New York, January 29, 2016-The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on authorities in Burundi to stop harassing journalists and allow them to freely report on events in the country.... Read more
New York, January 28, 2016 – Ugandan regulators should immediately allow the privately owned radio station Endigyito FM to resume broadcasts, the Committee to Protect Journalists said... Read more
The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned that journalists in Uganda are being prevented from freely covering Parliament and campaigning for next month’s presidential elections... Read more
New York, January 15, 2016 – Officials in Djibouti should immediately release two journalists arrested this week, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Police arrested Kadar... Read more
The next traineeships start in September 2016. Applications will be accepted via our online application system from January 11 to February 29, 2016. Applications will not be accepted at any... Read more
The WPI fellowship is offered to 10 journalists from countries around the world. It provides immersion into the governance, politics, business, media, journalistic ethics and culture of the... Read more
With an estimated 20.9 million victims across the globe, human trafficking and slavery is a growing problem. Each year, roughly 17,500 individuals (80 percent of which are women and children... Read more
New York, January 7, 2016 – South Sudanese authorities should immediately release journalist Joseph Afandi, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The editor of the newspaper where... Read more
Sue Valentine/CPJ Africa Program Coordinator Reeyot Alemu, an Ethiopian journalist who worked for the independent weekly Feteh, spent almost 1,500 days in prison after beingarrested in June... Read more
New York, January 6, 2016 – Somali authorities should immediately release journalist Abdirisak Omar Ahmed or disclose any charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today... Read more
