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In many cases small acts of solidarity and compassion can echo loudly behind bars.
In 2005, CPJ saw more than a
dozen newspaper publishers and editors rounded up and imprisoned in
Over the years, CPJ has learned that household items we take for granted but are prohibitively expensive or hard to come by in some countries—aspirin, vitamins, cortisone, Neosporin, antacids—can bring relief to journalists facing mistreatment, malnutrition, or dangerously unhygienic prison conditions. We’ve seen the families of imprisoned journalists cope not only with the emotional trauma of seeing a loved one behind bars but with finding themselves impoverished, having lost a breadwinner or facing various forms of blacklisting. Family members must often undertake expensive journeys to far-flung prisons to visit their loved ones. Often they are even responsible for providing all meals, medicine, and daily needs themselves. They must find resources for legal defense, appeals, and petitions for amnesty.
These are all avenues through which we can help and should for the simple reason that it makes a difference. Here are ways you can too:
Sponsor the family of an imprisoned journalist as an individual or group: $100 a month can make the difference for a family struggling to survive with their breadwinner in prison. It can also enable them to visit and bring medicine and food. If you or a group of colleagues, friends, or students want to undertake sustained support to a family of a journalist in prison, CPJ can help identify and connect you to the neediest cases.
Adopt the case of journalist in prison: Write to him or his family and raise awareness among your community by organizing petitions, letter-writing campaigns, and contacting your governmental representatives to increase international pressure for a journalist’s release.
Write to the embassies of countries with journalists in prison with your concerns.
Contribute to CPJ’s Journalist Assistance Fund, which supports journalists at risk and in prison for their work.
If you would like to get involved, please contact CPJ’s Journalist Assistance Program.
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Hi,
I am not sure how you have considered the situation in Thailand. I was shocked not to see Thailand anywhere on this list.
A large number of bloggers, media figures, and normal people are jailed in Thailand for lese majeste, which in practice in Thailand means writing, saying or publishing anything that the powers that be don't like.
Please see the following articles:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=am736GWTy5dQ&refer=worldwide
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5A00YR20091101
There are many more stories like this. Could you please let me know how you consider these Thai lese majeste issues?
Have a good day,
Chris
indeed somalia has experience dramatic media attcks,assassinations and kidnapping following two decades of insecurity and chacos in the country and more then 40 journalists have been killed in somalia since the overthrow of somalia military regime in 1991 whether they are somalis or foregners
now iam mahamoudd mahomed halane i life in athanis greeca i dean to helpy,becouse currently suffering and feeling fear with my life becouse i have nothing money
i was the reporter merca lower shabele region voic of america and radio and tv horn afrik fm muqdisho somalia