Press Freedom
CPJ Updates
- Palestinian journalist Sameh al-Titi arrested by Israeli authorities, held without charge
- At least 250 journalists jailed worldwide for fourth straight year
- China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt are world's worst jailers of journalists
- US-Nigerian Sahara Reporters website reports assets frozen amid surveillance, censorship
- Syrian Kurdish journalist Himbervan Kousa arrested at Kuala Lumpur airport
- One journalist killed, another missing amid protests in Iraq
- Unprecedented government control of media in Hungary
- Duterte threatens to shut down Philippine broadcaster ABS-CBN
- CPJ to release annual list of journalists imprisoned worldwide
Reporter Without Borders
- Pakistani man shoots ex-wife for working as journalist
- Iraq : Another Iraqi journalist killed, third since start of protests
- Police close radio station, detain radio technician in northern DRC
- Press freedom violations recounted in real time January 2019
- Young Laotian blogger gets five years in prison
- German Constitutional Court hearing on journalists’ and RSF’s complaint against the BND law
- Albanian authorities pursue highly problematic media laws despite public outcry
- RSF warns against the selection of journalists in Hong Kong
OPC Condemns E.P.A. for Barring Reporters From Event
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt arrives at a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill, May 16. Photo: by Mark Wilson/Getty Images
NEW YORK—May 23, 2018 — The Overseas Press Club of America strongly condemns the Environmental Protection Agency for barring reporters from three news organizations from an event this morning on the impact of toxic chemicals on drinking water at the agency’s headquarters.
The reporters were from The Associated Press, CNN and E & E News.
“This is an unacceptable intrusion into the public’s right to monitor the workings of government and sets a dangerous precedent,” said Deidre Depke, president of the OPC.
The Overseas Press Club is an international association of journalists based in New York City that works to encourage the highest standards in journalism, to educate the next generation of foreign correspondents and to promote international press freedom and the well-being of colleagues in the field.