As Col. Muammar Qaddafi, 67, celebrates the 40th anniversary
of his ascent to power this week, it is unlikely that any of the numerous
international guests will venture to ask the Libyan dictator or his aides what
happened to journalist Abdullah Ali
al-Sanussi al-Darrat after his arbitrary arrest 36 years ago. Al-Darrat, a
journalist and writer from
A Supreme Court decision to allow a change of venue in the
trial of three suspects accused of murdering journalist Dennis
Cuesta, at left, in August
2008 sets a hopeful precedent in the fight against impunity in media
killings in the
Graciela González-Degard is 72 years old. She has salt-and-pepper
hair, long elegant hands, soft manners reminiscent of another era, and a bad
knee that she blames on age. Once a Catholic nun, Graciela moved to the
The
government's cruel treatment of Tunisian journalist Abdallah Zouari came to an
end on August 1, a reminder that even the most autocratic regimes will yield to
international pressure for press freedom. Zouari, a former reporter
for the now-defunct Islamic weekly Al-Fajr, had been forced to
live under a form of house arrest since his release from prison in 2002
following an 11-year term. Living under what was called "administrative control," Zouari was subjected to strict
police surveillance and forced to reside in the suburbs of the southern city of
On August 15,
CPJ spoke with three Kabul-based journalists to learn how they and their colleagues around the country responded to the government's request to mute coverage of violence during polling hours today.
"When we were in that car and he was pointing that gun at us ... I thought, 'We're done. We're not getting out of here alive.'"
The shooting death last year of Radio Mindanao Network broadcaster Dennis Cuesta raised the realization among journalists here that the profession we know and love could cost us life and limb.
President Yoweri Museveni of
A piece in the Columbia Journalism Review raised questions
about CPJ's support of several bloggers in
The Chinese government backed away on Thursday from its attempt to mandate censorship software, "Green Dam" and "Youth Escort," on personal computers, a move that was previously delayed. Ministry of Industry and Information Technology official Li Yizhong denied there was ever an intention to require pre-installation of the programs on Thursday, saying the government's May announcement of its plans were misleading, according to state newspaper China Daily.
In 
It's
been more than three months since I realized one of my most important dreams by
coming to the
A month ago I sat next to a cop, turned on my computer, and opened my blog. The threats were there: "My dear lydia cacho get ready to be found soon with your throat slit, your pretty head will be left outside your apartment if you think you are so brave bye."
Last week, the Ethiopian government tried to force private
Kenyan broadcaster Nation Television (NTV) to drop a four-part
exclusive report on separatist rebels in southern
The notion that three American hikers could innocently
wander across the border from Iraqi Kurdistan into
Some Zimbabwean journalists say 2003 was the most repressive year for independent journalists. Others claim it was 2008. But no one is yet claiming it was 2009 after a recent series of positive developments for the country's media.
At noon on Tuesday, Venezuelan authorities arrested pro-government
activist Lina Ron and took her to
In June, CPJ traveled to
In
On July 26, the following headline appeared in Mexico's daily Milenio newspaper:
"Canada: Will assassinated at point-blank range." Soon, similar headlines
followed. The stories focused on a recent report by three Canadian investigators
that sustains conclusions made by the Mexican authorities in the case of Bradley
Roland Will, left, a U.S. video-journalist and activist killed in October 2006 in the
southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. The government-commissioned report has sparked
controversy for echoing the findings of Mexican authorities, whose investigation
has been heavily questioned by local and international human rights groups and the Will family for being politicized and riddled with irregularities.Like many radio listeners in
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