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2008



October 28, 2008—Nearly three years after gunman left him for dead on a Baghdad street, Iraqi state television camera operator Jehad Ali arrived in the U.S. for medical treatment. CPJ’s Robert Mahoney blogs about the effort to bring Ali to the United States.

ยป Earlier: A California Dream

The backstory of CPJ's report on Tunisia
The backstory of CPJ's report on Azerbaijan


More than 80 journalists flee their home countries in the last year. Iraq and Somalia are the hardest hit.
Burma's military junta imposed tighter internet restrictions after the Saffron Revolution. But news continues to flow thanks to the exile-run media and their resilient undercover reporters.

Joel Campagna: The backstory of this report

Journalists from Sierra Leone, Russia, and the Philippines describe the failure of justice and the effect on their work.

Interviews by Borja Bergareche

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