More than 80 journalists flee their home countries in the last year. Iraq and Somalia are the hardest hit. By Elisbeth Witchel and Karen Phillips
Committee to Protect Journalists
Special Reports
Haiti
Reports
| Afghanistan, Canada, China, Colombia, Cuba, France, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Journalist Assistance, Mexico, Rwanda, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Syria, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Zimbabwe
Dangerous Assignments
| Algeria, Bosnia, Colombia, Eritrea, Haiti, Honduras, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Rwanda, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe
Journalist Deaths Hit Decade Peak
Half in Iraq; record number in Somalia
Dangerous Assignments
| Afghanistan, Botswana, Canada, Colombia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Haiti, Iran, Journalist Assistance, Kenya, Liberia, Pakistan, Rwanda, South Africa, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
At least three journalists a month flee their home countries
to escape threats of violence, imprisonment, or harassment. By Elisabeth Witchel and Karen Phillips
Under Haiti's new transitional government, journalists-especially those who supported former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide-remain at risk in a politically polarized environment.
By Carlos Lauria and Jean-Roland Chery
Nearly five months after the ouster of President Jean Bertrand Aristide, journalists in Haiti still confront great dangers in a country marked by lawlessness. Before the unrest began in September 2003, journalists working for private radio stations were often targeted for their anti-Aristide coverage. But the nature of the threat has shifted, with journalists who supported Aristide now at particular risk, an investigation by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has found.
Dangerous Assignments
| Bangladesh, China, Cuba, Eritrea, Haiti, Iraq, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Russia, Turkmenistan, Zimbabwe
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is again marking World
Press Freedom Day, Monday, May 3, by naming the World’s Worst Places to
Be a Journalist. The list of 10 places represents the full range of current
threats to press freedom.
After the murder of a radio journalist, Haiti's press pulls back in fear.
Haiti Atom Feed
