Committee to Protect Journalists - Germany tag:cpj.org,2008-09-16://1 2013-05-13T20:47:52Z Movable Type 4.38 German freelance journalist reportedly in Syrian custody tag:cpj.org,2013://1.21687 2013-05-13T20:27:27Z 2013-05-13T20:47:52Z New York, May 13, 2013--Syrian authorities must immediately release and ensure the well-being of a German freelance journalist who has reportedly been detained for more than a week, according to the Berlin daily Der Tagesspiegel.... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, May 13, 2013--Syrian authorities must immediately release and ensure the well-being of a German freelance journalist who has reportedly been detained for more than a week, according to the Berlin daily Der Tagesspiegel.

]]> German journalist shot in Syria, evacuated to Turkey tag:cpj.org,2013://1.21494 2013-04-01T17:36:39Z 2013-04-01T17:43:43Z Committee to Protect Journalists Jörg Armbruster, a correspondent for the German public broadcaster ARD, was seriously injured by gunfire during a military clash in Aleppo on March 29, 2013, according to news reports.  After emergency surgery inside Syria on the same day, Armbruster was transferred by ambulance to Turkey, where he was treated by an emergency medical team. After his condition stabilized, he was evacuated to Stuttgart on April 1, according to the ARD subsidiary SWR.

]]> Two German reporters charged with espionage in Iran tag:cpj.org,2010://1.16314 2010-11-17T17:52:57Z 2010-11-17T17:51:00Z Committee to Protect Journalists New York, November 17, 2010--Iranian authorities announced on Tuesday that two German reporters for Bild am Sonntag will be charged with espionage, according to international news reports. They were arrested in October while interviewing the son of a woman sentenced to death by stoning on charges of adultery. The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by these developments and calls on Iranian authorities to drop the charges and release the reporters immediately.

]]> CPJ Impact tag:216.139.245.96,2008://1.8654 2008-06-01T06:00:19Z 2010-04-19T19:19:05Z June 2008 News from the Committee to Protect Journalists... Committee to Protect Journalists News from the Committee to Protect Journalists ]]> CPJ Impact tag:216.139.245.96,2008://1.8604 2008-03-01T05:00:00Z 2010-04-19T19:36:35Z March 2008 News from the Committee to Protect Journalists... Committee to Protect Journalists News from the Committee to Protect Journalists]]> Attacks on the Press 2007: Europe and Central Asia Snapshots tag:cpj.org,2008://1.6746 2008-02-05T16:24:50Z 2009-04-06T21:51:53Z Attacks and developments throughout the region... Committee to Protect Journalists Attacks and developments throughout the region]]> 17 journalists investigated for publishing intelligence documents tag:216.139.245.96,2007://1.6214 2007-07-12T04:00:00Z 2007-07-12T04:00:00Z New York, August 7, 2007—The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about a criminal investigation the German government has launched against 17 journalists. They are accused of publishing information from classified documents related to CIA rendition flights and suspected misconduct by the German secret services in Baghdad during the 2003... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, August 7, 2007—The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about a criminal investigation the German government has launched against 17 journalists. They are accused of publishing information from classified documents related to CIA rendition flights and suspected misconduct by the German secret services in Baghdad during the 2003 U.S. invasion, according to The Associated Press. A German committee specifically set up to investigate the renditions and misconduct was trying to keep the documents classified.

]]> Attacks on the Press 2006: Countries That Have Jailed Journalists tag:216.139.245.96,2007://1.6830 2007-02-05T16:57:00Z 2009-04-27T13:35:47Z ALGERIA: 2 Djamel Eddine Fahassi, Alger Chaîne III IMPRISONED: May 6, 1995 Fahassi, a reporter for the state-run radio station Alger Chaîne III and a contributor to several Algerian newspapers, including the now-banned weekly of the Islamic Salvation Front, Al-Forqane, was abducted near his home in the al-Harrache suburb of... Committee to Protect Journalists ALGERIA: 2

Djamel Eddine Fahassi, Alger Chaîne III
IMPRISONED: May 6, 1995

Fahassi, a reporter for the state-run radio station Alger Chaîne III and a contributor to several Algerian newspapers, including the now-banned weekly of the Islamic Salvation Front, Al-Forqane, was abducted near his home in the al-Harrache suburb of the capital, Algiers, by four well-dressed men carrying walkie-talkies. According to eyewitnesses who later spoke with his wife, the men called out Fahassi's name and then pushed him into a waiting car. He has not been seen since, and Algerian authorities have denied any knowledge of his arrest.

]]> Attacks on the Press 2006: Europe and Central Asia Analysis tag:216.139.245.96,2007://1.6816 2007-02-05T16:54:00Z 2009-04-06T17:38:29Z Getting away with murder in the former Soviet states By Nina Ognianova The assassin in a baseball cap who gunned down Anna Politkovskaya outside her Moscow apartment used a silencer. But reverberations from the contract-style slaying of Russia's icon of investigative journalism were felt around the world.... Committee to Protect Journalists Getting away with murder in the former Soviet states
 By Nina Ognianova
The assassin in a baseball cap who gunned down Anna Politkovskaya outside her Moscow apartment used a silencer. But reverberations from the contract-style slaying of Russia's icon of investigative journalism were felt around the world.
]]> Attacks on the Press 2006: Europe Snapshots tag:216.139.245.96,2007://1.6821 2007-02-05T16:33:58Z 2009-04-07T18:22:03Z Committee to Protect Journalists Attacks & Developments Throughout the Region]]> Attacks on the Press 2006: Countries That Have Jailed Journalists tag:216.139.245.96,2008://1.6755 2007-02-05T15:56:40Z 2009-04-27T13:48:22Z ALGERIA: 2 Djamel Eddine Fahassi, Alger Chaîne III IMPRISONED: May 6, 1995 Fahassi, a reporter for the state-run radio station Alger Chaîne III and a contributor to several Algerian newspapers, including the now-banned weekly of the Islamic Salvation Front, Al-Forqane, was abducted near his home in the al-Harrache suburb of... Committee to Protect Journalists ALGERIA: 2

Djamel Eddine Fahassi, Alger Chaîne III
IMPRISONED: May 6, 1995

Fahassi, a reporter for the state-run radio station Alger Chaîne III and a contributor to several Algerian newspapers, including the now-banned weekly of the Islamic Salvation Front, Al-Forqane, was abducted near his home in the al-Harrache suburb of the capital, Algiers, by four well-dressed men carrying walkie-talkies. According to eyewitnesses who later spoke with his wife, the men called out Fahassi's name and then pushed him into a waiting car. He has not been seen since, and Algerian authorities have denied any knowledge of his arrest.

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]]> Attacks on the Press 2005: Countries That Have Jailed Journalists (Follow Links for More Details) tag:216.139.245.96,2006://1.6899 2006-02-16T16:59:55Z 2009-04-27T13:41:41Z AFGHANISTAN: 1 Ali Mohaqqiq Nasab, Haqooq-i-Zan (Women's Rights) Imprisoned: October 1, 2005 The attorney general ordered editor Nasab's arrest on blasphemy charges after the religious adviser to President Hamid Karzai, Mohaiuddin Baluch, filed a complaint about his magazine. "I took the two magazines and spoke to the Supreme Court... Committee to Protect Journalists
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Ali Mohaqqiq Nasab, Haqooq-i-Zan (Women's Rights)
Imprisoned: October 1, 2005

The attorney general ordered editor Nasab's arrest on blasphemy charges after the religious adviser to President Hamid Karzai, Mohaiuddin Baluch, filed a complaint about his magazine. "I took the two magazines and spoke to the Supreme Court chief, who wrote to the attorney general to investigate," Baluch told The Associated Press.

]]> Attacks on the Press 2005: Europe & Central Asia Snapshots tag:216.139.245.96,2006://1.6885 2006-02-16T16:33:58Z 2009-04-07T20:26:08Z Attacks and developments throughout the region... Committee to Protect Journalists Attacks and developments throughout the region]]> Attacks on the Press 2004: North Korea tag:216.139.245.96,2005://1.6969 2005-03-14T16:18:10Z 2005-03-14T17:00:00Z North Korea While foreign analysts kept guessing at the state of nuclear development in North Korea, one thing remained certain in 2004: There is no free press in the country, only government outlets that voice the pronouncements of Kim Jong Il's authoritarian regime.... Committee to Protect Journalists North Korea

While foreign analysts kept guessing at the state of nuclear development in North Korea, one thing remained certain in 2004: There is no free press in the country, only government outlets that voice the pronouncements of Kim Jong Il's authoritarian regime.
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