Committee to Protect Journalists - USA tag:cpj.org,2008-09-16://1 2012-05-16T18:54:07Z Movable Type 4.34-en Obama should raise press freedom in Africa food talks tag:cpj.org,2012://1.19367 2012-05-16T18:24:51Z 2012-05-16T18:54:07Z New York, May 16, 2012--President Obama should acknowledge the role that independent news reporting plays in assessing agricultural challenges and facilitating the response to famine, the Committee to Protect Journalists stated in a letter to the White House. Ethiopia in particular downplays the extent of food crises and undermines the ability of donor nations and aid groups to help by denying journalists access to sensitive areas and censoring independent coverage. Committee to Protect Journalists Palestinian broadcaster's equipment must be returned tag:cpj.org,2012://1.19319 2012-05-08T18:02:38Z 2012-05-08T18:22:26Z Dear Minister Kachlon: The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned by the confiscation of equipment and archives belonging to the private Ramallah broadcaster Wattan TV more than two months ago. Committee to Protect Journalists ]]> Attacks on the Press in 2011: United States tag:cpj.org,2012://1.17605 2012-02-21T05:45:00Z 2012-05-17T01:42:20Z A federal judge ruled in favor of reporter James Risen, who invoked his First Amendment rights to protect a confidential source. The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and other groups called the ruling an important victory for the press. The Department of Justice, which appealed the decision,... Committee to Protect Journalists A federal judge ruled in favor of reporter James Risen, who invoked his First Amendment rights to protect a confidential source. The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and other groups called the ruling an important victory for the press. The Department of Justice, which appealed the decision, continued to take an aggressive approach in filing criminal charges against people who leak classified information. U.S. journalist groups were also troubled that increasing numbers of case documents were being sealed by the Supreme Court. CPJ reported that the State Department fell short in its first year of implementing the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act, which requires that press freedom issues be incorporated into the agency's annual country reports on human rights. WikiLeaks was in the headlines again when it disclosed thousands of classified, unredacted U.S. diplomatic cables. An Ethiopian journalist was forced to flee his country after he was cited in a cable. Police in five cities arrested reporters and photographers covering Occupy Wall Street demonstrations, often claiming the journalists did not have sufficient accreditation. At least three other journalists covering Occupy events were attacked by protesters or police officers.

]]> CPJ mourns the death of journalist Anthony Shadid tag:cpj.org,2012://1.18693 2012-02-17T05:01:14Z 2012-02-17T22:50:13Z New York, February 16, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply saddened by the death of New York Times foreign correspondent Anthony Shadid, a towering figure in international crisis reporting. Shadid perished following an apparent asthma attack while on assignment in Syria.... Committee to Protect Journalists Anthony Shadid "knew the risks but chose to go because that's what reporters do," CPJ's Robert Mahoney said. (AP/Sue Ogrocki)

New York, February 16, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply saddened by the death of New York Times foreign correspondent Anthony Shadid, a towering figure in international crisis reporting. Shadid perished following an apparent asthma attack while on assignment in Syria.

]]> CPJ calls for media reforms in China tag:cpj.org,2012://1.18472 2012-02-13T17:33:50Z 2012-02-16T16:41:43Z Dear President Obama: When you meet with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping tomorrow at the White House, we urge you to raise concerns about media restrictions in China. Committee to Protect Journalists Journalists obstructed from covering OWS protests tag:cpj.org,2011://1.18120 2011-11-15T22:41:35Z 2011-11-15T23:16:38Z New York, November 15, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by today's reports of New York City police mistreating and detaining journalists and obstructing them from covering events at the Occupy Wall Street protests.... Committee to Protect Journalists Occupy Wall Street protesters clashed with police this morning. (AP)

New York, November 15, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by today's reports of New York City police mistreating and detaining journalists and obstructing them from covering events at the Occupy Wall Street protests.

]]> Attacks on the Press 2010: Americas Analysis tag:cpj.org,2011://1.16537 2011-02-15T05:54:00Z 2011-05-03T15:44:15Z Committee to Protect Journalists In Latin America, A Return of Censorship
The Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional leaves white space for an image the government won't allow. (Reuters/Jorge Silva)

By Carlos Lauría

As the preeminent political family in the northeastern state of Maranhão for more than 40 years, the Sarneys are used to getting their way in Brazilian civic life. So when the leading national daily O Estado de S. Paulo published allegations in June 2009 that linked José Sarney, the Senate president and the nation's former leader, to nepotism and corruption, the political clan did not sit idly by. The Sarneys turned to a judge in Brasília, winning an injunction that halted O Estado from publishing any more reports about the allegations. Eighteen months later, as 2010 came to a close, the ban remained in effect despite domestic and international outcry.

]]> Attacks on the Press 2010: United States tag:cpj.org,2011://1.16555 2011-02-15T05:07:00Z 2011-02-11T15:25:41Z h7 {float:none;width:auto;height:auto;font-family:sans-serif;font-weight:normal; margins:5px;} Top Developments • U.S. military ignores call for probe into killings of 16 journalists in Iraq. • Under Pearl Act, State Department will track press freedom worldwide. Key Statistic 14: Journalists imprisoned by U.S. military forces for prolonged periods without charge between 2004 and 2010. In... Committee to Protect Journalists Top Developments
• U.S. military ignores call for probe into killings of 16 journalists in Iraq.
• Under Pearl Act, State Department will track press freedom worldwide.

Key Statistic
14: Journalists imprisoned by U.S. military forces for prolonged periods without charge between 2004 and 2010.

In two important advances, Congress passed legislation to track press freedom worldwide while military forces released an Iraqi journalist who had been held without charge for 17 months. But officials obstructed a photojournalist covering the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and reporters documenting military judicial proceedings at Guantánamo Bay, in Cuba. A U.S. military video, disclosed by the website WikiLeaks, raised questions as to whether U.S. troops acted properly when they shot and killed an Iraqi journalist and his assistant in 2007.

]]> CPJ asks Obama to raise jailed Chinese journalists with Hu tag:cpj.org,2011://1.16503 2011-01-11T21:46:46Z 2011-01-13T15:44:24Z Dear President Obama: The Committee to Protect Journalists is writing to you in advance of Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to the United States in January to urge you to raise press freedom issues during your talks. We ask that you make clear the depth of U.S. concern that China is the world's leading jailer of journalists. Committee to Protect Journalists CPJ urges U.S. not to prosecute Assange tag:cpj.org,2010://1.16433 2010-12-17T22:33:31Z 2010-12-17T23:28:58Z Dear President Obama and Attorney General Holder: We write because of deep concern about reports that you are considering the prosecution of WikiLeaks and Julian Assange for publishing classified cables and other documents. Based on everything we know about these events, we urge you to avoid such action. Our concern flows not from an embrace of Assange's motives and objectives. Indeed, we wish that he would fully disclose his sources of financing and support. But the Constitution protects the right to publish information of important interest to the public. That right has been upheld through decades of American jurisprudence and has served the people well. Committee to Protect Journalists Journalists arrested at U.S. 'School of the Americas' protest tag:cpj.org,2010://1.16333 2010-11-23T19:52:08Z 2010-11-23T20:08:56Z New York, November 23, 2010--Two journalists from the Moscow-based broadcast outlet Russia Today were arrested on November 20 while covering a protest against the U.S. military training center formerly known as the "School of the Americas" at Fort Benning, Georgia. On-air correspondent Kaelyn Forde and cameraman Jon Conway, both... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, November 23, 2010--Two journalists from the Moscow-based broadcast outlet Russia Today were arrested on November 20 while covering a protest against the U.S. military training center formerly known as the "School of the Americas" at Fort Benning, Georgia. On-air correspondent Kaelyn Forde and cameraman Jon Conway, both of whom are U.S. citizens, were charged with unlawful assembly, demonstrating without a permit, and failing to obey police orders, according to The Associated Press. They were both held for 29 hours before each was released on a US$1,300 bond.]]> U.S. Senate candidate's security guards handcuff editor tag:cpj.org,2010://1.16202 2010-10-18T20:35:27Z 2010-10-26T16:48:44Z Private security personnel working for Joe Miller, Alaska's Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, detained and handcuffed a local editor on October 17 when he persisted in questioning Miller at a town hall event.... Committee to Protect Journalists Joe Miller, Alaska's Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, detained and handcuffed a local editor on October 17 when he persisted in questioning Miller at a town hall event.

]]> Cleric's threat forces Seattle cartoonist into hiding tag:cpj.org,2010://1.16140 2010-09-30T20:34:03Z 2010-09-30T20:38:44Z Molly Norris, a political cartoonist for Seattle Weekly, went into hiding in September because of threats made after her tongue-in-cheek call for an "Everybody Draw Muhammad Day," according to Seattle Weekly. The call was included in a cartoon Norris drew to protest a decision by the cable television network Comedy... Committee to Protect Journalists Molly Norris, a political cartoonist for Seattle Weekly, went into hiding in September because of threats made after her tongue-in-cheek call for an "Everybody Draw Muhammad Day," according to Seattle Weekly. The call was included in a cartoon Norris drew to protest a decision by the cable television network Comedy Central not to broadcast an episode of "South Park" that tested the Islamic taboo against depicting images of the Prophet. 

]]> CPJ urges Clinton to reconsider Morris visa denial tag:cpj.org,2010://1.14917 2010-07-13T18:03:21Z 2010-07-13T21:37:07Z Dear Secretary Clinton: We are writing to express our deep concern about the U.S. State Department’s denial of a visa that would enable prominent Colombian journalist Hollman Morris to participate in a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University. The denial, based on a “terrorist activities” provision of the Patriot Act, is unsupported by any available evidence and may be based on misleading or inaccurate information provided by Colombian authorities. Committee to Protect Journalists CPJ mourns death of Cameroon’s Pius Njawé tag:cpj.org,2010://1.14922 2010-07-13T14:08:04Z 2010-07-13T20:32:32Z New York, July 13, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists extends its deep condolences to the family and colleagues of Pius Njawé, a pioneering Cameroonian journalist and a press freedom advocate, who was killed in a car accident in the United States on Monday.... Committee to Protect Journalists Pius Njawé (Le Messager)

New York, July 13, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists extends its deep condolences to the family and colleagues of Pius Njawé, a pioneering Cameroonian journalist and a press freedom advocate, who was killed in a car accident in the United States on Monday.

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