CPJ staffers and contributors report on the global struggle for press freedom.
The Sound of Silence by "Adele Lotus"
Uzbekistan has one of the strictest censorship regimes in the world, as the author learned when she launched her journalism career in Tashkent.
Posted July 25, 2001
Refuse to Forget by Yves Sorokobi
Burkina Faso's ruling clan has endured two years of unrest sparked by the murder of a leading investigative journalist.
Posted April 3, 2001
Showdown in Chiang Mai by A. Lin Neumann
A Thai editor pursues the men who tried to kill him.
Posted December 5, 2000
Lonely Warrior by Fernando Lima
Mozambican editor Carlos Cardoso was an equal opportunity offender. He paid for it with his life.
Posted November 30, 2000
Running Scared in Haiti by Trenton Daniel
After the murder of a radio journalist, Haiti's press pulls back in fear.
Posted November 20, 2000
Hostage to the News by Andreas Lorenz
Der Spiegel's man in Jolo recalls his stint as a hostage of Commander Rat.
Posted September 18, 2000
One Trigger, Many Fingers by A. Lin Neumann
Last April, four men tried to gun down Thai editor Amnat Khunyosying in Chiang Mai. The journalist wants to know why.
Posted August 23, 2000
Like a Walk in a Minefield by Ray Choto
Results of Zimbabwe's parliamentary elections signal new dangers for independent journalists.
Posted July 13, 2000
Darkness Falls by Frank Smyth
Colombia's top investigative journalist explains why he fled his country.
Posted June 15, 2000
Hunting the Dictator by Daniel Bekoutou
Driven out of Chad, journalist Daniel Bekoutou goes into exile in Senegal. Later, Chad's ex-strongman goes there as well, and the hunted and hunter reverse roles.
Posted April 11, 2000
Babitsky's "Crime" and Punishment by Robert Coalson
The Putin government's shameful treatment of journalist Andrei Babitsky is part of a worrisome authoritarian trend.
Posted February 28, 2000
 Profile in Courage by Jerome Aumente
Zeljko Kopanja lost his legs for daring to suggest that some of his fellow Bosnian Serbs were guilty of war crimes.
Posted December 15, 1999
 When to shut up by Claudia McElroy
War correspondents must often choose between self-censorship and death.
Posted November 1, 1999
 Unsafe Passage by Taher Shriteh
Palestinian journalist Taher Shriteh has been a virtual prisoner in Gaza since 1995. In this exclusive essay, he describes his struggle to report the news.
Posted October 27, 1999
Pakistan
by Mariana Baarbar.

The new regime's print policy is still unclear.
Posted October 19, 1999
Fear and Loathing in Tunis
by Tauofik Ben Brik

Over more than a decade in power, Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali has squeezed the life out of the country's press. After years of harassment and intimidation, most journalists have learned to censor themselves on sensitive political issues.
Posted October 1, 1999
Kosovo: Civility by Decree 
by Frank Smyth

Posted September 18, 1999
Freetown 1999: Journalism in the Killing Fields
Introduction by Claudia McElroy.
Articles by eyewitness journalists Aroun Rashid Deen and Mike Butscher.
Posted September 4, 1999

Crossing the Line: Introduction by Ann Cooper and Joel Campagna
What kind of journalism triggers Turkish state retribution? Read for yourself.
Posted September 1, 1999

East Timorese Militias Turn Their Fury on the Press
by Kavita Menon
Posted May 1999

Zhu Rongji Urges Watchdog Role for China's Press
by Kavita Menon

Posted May 1999

Turkey Briefing  
by Andrew Finkel

For American reporter facing jail, there's blame on all sides.
 Radio Station Director Vows to Revive Her News Operation
by Chrystyna Lapychak

Posted March 1999
Chilean Security Law Used to Gag Investigative Journalists
by Marylene Smeets

Posted March 1999
Latvia Drops Charges Brought Against Tatyana Chaladze, but Keeps Journalist in Jail
by Juris Kaza
Posted March 1999
Guatemala's President in No Friend of the Press
by Marylene Smeets

Posted March 1999

20-October-98: Dangerous Assignments

Bad Faith in the Balkans, by Ann Cooper
A Summarized Report on my Imprisonment in Than Cam Prison by Doan Viet Hoat, Ph.D.
Tempo Magazine Reopens in Indonesia,
by A. Lin Neumann
Nigerian Journalists Suspicious of Regime, by Kakuna Kerina
South Africa Gets Landmark Libel Law, by Mungo Sogget

19-Sept-98:  Dangerous Assignments  

Fujimori's Secret War Against the Press by Joel Simon
Mexico's Journalists Move to Secure Press Freedom By Jorge Zepeda
Turkish Journalists Rally as Ragip Duran Begins Prison Term
by Nilay Karelemas
Sri Lankan Journalists Face Off with the Military By A. Lin Neumann
African Independent Press Gathers in Ghana
Reformasi on the Air in Indonesia by A. Lin Neumann
Farewell to Bill Orme

Spring 1998: Dangerous Assignments

Turkish press laws, Asian financial crisis, Liberian journalist after kidnapping and torture, West African journalists meet in Senegal, Cuba squeezes independent journalism during Pope's visit, Eight Palestinian journalists wounded in Hebron, Article 19 at 50, Fred Friendly remembered, 129 journalists imprisoned in 1997
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