By Simegnish “Lily” Mengesha/CPJ Guest Blogger On Sunday Ethiopians go to the polls in the country’s fifth general election since the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Demo... Read more
New York, May 19, 2015 – The attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in January 2015 shed light on the grave dangers confronting those who draw satirical and political cartoons. Bu... Read more
Nairobi, April 29, 2015 – The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the harassment of journalists and news outlets in Burundi and calls on authorities to allow them to cover protes... Read more
CPJ releases annual assessment of press freedom worldwide. New York, April 27, 2015 – Terrorist groups and the governments who purport to fight them have made recent years the most dan... Read more
By Kerry Paterson/CPJ Africa Research Associate It will be one year this weekend since six bloggers were arrested in Addis Ababa, just days after the group announced on Facebook that their Z... Read more
New York, April 23, 2015 – The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the murder of Soleil Balanga, a journalist in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and calls on Congolese authorit... Read more
CPJ’s list of 10 Most Censored Countries is part of our annual publication, Attacks on the Press, which will be released in full on Monday, April 27, at 11 a.m. EST. Eritrea and North... Read more