Press Freedom
CPJ Updates
- Hundreds of jailed journalists the new norm, CPJ census finds
- Hundreds of journalists jailed globally becomes the new normal
- Serbian investigative journalist targeted with arson attack
- CPJ to release annual report on killed journalists
- Militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham threatens to execute Syrian journalist Amjed al-Maleh
- Israel raids Palestinian news agency, detains journalist in the West Bank
- Major setback for press freedom in Canada
- Nicaraguan police raid independent Radio Dario
- CPJ Safety Advisory: Covering protests in France and Belgium
Reporter Without Borders
- Serb authorities cannot keep ignoring threats against journalists
- RSF calls for Puntland policeman’s arrest for trying to murder journalist
- Egypt : Wael Abbas and Momen Hassan finally released, RSF calls for the withdrawal of all charges against them
- SAUDI ARABIA: Eight measures to end human rights crisis in Saudi Arabia
- Bahraini photographer sentenced to more than 100 years in prison
- RSF decries blocking of 54 Bangladeshi news sites before election
- Time is pressing, 20 years after Burkinabe journalist’s murder
- German journalist held in Venezuela facing 28 years in prison on spying charges
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