Press Freedom
CPJ Updates
- In Nigeria, three journalists injured by gunfire while covering political rally
- Mozambican journalist arrested, held in military prison
- Palestinian security forces arrested two journalists in West Bank in late December
- Indian government expels two foreign journalists for visa violations
- In Canada, police block media from covering break up of indigenous pipeline protest
- Italian journalists harassed and assaulted by far-right extremists
- Nigeria's military raids Daily Trust offices, arrests editor
- Gabon shuts down the internet and broadcasting services following coup attempt
- Unknown assailants ransack broadcaster's office in Gaza
Reporter Without Borders
- Ghanaian investigative reporter shot dead while driving in Accra
- China: Three journalists sentenced to prison terms
- International community urged to push harder for Azerbaijani blogger’s release
- Cameroonian journalist’s arbitrary detention referred to UN Working Group
- Press freedom violations recounted in real time January 2019
- Call for international inquiry into triple murder of Russian journalists in CAR
- RSF decries Montenegrin journalist’s 18-month jail sentence
- China: RSF and NGO coalition demand release of citizen-journalist, jailed for life
Detained CPJ Staffers Released in Tanzania
Photo: David Stanley (flickr)
The Committee to Protect Journalists has announced that two staff members, Angela Quintal, CPJ’s Africa program coordinator, and Muthoki Mumo, CPJ’s sub-Saharan Africa representative, have been released from detention.
CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon thanked journalists, media and press freedom organizations, and government officials who spoke out about Quintal and Mumo’s detention. He also noted help from the South African and Kenyan governments.
“Angela Quintal and Muthoki Mumo traveled to Tanzania to understand the challenges facing the Tanzanian press and to inform the global public,” Simon noted. “It is deeply ironic that through their unjustified and abusive detention of our colleagues, Tanzanian authorities have made their work that much easier. It is now abundantly clear to anyone who followed the latest developments that Tanzanian journalists work in a climate of fear of intimidation. We call on the government of Tanzania to allow journalists to work freely and to allow those who defend their rights to access the country without interference.”