At the beginning of February, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) found vague anti-state charges against detained journalists such as "Propagation against the regime" or insulting authorities and disrupting public order. Despite this, detainees have been sentenced to years of prison, lashes and internal exile – as well as lifetime bans on writing and other social and political activities. The CPJ is among media organisations that have launched a campaign to press the government to release imprisoned journalists.