Committee to Protect Journalists - North Korea tag:cpj.org,2008-09-16://1 2013-03-13T21:34:36Z Movable Type 4.38 Attacks on the Press: CPJ Risk List tag:beta.cpj.org,2013://1.20480 2013-02-14T05:04:30Z 2013-03-13T21:34:36Z From conflict-ridden Syria to aspiring world leader Brazil, 10 nations on a downslope. By Karen Phillips... Committee to Protect Journalists From conflict-ridden Syria to aspiring world leader Brazil, 10 nations on a downslope. By Karen Phillips

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]]> Attacks on the Press 2009: North Korea tag:cpj.org,2010://1.13887 2010-02-16T05:21:00Z 2010-02-15T19:47:35Z Committee to Protect Journalists http://cpj.org/ Top Developments
• Two U.S. journalists held for five months after crossing border.
• Citizen reporters begin to smuggle news out of the country.

Key Statistic
1st: Ranking on CPJ’s list of Most Censored Nations.

During a diplomatic standoff that lasted almost five months, two American journalists from San Francisco-based Current TV were arrested, tried, pardoned, and released. Charged with illegally crossing the border from China on March 17, they had been sentenced to 20 years of “reform through hard labor” after a closed-door trial, according to the official Korea Central News Agency.

]]> Saberi joyful about Lee, Ling homecoming tag:cpj.org,2009:/blog//8.13397 2009-08-05T15:57:18Z 2009-08-05T16:56:26Z Roxana Saberi, who was imprisoned in Iran for nearly four months, published a statement on her personal Web site to Euna Lee and Laura Ling after their release from North Korea on Tuesday. Saberi had previously expressed her support for the two imprisoned journalists in an interview with CPJ... Committee to Protect Journalists published a statement on her personal Web site to Euna Lee and Laura Ling after their release from North Korea on Tuesday. Saberi had previously expressed her support for the two imprisoned journalists in an interview with CPJ on June 9.

]]> Ling, Lee pardoned in North Korea, reports say tag:cpj.org,2009://1.13394 2009-08-04T20:15:02Z 2009-08-04T20:27:24Z New York, August 4, 2009--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes media reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has pardoned and ordered the release of imprisoned journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee after former U.S. President Bill Clinton arrived in Pyongyang today.... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, August 4, 2009--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes media reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has pardoned and ordered the release of imprisoned journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee after former U.S. President Bill Clinton arrived in Pyongyang today.]]> North Korea should grant amnesty to Ling, Lee tag:cpj.org,2009://1.13013 2009-07-16T19:55:43Z 2009-07-16T19:57:27Z New York, July 16, 2009--North Korea should grant amnesty to U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who have now been jailed four months following their arrest on the North Korean-Chinese border, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, July 16, 2009--North Korea should grant amnesty to U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who have now been jailed four months following their arrest on the North Korean-Chinese border, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Transparency sought in Lee, Ling case tag:cpj.org,2009://1.11392 2009-06-17T18:41:18Z 2009-06-18T13:07:12Z Committee to Protect Journalists New York, June 17, 2009--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on North Korean authorities to demonstrate greater transparency in their treatment of imprisoned U.S. television reporters Euna Lee and Laura Ling. 

]]> Concerns remain for U.S. journalists in North Korea tag:cpj.org,2009:/blog//8.11387 2009-06-16T20:16:01Z 2009-06-16T20:18:15Z Responding to a Korea Central News Agency report that Euna Lee and Laura Ling have admitted crossing illegally into North Korea and trying to slander the state, we released the following statement today...... Committee to Protect Journalists

]]> North Korea sentences U.S. journalists to 12 years' labor tag:cpj.org,2009://1.11342 2009-06-08T17:41:48Z 2009-06-10T01:09:05Z New York, June 8, 2009--International pressure from all countries involved in the Six Party Talks should be leveraged to ensure the release of U.S. journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling after a North Korean court sentenced them today to 12 years hard labor, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. The... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, June 8, 2009--International pressure from all countries involved in the Six Party Talks should be leveraged to ensure the release of U.S. journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling after a North Korean court sentenced them today to 12 years hard labor, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. The countries in the talks are North and South Korea, China, Japan, Russia, and the United States.

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]]> Call for journalists' release as trial date nears in North Korea tag:cpj.org,2009://1.11324 2009-06-03T16:56:53Z 2009-06-10T01:12:10Z New York, June 3, 2009--On the eve of the June 4 criminal trial date for U.S. television journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling in North Korea, the Committee to Protect Journalists calls for all countries involved in the Six Party Talks to work together to ensure their freedom. The countries... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, June 3, 2009--On the eve of the June 4 criminal trial date for U.S. television journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling in North Korea, the Committee to Protect Journalists calls for all countries involved in the Six Party Talks to work together to ensure their freedom. The countries in the talks are North and South Korea, China, Japan, Russia, and the United States.

]]> Families of Ling, Lee urge talks to resolve detentions tag:cpj.org,2009://1.11310 2009-06-01T12:55:37Z 2009-06-10T01:13:35Z New York, June 1, 2009--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on all parties to pursue diplomatic efforts to gain the release of detained U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who are facing trial in North Korea this week. The families of the two journalists spoke out this morning on... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, June 1, 2009--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on all parties to pursue diplomatic efforts to gain the release of detained U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who are facing trial in North Korea this week. The families of the two journalists spoke out this morning on U.S. television to urge diplomatic talks to resolve the detentions independent of the larger geopolitical issues on the Korean Peninsula. CPJ urges talks to free journalists held in North Korea tag:cpj.org,2009:/blog//8.11309 2009-06-01T12:07:42Z 2009-06-10T01:03:20Z We released a statement today after the families of two U.S. journalists being held in North Korea spoke publicly for the first time. The families of Current TV journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee appeared on NBC's "Today" show this morning. Our statement follows:... Committee to Protect Journalists
]]> CPJ calls on North Korea to release journalists tag:cpj.org,2009:/blog//8.11258 2009-05-14T14:26:10Z 2009-06-10T01:05:54Z In response to a North Korean statement that American journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling of U.S. media outlet Current TV, arrested on March 17 along the border with China, will be put on trial on June 4, the Committee to Protect Journalists issued this statement...... Committee to Protect Journalists

]]> North Korea will try American journalists tag:cpj.org,2009://1.11174 2009-04-24T18:12:40Z 2009-06-10T01:15:00Z New York, April 24, 2009--The Committee to Protect Journalists expressed concern today after North Korea announced that it would try American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee on unspecified criminal charges, according to international news reports.... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, April 24, 2009--The Committee to Protect Journalists expressed concern today after North Korea announced that it would try American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee on unspecified criminal charges, according to international news reports.

]]> North Korea must explain detention of journalists tag:cpj.org,2009:/blog//8.11077 2009-03-30T20:59:40Z 2009-11-12T21:21:15Z Committee to Protect Journalists North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency announced that two American news reporters, Current TV's Laura Ling and Euna Lee, will be tried for alleged illegal entry into North Korea and hostile acts ...
  
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