Month: December 2019
250 Journalists jailed worldwide in 2019
The Committee to Protect Journalists has found that the number of journalists imprisoned for their reporting globally reached at least 250 in 2019 for the fourth…
Nigeria, Ethiopia leading jailers of activist-journalists in Africa
By Muthoki Mumo and Jonathan Rozen The ongoing detentions of Nigerian publisher Agba Jalingo and Ethiopian editor Fekadu Mahtemework–the only journalists behind bars for their…
The crackdown on Sahara Reporters continues in Nigeria
The Committee to Protect Journalist (CPJ) in New York and other human rights groups have called on Nigerian authorities to halt all efforts to intimidate…
Sierra Leone Literature: History, Hindrances, Hopes
By Mohamed Gibril Sesay Literature is often seen as referring to the written-word, and sometimes, further tightened to mean the scripted-word of the creative…
CPJ launches 2019 #FreeThePress campaign
The Committee to Protect Journalists today launched its annual #FreeThePress campaign to raise awareness of jailed journalists globally. The campaign will highlight the plight of…
