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Moscow, June 12, 2012--CPJ condemns Monday's conviction of a journalist in Azerbaijan who has been held by police since February on trumped-up charges....
Committee to Protect Journalists
in December.
CPJ's IPFA winner receives UNESCO prize
Azerbaijani journalist Eynulla Fatullayev was
awarded the 2012 UNESCO/Guillermo
Cano World Press Freedom Prize in
Azerbaijani journalist Eynulla Fatullayev
has been named 2012 laureate of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press
Four years after Eynulla Fatullayev was imprisoned on a series of fabricated charges, and more than a
flow
of information.
One journalist who
won his liberty in 2011 is Eynulla Fatullayev from Azerbaijan, who was honored with CPJ's International
Press Freedom Award in
Reports
| Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Burma, Burundi, China, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, India, Iran, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Ivory Coast, Journalist Assistance, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Morocco, Rwanda, Sudan, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
tally.
MORE IN THIS REPORT
• Database of all
imprisoned journalists
• Video: "Freeing Eynulla Fatullayev"
• Blog: China's crackdown
on ethnic journalists
• Blog: Ethiopia's abuse
of terror laws
this video companion to CPJ's 2011 census of imprisoned journalists, Azerbaijani editor Eynulla Fatullayev describes his own time in prison and how international advocacy can make
News from the Committee to Protect Journalists, November 2011 Honoring those who buck the system CPJ and about 900 supporters recently embarked on an emotional journey with four journalists from Bahrain, Belarus, Mexico, and Pakistan. At the 2011 International Press Freedom Awards in New York's Waldorf Astoria on November 22,...
The Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria might seem like an odd venue to stage a call for resistance. Nine hundred people in tuxedos and gowns. Champagne and cocktails. Bill Cunningham snapping photos. This combination is generally more likely to coax a boozy nostalgia than foment a revolution. But...
As he exited his car and entered the performance center, the man in the dark pinstriped suit caught the attention of a few people, who trailed after him. The small crowd greeted him respectfully and enthusiastically, as someone they felt they had known all their lives. In return he...
