crispin

550 results

Journalists shot, beaten, and harassed covering conflict between Sudan’s rival military groups

CPJ’s Middle East and North Africa team looked at the dangerous environment for journalists in Sudan as they cover the armed conflict that broke out April 15 between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), former allies who jointly seized power in a 2021 coup. Hundreds of civilians have died, hundreds…

Read More ›

Radio journalist Cris Bundoquin shot and killed in the Philippines

Bangkok, May 31, 2023—Philippine authorities must launch a swift and thorough investigation into the killing of radio journalist Cris Bundoquin, determine if he was targeted for his work, and bring the perpetrators to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. In the early hours of Wednesday, May 31, two assailants on a motorcycle shot and killed Bundoquin on the…

Read More ›

Imprisoned Myanmar journalist sentenced to additional 10 years on terror charge

Bangkok, May 30, 2023—Myanmar authorities should immediately and unconditionally release journalist Hmu Yadanar Khet Moh Moh Tun and stop imprisoning members of the press for their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. On May 26, Yangon’s Thingangyun District Court convicted Moh Moh Tun, a reporter for the independent Myanmar Pressphoto Agency, and sentenced her to 10 years…

Read More ›

CPJ to present 2023 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award to Alberto Ibargüen, president of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

CPJ announced Thursday that it will honor Alberto Ibargüen, president of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, with the 2023 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award. The award is presented by CPJ’s board of directors in recognition of extraordinary and sustained commitment to press freedom. “Alberto Ibargüen has been a visionary leader in journalism,”…

Read More ›

Ferdinand Marcos Jr., shown here at a campaign rally in Quezon City, Philippines, on April 13, 2022, has not displayed overt antagonism toward the media since winning the presidency in May 2022. However, local journalists say he has not yet taken substantive actions to undo the damage wrought to press freedom under the Duterte administration. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

In Marcos Jr.’s Philippines, milder tone belies harsh media reality

At a waterfront courthouse in Tacloban City, a long-time hotbed of communist insurgency in the Philippines’ Eastern Visayas island region, heavily armed guards were escorting jailed journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio to trial. The picturesque setting belied the harsh reality of the April 17 hearing. Cumpio could be put behind bars for life if found guilty…

Read More ›

More than 15 years after his killing in Myanmar, journalist Kenji Nagai’s camera returned to family

Bangkok, April 26, 2023–More than 15 years after Japanese photojournalist Kenji Nagai was shot and killed on the streets of Yangon, Myanmar, while filming the 2007 Saffron Revolution political protests, the camera he held at the time of his death has finally been returned to his family. At a press conference Wednesday, April 26, at…

Read More ›

Journalist Duong Van Thai arrested in Vietnam after disappearing in Thailand

Manila, April 18, 2023—Vietnamese authorities should immediately release journalist Duong Van Thai and stop all efforts to harass and detain members of the press living in exile, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. On April 13, Thai, an independent journalist who posts political commentary on YouTube and has about 119,000 followers, went missing in…

Read More ›

Vietnam sentences journalist Nguyen Lan Thang to 6 years in prison

Bangkok, April 13, 2023—The Committee to Protect Journalists on Thursday condemned the sentencing of imprisoned Vietnamese journalist Nguyen Lan Thang to six years in prison on anti-state charges in relation to his reporting on human rights issues in the country. “The harsh sentence handed to journalist Nguyen Lan Thang is an outrage and must be immediately and…

Read More ›

Jailed Vietnamese journalist Nguyen Lan Thang faces anti-state charges

Bangkok, April 10, 2023 – Vietnamese authorities must immediately and unconditionally release journalist Nguyen Lan Thang and drop all charges pending against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. Thang, a political activist and contributor to U.S. Congress-funded Radio Free Asia who also posted reporting on his personal social media accounts, was arrested on…

Read More ›

Cambodian authorities shutter Voice of Democracy news outlet

Bangkok, February 13, 2023 – Cambodian authorities must reverse the recent order to shut down the Voice of Democracy independent news outlet and allow the organization to continue reporting without fear of reprisal, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. On Sunday, February 12, Prime Minister Hun Sen said in a statement on his official…

Read More ›