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Nairobi —Somali broadcast journalist Abdullahi Osman Moalim died on Wednesday from injuries he sustained on September 10 when a suicide bomber attacked a café in Beldweyne where members of the press gather, Somalia’s Minister of Information, Abdirahman Omar Osman, and the journalist’s colleagues, told CPJ. Abdullahi, who worked with the privately owned station Radio Codka Hiiraan and the state-owned broadcaster …

New York – The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned for the safety of Paraguayan journalist Cándido Figueredo Ruiz following the release from prison of an alleged drug trafficker who had previously planned to kill him. A judge in the Paraguayan town of Capitán Bado, on the border with Brazil, signed an order on September 2 freeing Felipe Escurra Rodríguez, citing a …

Several months ago, during a three-day journalism congress in Mexico City, a reporter from the southern Mexican state of Guerrero took out his cell phone and scrolled through a series of pictures. The photos showed teenagers smiling at the camera, carrying automatic rifles, and sporting bulletproof vests. “They’re like child soldiers,” the reporter, who asked to remain anonymous out of …

Beirut – Israel should allow the al-Hurriya media network and its affiliates to resume work without fear of harassment, and the Palestinian Authority should release Ayman al-Qawasme, the chairman of the same media network, from its custody, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Tuesday. Israeli soldiers on August 31 raided the Hebron office of the Fatah-affiliated al-Hurriya Media Network, …

New York – Iranian authorities should immediately release Sasan Aghaei and Yaghma Fashkhami, two journalists detained in Tehran, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Security agents on August 12 arrested Aghaei at the offices of Etemaad Daily, the reformist newspaper where he works as a political columnist, according to reports. Authorities have not stated publicly the reason for his …

New York, August 28, 2017— The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about the disappearance of Egyptian journalist Abdulla Rashad, and today called on authorities to disclose whether they have him in custody and why. Rashad, who reports on crime for al-Bawaba News, was last seen leaving the news website’s office on August 17, according to his employer. Al-Bawaba News …

Mexico City – Mexican authorities must conduct a swift and credible investigation into the killing of reporter Cándido Ríos Vázquez, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Unknown gunmen on August 22 attacked Ríos in a drive-by shooting outside a convenience store in Juan Díaz Covarrubias, a town in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, according to news reports. The …

New York, August 25, 2017–Colombian authorities should undertake a swift and credible investigation into an attack yesterday against crime reporter Mauricio Cardoso in the southwestern state of Caquetá, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. At about 11:30 p.m. last night, three unidentified individuals armed with a knife attacked Cardoso, who reports on crime and justice for the Extra Caquetá …

Beirut, August 23, 2017–The regional director of the rebel-affiliated Syrian Media Organization was killed August 21 in a roadside bombing in the southwestern province of Daraa, according to the group’s executive director Abu al-Majd al-Zoabi. Osama Nasr al-Zoabi, who was also a correspondent for the group, which covers the war in Syria and the country’s politics, was on his way …

New York, August 22, 2017—Sudanese authorities on Monday fined Suheir Abdelrahim, a columnist for the daily Al-Tayyar, for a column criticizing the police, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the sentence and called on authorities not to contest the journalist’s appeal. At an earlier hearing, the Khartoum Press Court, which handles complaints against the media, convicted …