Committee to Protect Journalists tag:cpj.org,2008-08-18:/reports//15 2011-12-29T15:17:15Z Movable Type 4.34-en Ethiopian blogger, journalists convicted of terrorism tag:cpj.org,2012://1.18361 2012-01-19T22:22:55Z 2012-01-19T22:46:31Z New York, January 19, 2012--Two journalists and a U.S.-based blogger who was tried in absentia were convicted on charges of terrorism in Ethiopia today and could be sentenced to the death penalty, according to news reports.... Committee to Protect Journalists From left: Woubshet, Alemu, and Kifle.

New York, January 19, 2012--Two journalists and a U.S.-based blogger who was tried in absentia were convicted on charges of terrorism in Ethiopia today and could be sentenced to the death penalty, according to news reports.

]]> Sudan confiscates, shuts down newspapers again tag:cpj.org,2012://1.18356 2012-01-18T21:34:56Z 2012-01-18T21:36:50Z Committee to Protect Journalists New York, January 18, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Sudan's routine use of newspaper closures as a means to censor critical reporting. Over two weeks, the authorities have shut down and confiscated the assets of two daily newspapers. 

]]> Attacks, arrests, legislation restrict Israeli press freedom tag:cpj.org,2012://1.18354 2012-01-18T20:27:51Z 2012-01-18T20:54:39Z Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu: The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by ongoing attacks on and detention of journalists in the Occupied Palestinian Territories as well as by a recent series of developments that restrict freedom of the press in Israel. Physical attacks, arrests, and other restrictions are creating an environment that undermines the vitality of the media, a key component of Israel's democracy. Committee to Protect Journalists January 18, 2012

Hon. Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel
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Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu,

The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by ongoing attacks on and detention of journalists in the Occupied Palestinian Territories as well as by a recent series of developments that restrict freedom of the press in Israel. Physical attacks, arrests, and other restrictions are creating an environment that undermines the vitality of the media, a key component of Israel's democracy.

]]> Insulza must repudiate attacks against IACHR tag:cpj.org,2012://1.18352 2012-01-18T19:20:57Z 2012-01-18T19:32:20Z Dear Mr. Insulza: The Committee to Protect Journalists has been monitoring with increasing concern an offensive launched by the government of Ecuador aimed at weakening the Inter-American human rights system, an effort that if successful could represent a serious blow to freedom of expression in the hemisphere. Committee to Protect Journalists January 18, 2012

José Miguel Insulza
Secretary General of the Organization of American States
1889 F Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006

Dear Mr. Insulza:

The Committee to Protect Journalists has been monitoring with increasing concern an offensive launched by the government of Ecuador aimed at weakening the Inter-American human rights system, an effort that if successful could represent a serious blow to freedom of expression in the hemisphere.

]]> In Somaliland, crackdown on the press continues tag:cpj.org,2012://1.18351 2012-01-17T22:21:40Z 2012-01-17T22:38:12Z New York, January 17, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the deteriorating press conditions in the semi-autonomous republic of Somaliland after this weekend's detention of 21 journalists protesting a police raid on a private broadcaster.... Committee to Protect Journalists At least 21 Somaliland journalists were detained this past weekend while protesting the shutdown of a broadcaster. (SOLJA/Said Askar)

New York, January 17, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the deteriorating press conditions in the semi-autonomous republic of Somaliland after this weekend's detention of 21 journalists protesting a police raid on a private broadcaster.

]]> Further investigation necessary in Hrant Dink murder tag:cpj.org,2012://1.18349 2012-01-17T22:02:31Z 2012-01-17T22:53:45Z New York, January 17, 2012--The conviction of several accomplices in the 2007 assassination of Hrant Dink, then-editor of the Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos, fails to address the issue of who commissioned the slaying, thus perpetuating impunity in the case, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.... Committee to Protect Journalists Friends of slain Turkish-Armenian journalist protest outside a courthouse in Istanbul today. (AFP/Bulent Kilic)

New York, January 17, 2012--The conviction of several accomplices in the 2007 assassination of Hrant Dink, then-editor of the Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos, fails to address the issue of who commissioned the slaying, thus perpetuating impunity in the case, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

]]> Gunmen kill Pakistani journalist who reported on Taliban tag:cpj.org,2012://1.18346 2012-01-17T18:47:56Z 2012-01-17T20:49:31Z New York, January 17, 2012--Unidentified gunmen killed broadcast journalist Mukarram Khan Aatif in a mosque north of Peshawar today, according to news reports. Aatif was a correspondent for private TV station Dunya News and also worked for Deewa Radio, a Pashto-language channel of the U.S. government-funded broadcaster Voice of America,... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, January 17, 2012--Unidentified gunmen killed broadcast journalist Mukarram Khan Aatif in a mosque north of Peshawar today, according to news reports. Aatif was a correspondent for private TV station Dunya News and also worked for Deewa Radio, a Pashto-language channel of the U.S. government-funded broadcaster Voice of America, news reports said.

]]> Vietnam releases journalist, nine others still jailed tag:cpj.org,2012://1.18345 2012-01-17T18:03:14Z 2012-01-17T18:16:30Z Bangkok, January 17, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release from prison of French-Vietnamese blogger Pham Minh Hoang and calls on Vietnam's Communist Party-led government to remove the continuing restrictions on him and free the nine other journalists still behind bars.... Committee to Protect Journalists French-Vietnamese blogger Pham Minh Hoang was released from prison on Friday. (AFP)

Bangkok, January 17, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release from prison of French-Vietnamese blogger Pham Minh Hoang and calls on Vietnam's Communist Party-led government to remove the continuing restrictions on him and free the nine other journalists still behind bars.

]]> Under pressure at home, Chinese writer chooses exile tag:cpj.org,2012://1.18339 2012-01-13T20:03:47Z 2012-01-13T20:10:39Z New York, January 13, 2012--The decision of prominent Chinese writer Yu Jie to seek exile in the United States this week is an indication of the intensifying hardships that face dissidents who criticize Communist Party rule, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.... Committee to Protect Journalists Writer Yu Jie was finally allowed to leave China. He arrived in Washington on Monday. (AFP/Peter Parks)

New York, January 13, 2012--The decision of prominent Chinese writer Yu Jie to seek exile in the United States this week is an indication of the intensifying hardships that face dissidents who criticize Communist Party rule, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

]]> In Russia, unknown attacker stabs exiled Tajik journalist tag:cpj.org,2012://1.18342 2012-01-13T19:14:56Z 2012-01-13T23:41:42Z New York, January 13, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Thursday's attack in Moscow on Dododzhon Atovulloyev, exiled publisher and editor-in-chief of the Tajik pro-opposition newspaper Charogi Ruz.... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, January 13, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Thursday's attack in Moscow on Dododzhon Atovulloyev, exiled publisher and editor-in-chief of the Tajik pro-opposition newspaper Charogi Ruz.

]]> Ghana must probe state agents' attack on photographer tag:cpj.org,2012://1.18338 2012-01-13T19:03:51Z 2012-01-13T21:40:41Z New York, January 13, 2012---Authorities in Ghana should launch a thorough and transparent investigation into reports that state security agents on Thursday brutalized a photojournalist covering the high-profile court case of a senior police official, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, January 13, 2012---Authorities in Ghana should launch a thorough and transparent investigation into reports that state security agents on Thursday brutalized a photojournalist covering the high-profile court case of a senior police official, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

]]> Somaliland: 7 journalists arrested in a week, 3 still held tag:cpj.org,2012://1.18337 2012-01-13T19:00:18Z 2012-01-13T19:09:07Z Committee to Protect Journalists President Ahmed Mohamoud Silyano pledged to improve press freedom conditions in Somaliland during his 2010 election campaign. (AP/Teresa Krug)

New York, January 13, 2012-- The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the recent spate of arrests of independent reporters in the semi-autonomous republic of Somaliland. 

]]> In mass amnesty, nine journalists released in Burma tag:cpj.org,2012://1.18334 2012-01-13T17:10:54Z 2012-01-13T17:18:32Z Bangkok, January 13, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release of nine journalists who were freed as part of a mass release of at least 600 political prisoners in Burma on Friday, but calls on President Thein Sein to release reporters still being held in detention and to... Committee to Protect Journalists Burmese online journalist Nay Phone Latt is one of nine journalists released in a mass amnesty today. The journalist, 28, had been sentenced to 20 and a half years in prison. (AFP/Soe Than Win)

Bangkok, January 13, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release of nine journalists who were freed as part of a mass release of at least 600 political prisoners in Burma on Friday, but calls on President Thein Sein to release reporters still being held in detention and to implement press reforms that would end the country's repressive media environment.

]]> Journalists still being assaulted in Tunisia tag:cpj.org,2012://1.18340 2012-01-13T15:53:33Z 2012-01-13T22:41:17Z Committee to Protect Journalists New York, January 13, 2012-- The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns recent attacks on the press in Tunisia. A journalist was assaulted while covering a protest at the interior ministry Wednesday, and two female journalists were assaulted last week. 

]]> Newspaper reporter shot, killed in Thailand tag:cpj.org,2012://1.18332 2012-01-12T19:56:09Z 2012-01-13T17:27:48Z New York, January 12, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for a thorough investigation into today's killing of a newspaper reporter in the Thai city of Phuket.... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, January 12, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for a thorough investigation into today's killing of a newspaper reporter in the Thai city of Phuket.

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