 years in prison.
Tajikistan: Journalist Abdusattor Pirmuhammadzoda sentenced to 7 years in prison
During a closed-door trial Pirmuhammadzoda was found guilty of participation in an opposition political organisation banned as extremist. In October, Pirmuhammadzoda said that officers had tortured him to make him sign a false confession.
Ethiopian journalist Meskerem Abera detained for the second time this year
Ethiopian police granted permission to extend the detention of online journalist Meskerem Abera for 14 days after she is accused of inciting violence for covering protests taking place in the capital Addis Ababa.
Myanmar’s jailing of journalists enters harsh new phase
The Committee to Protect Journalists’ annual prison census has found that at least 42 journalists were imprisoned in Myanmar for their reporting as of 1 December.