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Alerts | Bahrain

Bahrain arrests critical journalist

Protesters hold tear-gas canisters at an anti-U.S. protest held to condemn the sales of arms to Bahrain, in the village of Diraz west of Manama Thursday. Reuters/Hamad I Mohammed)

New York, May 17, 2012--A journalist who criticized Bahrain's proposed union with Saudi Arabia was seized from his home near Manama on Wednesday and his whereabouts are unknown. The Committee to Protect Journalists called today for his immediate release.

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May 17, 2012 6:07 PM ET |
Tags: Ahmed Radhi, Attacked, Freelance, Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa, Imprisoned, Social Media
Blog | Libya, South Africa, USA

Audio slideshow: Supporting family of Anton Hammerl

Freelance photographer Anton Hammerl was killed in Libya on April 5, 2011. Friends of Hammerl are holding an auction May 15 to raise funds for his three children. James Foley elaborates.

May 14, 2012 5:05 PM ET | | Comments (0)
Tags: Anton Hammerl, Freelance, James Foley, Killed
Alerts | Uganda

Ugandan police beat journalists covering Besigye's arrest

Anatoli Luswata shows injuries from a police beating. (AFP)

New York, March 21, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns attacks by Ugandan police against two journalists in separate incidents outside of police stations today.

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March 21, 2012 5:20 PM ET |
Tags: Anatoli Luswata, Attacked, Eddobozi, Edward Echwalu, Freelance, Kizza Besigye

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