Press Freedom
CPJ Updates
- CPJ calls on Slovakia not to adopt press law amendment
- Covering elections: Journalist safety kit
- Turkmenistan journalist Soltan Achilova barred from traveling abroad
- Myanmar Supreme Court to hear appeal of jailed Reuters reporters
- Journalist Hiram Moreno survives gun attack in Oaxaca, Mexico
- Zambia suspends independent TV broadcaster for 30 days
- India elections 2019: Journalist safety kit
- British journalist in Albania targeted in smear campaign
- Internet blackouts in Venezuela, and fighting for justice in the Maldives
Reporter Without Borders
- Court in northern part of Cyprus urged to acquit two journalists of insulting Erdoğan
- Syria : Well-known Syrian citizen-journalist probably died in detention in 2013
- Police investigating killing of a journalist in Northern Ireland
- RSF Index 2019: UK rises in ranking, but press freedom climate remains worrying
- RSF’s Turkey representative defends himself in court
- Pakistani investigative reporter accused of “cyber-terrorism”
- RSF index 2019: regional analysis
- US – #WeeklyAddress: April 8 – 14: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrested in London on behalf of US
OPC Condemns Mistreatment of Journalists in Ferguson, Missouri
The Overseas Press Club of America most strenuously protests the treatment of journalists at the hands of local law enforcement in Ferguson, Missouri.
Throughout its history, the OPC has mostly sought to safeguard reporters on hazardous assignments outside the United States. It is therefore with both shame and outrage that we condemn the police actions in Ferguson that have put not only American reporters at risk in their own country but also have endangered journalists from other nations who have come to cover the story.
The Overseas Press Club of America demands that restrictions on reporting in Ferguson be removed immediately and unconditionally.
The U.S. has been at the forefront of protecting press freedoms around the world. It is disgraceful for the same freedoms to be so blatantly shoved aside on our own soil.
Very truly yours,
Howard Chua-Eoan, Chairman Freedom of the Press Committee
Michael S. Serrill, President Overseas Press Club of America