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Critical Sri Lankan newspaper editor held at knifepoint 27 Aug 2013 | 12:47 am
New York, August 26, 2013--Five unidentified men entered the Colombo home of a Sunday Leader associate editor and writer early Saturday morning, held her at knifepoint, and searched her home, accordin...
Blog: Monitoring violence against journalists in Afghanistan 24 Aug 2013 | 01:09 am
The Afghan Journalist Safety Committee, which works closely with CPJ, has just published a report on media conditions and attacks on journalists for the first six months of 2013.
Liberian news outlet shut down, publisher jailed 24 Aug 2013 | 12:39 am
Abuja, Nigeria, August 23, 2013--The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemns moves by Liberian authorities to shut down FrontPageAfrica and jail its publisher for not paying US$1.5 million in ...
Blog: CPJ, HRW write to future IOC president, receive response 23 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm
The Committee to Protect Journalists and Human Rights Watch have jointly called on the six presidential candidates of the International Olympics Committee to ensure that future host countries of the O...
Blog: UN rights chief should push Sri Lanka on press freedom 23 Aug 2013 | 10:59 pm
When the human rights watchdog for the United Nations visits Sri Lanka this weekend she should forcefully address the government's problematic record on press freedom.
Blog: Zambia silences critics with lawsuits, Web blocking 23 Aug 2013 | 10:35 pm
The charges leveled against a Zambian journalist suspected by authorities of being linked to the blocked news website Zambian Watchdog make for interesting reading.
Indian journalist raped while on assignment 23 Aug 2013 | 10:30 pm
New York, August 23, 2013--Indian authorities must conduct a thorough and efficient investigation into the rape of a photographer in Mumbai on Thursday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today...
Olympics: Next IOC Leader Should Back Rights Reforms 23 Aug 2013 | 09:05 pm
New York, August 23, 2013--The next president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) should ensure that future host countries comply with human rights in full accordance with the Olympic Charter...
Missing Baluch journalist found dead in Karachi 22 Aug 2013 | 09:17 pm
New York, August 22, 2013-- Authorities in Pakistan should immediately investigate the murder of a Baluch journalist whose body was found in Karachi on Wednesday, the Committee to Protect Journalists ...
Manning sentence could chill reporting 22 Aug 2013 | 12:40 am
New York, August 21, 2013--The 35-year prison sentence handed down today to Army Pfc. Bradley Manning on charges of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the website WikiLeaks could...
