Asia documents by Year:
Chinese journalist arrested on charges of revealing state secrets
July 6, 2017 3:34 PM ET
Washington, D.C., July 6, 2017--Chinese authorities should drop all charges and immediately free Yang Xiuqiong, a contributor to the banned human rights news website 64 Tianwang, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Pakistani journalist taken from home in Balochistan
June 28, 2017 4:35 PM ET
New York, June 28, 2017--Authorities in Pakistan should do everything in their power to ensure the swift release of Zafar Achakzai, a journalist for the newspaper Daily Qudrat, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Myanmar detains three journalists who reported on outlawed group
June 27, 2017 3:45 PM ET
Washington D.C., June 27, 2017--Myanmar authorities should immediately release three journalists arrested in northern Shan state yesterday on accusations of unlawful association after they covered an event organized by an armed ethnic group that is banned by authorities, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Vietnamese blogger stripped of citizenship, deported
June 26, 2017 3:56 PM ET
New York, June 26, 2017--Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang should restore blogger Pham Minh Hoang's citizenship and should allow him to reside and work freely in the country, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
News crews attacked in two separate incidents in Pakistan
June 21, 2017 6:50 PM ET
New York, June 21, 2017--Pakistani authorities should ensure the safety of journalists and investigate two separate incidents in which members of the press were attacked and had equipment damaged, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Three journalists charged with defamation in Myanmar
June 19, 2017 12:55 PM ET
Bangkok, June 19, 2017--Authorities in Myanmar should immediately drop all criminal proceedings against three journalists charged with defamation and should strike all criminal defamation laws from the books, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Pakistani journalist murdered in Haripur
June 15, 2017 4:33 PM ET
June 15, 2017, New York--Pakistani authorities should swiftly and credibly investigate the murder of Bakhsheesh Elahi and swiftly bring all those responsible to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Elahi, the Haripur bureau chief for the daily newspaper K2, was fatally shot in Haripur, about 80km (50...
Australian reporter hit by bullet in Philippine city siege
June 15, 2017 11:36 AM ET
An Australian reporter was hit in the neck by a bullet on June 15, 2017, while covering fighting between Philippine security forces militants in the city of Marawi on the southern island of Mindanao, according to news reports and the journalist's posts to Twitter....