2005-2014

A Slovenian journalist accused of publishing classified state intelligence will now stand trial, a judge in Ljubljana ruled this week after more than a year and a half of deliberation. Anuška Delić, an investigative reporter for Delo, a leading Slovenian daily, is charged with violating Article 260 of the Slovenian Criminal Code on the dissemination of classified information. If convicted, she...

The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on authorities in the Congo to apprehend the perpetrators of an attack on Wednesday against a journalist in his home in Brazzaville. Elie Smith was threatened and held at gunpoint by unidentified men who he said also attacked his sister, according to news reports. Armed men in plainclothes stormed Smith's home early Wednesday, according to news...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is deeply concerned that a Chinese news anchor for a state-owned TV channel has been accused of espionage after a message was posted online by a researcher at a central government think tank. Hong Kong-based newspaper Ming Pao Daily reported on September 11 that Rui Chenggang, 37, has been accused of spying. Rui, who speaks fluent English, became...

Scores of journalists and media workers were briefly detained Tuesday and Wednesday in India's newly carved state of Telangana after protesting the blocking of two local TV news channels, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the detentions and calls on the state's chief minister to stop using incendiary language against the press. Around 70 journalists, media...

The Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned Thursday's raid by Ukrainian security agents on the independent newspaper Vesti as well as moves by Ukrainian authorities to bar entry to dozens of Russian journalists and media workers. Around 11 a.m. Thursday, agents from the security service known as SBU searched Vesti's newsroom in Kiev and confiscated its computer servers, shutting down the...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the National Union of Journalists (India) have strongly criticised the arrest of more than 40 women journalists in Hyderabad, Telangana, South India, on Tuesday, September 9. They also condemn the attacks on the journalists’ equipment, including damage to a vehicle. The journalists were protesting in front of the Chief Minister...

Authorities in Malaysia should halt their investigation into Malaysiakini reporter Susan Loone who could face sedition charges in connection with a critical article she published in early September, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. Loone was detained and interrogated by police for more than nine hours on September 4, according to reports. She was released on bail and is being...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) is urging the withdrawal of the House Bill 4807, also known as “An Act to Provide Protection From Personal Intrusion for Commercial Purposes”. The bill, which the NUJP said poses a real threat to freedom of press, as well as the right to free expression, aims to â...

The International Federation of Journalists has criticized the political environment in Fiji in the lead-up to the country’s first democratic elections in a decade, after two female reporters received death threats for their coverage. A Fiji Sun and a Fiji Broadcasting Corporation journalist each received death threats via telephone and through social media this week. Vosita Kotoiwasawasa, from...

In the wake of intense global pressure, the Turkish government has released several of its imprisoned journalists in recent weeks. Among those freed is Füsun Erdoğan, arrested in 2006 and condemned to a life sentence + 300 years. Erdoğan was featured in WAN-IFRA’s “30 Days for Freedom” campaign, and her son spoke to WAN-IFRA’s Alexandra Waldhorn after his mother’s release. According...