Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Journalists in the DRC receive death threats for reporting on conflict in the country’s east
DRC journalists Stanis Bujakere, Steve Wembi, and John Lungila are receiving death threats after being accused of being supporters of the armed militant group M23, because of their reporting on the conflict in the eastern part of the country.
British journalist Dom Phillips missing in Brazil
Dom Phillips previously reported on the threats posed by illegal mining and cattle ranchers to uncontacted indigenous groups in the Javari Valley. “Journalists reporting on Indigenous issues are doing critical work, and must be able to do so without fearing for their safety,” said CPJ.
Colombia’s Indigenous ‘communicators’ face special challenges reporting for their communities
Communicators from across the country said they occupy a particularly precarious place in Colombia’s press corps as threats to their reporting and safety come from many sides.
Somali journalists who covered prison riots sentenced to 16 months in prison
A regional court in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Somaliland, convicted journalists Mohamed Abdi Ilig and Abdijabar Mohamed Hussein of spreading false news. The pair had been part of a group of journalists arrested while reporting on a prison riot.
Journalists critical of Ethiopian government being arrested
11 media workers have been arrested in separate police raids on independent media outlets in Addis Ababa and Amhara.
Intelligence head orders the detention, stripping and beating of journalists
Journalists Cédar Sabiti, Samuel Matela, and Junior Batu Ngole were stripped and beaten by intelligence agents.
Afghan journalist Ali Akbar Khairkhah disappears in Kabul, Taliban cracks down on women reporters
The Committee to Protect Journalists urged Taliban authorities to investigate the disappearance of Afghan journalist Ali Akbar Khairkhah and ensure that local officials allow female journalists to do their jobs without interference.
Exiled Russian journalists charged with disseminating ‘fake news’ about war in Ukraine
A Russian court ordered the ‘arrest in absentia’ of journalists Ruslan Leviev and Michael Nacke over comments they made in a YouTube discussion that contradicted Russia’s official narrative about the war.