Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

More than a dozen journalists have been harassed, attacked, or injured amid protests in the Peruvian capital of Lima since January 19.

Radio journalist Joseph Ebondo and editor Sylvain Kiomba are detained by DRC’s national intelligence agency, over a broadcast alleging the agency operates secret prisons.

Torres told CPJ he believed he was targeted for reporting on alleged corruption and mismanagement by the local government in the nearby town of Bellavista, where the ‘La Ribareña’ TV and radio station is based.

According to the Brazilian Association for Investigative Journalism (Abraji) and the Federal District Journalists’ Union (SJPDF), at least 16 journalists were attacked or harassed at the capital on January 8, and at least 24 others have been targeted in the aftermath of the riots.

“We are alarmed by the dozens of attacks on journalists in Peru covering anti-government protests” – CPJ.

The Committee to Protect Journalists described the jailing, sentencing, and granting early release to journalists in Myanmar as a “cruel carousel” and a “form of psychological warfare aimed at breaking the will of independent media outlets.”

Güngör Arslan was the founder of local news website ‘Ses Kocaeli’. He was shot and killed at his office on 19 February 2022.

The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, a partner of the Committee to Protect Journalists, documented multiple assaults on journalists around the Capitol on January 6, 2021 and the destruction of tens of thousands of dollars worth of equipment.