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CPJ honors top international journalists
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CPJ will honor journalists from Somalia, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Azerbaijan, and the United States at its International Press Freedom Awards on November 24. Awardee Eynulla Fatullayev, left, is jailed in Azerbaijan after exposing a flawed murder probe. Other awardees:
• Mustafa Haji Abdinur, Somalia
• Naziha Réjiba, Tunisia
• J.S. Tissainayagam, Sri Lanka
• Anthony Lewis, United States
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British probe sought in Munadi death
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CPJ urges British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to undertake a full investigation into the death of Afghan journalist Sultan Munadi, left. A reporter for The New York Times, Munadi was killed September 9 during a British military operation that rescued reporter Stephen Farrell from Taliban captors. Had troops been instructed to save Munadi?
• CPJ's letter to Brown
• Full coverage of Munadi case
Special Report: Anatomy of Injustice
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Secrecy, corruption, lack of accountability, and conflicts of interest routinely thwart justice in the murders of journalists in Russia, CPJ says in a new investigative report. Killers are convicted in just one in 17 slayings since 2000. Victims include acclaimed reporter Anna Politkovskaya, left.
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• Рreface by Kati Marton
• CPJ Blog: Russia says it will act
Remembering the fallen, seeking justice
More than 550 journalists have been murdered since 1992, with hundreds more killed in combat or on dangerous assignment. Building on years of CPJ research, we're launching a new database to memorialize those who have died and analyze the circumstances of their deaths. By focusing on unsolved murders, we intend to hold governments to account.
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• CPJ's Campaign Against Impunity
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In Middle East,
bloggers face attack
Blogging is the crucial front in the struggle for freedom of expression in the region, CPJ says in a new report. From Iran to Tunisia, authorities rewrite laws and deploy technology to block online reporting. Egyptian blogger Karim Amer, left, is among those jailed.
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Blog | Democratic Republic of the Congo
Didace Namujimbo, the brother I lost in Bukavu
By Déo Namujimbo
Didace Namujimbo, right, with colleague Serge Maheshe at Radio Okapi offices in 2006. Both were later murdered. (Déo Namujimbo)
Didace Namujimbo, right, with colleague Serge Maheshe at Radio Okapi offices in 2006. Both were later murdered. (Déo Namujimbo)
I shall never forgive myself for having initiated and encouraged my younger brother, Didace Namujimbo, to take up journalism. Working for 21 years in Bukavu, a city nestled on the picturesque shores of Lake Kivu, led me to cover every aspect of the brutal conflict and humanitarian catastrophe in this part of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, but a year ago nothing prepared me to deal with the news that my brother had been killed.
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November 20, 2009 5:14 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Alerts | Mexico
Mexican crime reporter vanishes in western Michoacán
El Cambio de Michoacán
El Cambio de Michoacán
New York, November 20, 2009—A Mexican reporter who had recently covered corruption and organized crime was reported missing this week in the western state of Michoacán, according to local news reports. María Esther Aguilar Cansimbe, at left, was last seen on November 11 near her home in Zamora. The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on state and federal authorities to do everything in their power to immediately bring her to safety.
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November 20, 2009 2:20 PM ET | Permalink
Tags: Abducted, Missing
Alerts | Ukraine
Independent broadcasters harassed, taken off air in Ukraine
New York, November 20, 2009—Authorities in Odessa, Ukraine, should immediately cease harassment of independent and pro-opposition broadcasters, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Officials from the Odessa Public Utility Service and mayor’s office have been physically obstructing the work of several local television and radio stations on the grounds of alleged building renovation, according to local news reports.
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November 20, 2009 11:27 AM ET | Permalink
Tags: Censored, Harassed
Blog | Cuba, USA
Obama responses stun Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez
By Carlos Lauría/Americas Senior Program Coordinator
Yoani Sánchez at home in Cuba. (Reuters)
Yoani Sánchez at home in Cuba. (Reuters)
Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez was astounded this week by President Barack Obama’s decision to respond a written questionnaire Sánchez submitted to the White House. Still recovering from bruises left by a recent vicious attack by state security agents, she told CPJ from her home in Havana: “This is the best way to get better.”
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November 19, 2009 5:01 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
Tags: Blogger, Internet, Yoani Sanchez
Singapore refuses to renew foreign journalist’s visa
Honored for their work, threatened at home
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Blog | Democratic Republic of the Congo
Didace Namujimbo, the brother I lost in Bukavu
By Déo Namujimbo
Didace Namujimbo, right, with colleague Serge Maheshe at Radio Okapi offices in 2006. Both were later murdered. (Déo Namujimbo)
Didace Namujimbo, right, with colleague Serge Maheshe at Radio Okapi offices in 2006. Both were later murdered. (Déo Namujimbo)
I shall never forgive myself for having initiated and encouraged my younger brother, Didace Namujimbo, to take up journalism. Working for 21 years in Bukavu, a city nestled on the picturesque shores of Lake Kivu, led me to cover every aspect of the brutal conflict and humanitarian catastrophe in this part of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, but a year ago nothing prepared me to deal with the news that my brother had been killed.
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November 20, 2009 5:14 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Alerts | Azerbaijan, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Tunisia
Honored for their work, threatened at home
CPJ introduces 2009 International Press Freedom Awardees
Naziha Réjiba (CPJ/Jeremy Bigwood)
Naziha Réjiba (CPJ/Jeremy Bigwood)
Washington, November 19, 2009—Naziha Réjiba, editor of the Tunisian online news journal Kalima, said she knows what to expect when she returns home—surveillance, harassment, and threats conducted by one the world’s most repressive governments.
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November 19, 2009 12:18 PM ET | Permalink
Tags: Eynulla Fatullayev, IPFA, JS Tissainayagam, Mustafa Abdinur, Naziha Réjiba
Alerts | Somalia
Two Somali journalists injured in separate shootings
New York, November 18, 2009—Two Somali correspondents for international media outlets were injured in separate shootings, one in the northeast semi-autonomous region of Puntland, and the other in the capital, Mogadishu, according to local journalists and news reports.
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November 18, 2009 3:37 PM ET | Permalink
Tags: Attacked, Puntland
Blog | Zambia
Zambian editor acquitted in hospital 'obscenity' case
By Mohamed Keita/Africa Research Associate
Chansa Kabwela speaks to reporters. (Thomas Nsama)
Chansa Kabwela speaks to reporters. (Thomas Nsama)
As the news editor of Zambia’s largest circulation newspaper and a mother to two young children, Chansa Kabwela already has her hands full. For the last four months, however, this 29-year-old journalist was mired in a court case with a peculiarity that made international headlines and sparked a debate on press freedom in this landlocked nation in southern Africa. The case was finally resolved on Monday.
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November 17, 2009 5:10 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tags: Chansa Kabwela, Legal Action
The Malawian who harnessed the airwaves
CPJ condemns suspension of six newspapers in Gabon
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Alerts | Mexico
Mexican crime reporter vanishes in western Michoacán
El Cambio de Michoacán
El Cambio de Michoacán
New York, November 20, 2009—A Mexican reporter who had recently covered corruption and organized crime was reported missing this week in the western state of Michoacán, according to local news reports. María Esther Aguilar Cansimbe, at left, was last seen on November 11 near her home in Zamora. The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on state and federal authorities to do everything in their power to immediately bring her to safety.
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November 20, 2009 2:20 PM ET | Permalink
Tags: Abducted, Missing
Blog | Cuba, USA
Obama responses stun Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez
By Carlos Lauría/Americas Senior Program Coordinator
Yoani Sánchez at home in Cuba. (Reuters)
Yoani Sánchez at home in Cuba. (Reuters)
Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez was astounded this week by President Barack Obama’s decision to respond a written questionnaire Sánchez submitted to the White House. Still recovering from bruises left by a recent vicious attack by state security agents, she told CPJ from her home in Havana: “This is the best way to get better.”
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November 19, 2009 5:01 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
Tags: Blogger, Internet, Yoani Sanchez
Blog | Argentina
Criminal defamation eliminated in Argentina
We issued the following statement today in response to Wednesday’s approval by the Argentine Senate of a government-sponsored bill that repeals criminal defamation provisions from the penal code...
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November 19, 2009 12:03 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Blog | Pakistan, USA
International press decries attack on Rosenberg
By Bob Dietz/Asia Program Coordinator
Twenty-one international news editors have signed on to a letter to the Pakistan government today. It was addressed to Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira and was drafted by Islamabad’s foreign correspondent community. They were concerned about an article that appeared in Pakistan’s The Nation daily on November 5 accusing Wall Street Journal reporter Matthew Rosenberg of working for the CIA, Israeli intelligence, and the U.S. military contractor Blackwater (now known as Xe).
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November 16, 2009 5:14 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
Tags: Matthew Rosenberg, Threatened
A letter to the American hikers being held in Iran
Free Speech Protection Act could slow 'libel tourism'
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Alerts | Singapore, UK
Singapore refuses to renew foreign journalist’s visa
New York, November 19, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Singapore government’s refusal to renew British freelance journalist Benjamin Bland’s work visa and its rejection of his application to cover the recently concluded Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit meeting. Bland had planned to report on the summit for the U.K.’s Daily Telegraph newspaper.
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November 19, 2009 12:30 PM ET | Permalink
Tags: Censored, Harassed
Alerts | Azerbaijan, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Tunisia
Honored for their work, threatened at home
CPJ introduces 2009 International Press Freedom Awardees
Naziha Réjiba (CPJ/Jeremy Bigwood)
Naziha Réjiba (CPJ/Jeremy Bigwood)
Washington, November 19, 2009—Naziha Réjiba, editor of the Tunisian online news journal Kalima, said she knows what to expect when she returns home—surveillance, harassment, and threats conducted by one the world’s most repressive governments.
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November 19, 2009 12:18 PM ET | Permalink
Tags: Eynulla Fatullayev, IPFA, JS Tissainayagam, Mustafa Abdinur, Naziha Réjiba
Alerts | Indonesia
Indonesia deports two foreign journalists
New York, November 18, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Indonesian government’s decision to deport Raimondo Bultrini, a reporter with Italy’s weekly L’Espresso, and Kumkum Dasgupta, an assistant editor with India’s Hindustan Times, for lacking accreditation.
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November 18, 2009 1:16 PM ET | Permalink
Tags: Expelled
Blog | Pakistan, USA
International press decries attack on Rosenberg
By Bob Dietz/Asia Program Coordinator
Twenty-one international news editors have signed on to a letter to the Pakistan government today. It was addressed to Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira and was drafted by Islamabad’s foreign correspondent community. They were concerned about an article that appeared in Pakistan’s The Nation daily on November 5 accusing Wall Street Journal reporter Matthew Rosenberg of working for the CIA, Israeli intelligence, and the U.S. military contractor Blackwater (now known as Xe).
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November 16, 2009 5:14 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
Tags: Matthew Rosenberg, Threatened
Journalist and translator freed in Afghanistan
Shakeup at China’s leading investigative magazine
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Alerts | Ukraine
Independent broadcasters harassed, taken off air in Ukraine
New York, November 20, 2009—Authorities in Odessa, Ukraine, should immediately cease harassment of independent and pro-opposition broadcasters, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Officials from the Odessa Public Utility Service and mayor’s office have been physically obstructing the work of several local television and radio stations on the grounds of alleged building renovation, according to local news reports.
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November 20, 2009 11:27 AM ET | Permalink
Tags: Censored, Harassed
Alerts | Singapore, UK
Singapore refuses to renew foreign journalist’s visa
New York, November 19, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Singapore government’s refusal to renew British freelance journalist Benjamin Bland’s work visa and its rejection of his application to cover the recently concluded Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit meeting. Bland had planned to report on the summit for the U.K.’s Daily Telegraph newspaper.
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November 19, 2009 12:30 PM ET | Permalink
Tags: Censored, Harassed
Alerts | Azerbaijan, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Tunisia
Honored for their work, threatened at home
CPJ introduces 2009 International Press Freedom Awardees
Naziha Réjiba (CPJ/Jeremy Bigwood)
Naziha Réjiba (CPJ/Jeremy Bigwood)
Washington, November 19, 2009—Naziha Réjiba, editor of the Tunisian online news journal Kalima, said she knows what to expect when she returns home—surveillance, harassment, and threats conducted by one the world’s most repressive governments.
Continue reading »
November 19, 2009 12:18 PM ET | Permalink
Tags: Eynulla Fatullayev, IPFA, JS Tissainayagam, Mustafa Abdinur, Naziha Réjiba
Blog | Saudi Arabia, UK, USA
Free Speech Protection Act could slow 'libel tourism'
By Robert Mahoney/Deputy Director
Free press advocates in Britain are looking to a bill stuck in the U.S. Congress for moral support in the fight to reform England’s draconian defamation laws. The U.S. bill, the Free Speech Protection Act 2009, is itself the product of those laws, which have made London the capital of “libel tourism.”
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November 16, 2009 10:57 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
Tags: Defamation, US Congress
Russia must effectively investigate Beketov case
Journalist and translator freed in Afghanistan
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Alerts | Azerbaijan, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Tunisia
Honored for their work, threatened at home
CPJ introduces 2009 International Press Freedom Awardees
Naziha Réjiba (CPJ/Jeremy Bigwood)
Naziha Réjiba (CPJ/Jeremy Bigwood)
Washington, November 19, 2009—Naziha Réjiba, editor of the Tunisian online news journal Kalima, said she knows what to expect when she returns home—surveillance, harassment, and threats conducted by one the world’s most repressive governments.
Continue reading »
November 19, 2009 12:18 PM ET | Permalink
Tags: Eynulla Fatullayev, IPFA, JS Tissainayagam, Mustafa Abdinur, Naziha Réjiba
Blog | Iran, USA
A letter to the American hikers being held in Iran
By Joel Simon/Executive Director
The families of Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal, and Sarah Shourd, the three hikers detained in Iran, said today they are concerned about their children’s emotional well-being after nearly four months in prison. They asked supporters to send letters, which they will seek to deliver to them in Evin Prison in Tehran, where the three are being held.
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November 16, 2009 5:00 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tags: Imprisoned, Josh Fattal, Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer
Blog | Saudi Arabia, UK, USA
Free Speech Protection Act could slow 'libel tourism'
By Robert Mahoney/Deputy Director
Free press advocates in Britain are looking to a bill stuck in the U.S. Congress for moral support in the fight to reform England’s draconian defamation laws. The U.S. bill, the Free Speech Protection Act 2009, is itself the product of those laws, which have made London the capital of “libel tourism.”
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November 16, 2009 10:57 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
Tags: Defamation, US Congress
Alerts | Iraq
Iraqi court fines Guardian for defaming al-Maliki
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New York, November 11, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists denounces a Baghdad court’s ruling that the London-based Guardian newspaper defamed Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, left, in an April 2009 article depicting increasing authoritarianism in his government. CPJ calls on an appeals court to overturn the decision.
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November 11, 2009 2:48 PM ET | Permalink
Tags: Defamation
CPJ: End campaign against independent media in Morocco
CPJ rejects Iran espionage charges against American hikers
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