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DonateDozens of journalists who have fled Iran to avoid prison face a tense
and lengthy process toward resettlement and an uncertain financial and professional future. Most of all, they fear that the
Iranian government will catch up with them.
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Committee to Protect Journalists
Middle East & North Africa
This is the story of Iranian journalist Javad Moghimi Parsa. TIME magazine published one of the photos he took during his off-duty coverage of the unrest which came after the 2009 elections. Called a spy, he fled into exile. [View a larger version of the video here.]
Analysis
Analysis
Emerging trends favor free expression, but they are filled with
ambiguity. Much depends on the political configurations to rise from the revolutionary dust.
Analysis
Turkish authorities are waging a war on free expression by subjecting
journalists to endless court proceedings and severe legal consequences.
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Analysis
Sexual violence against journalists is discussed more openly, but few
concrete changes have been made in training.
Middle East & North Africa
Deaths by Type in 2011
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| 13 | Dangerous Assignment | ||
| 5 | Combat/Crossfire | ||
| 1 | Murder |
Regional Data
19
Journalists Killed in 2011
144
Journalists In Exile 2001-11
271
Journalists Killed Since 1992
77
Imprisoned on December 1, 2011
174
Unsolved Journalist Murders Since 1992
5
Missing as of December 31, 2011
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Israel and the
Israel and the
Occupied
Palestinian
Territory
5 Detentions of journalists aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
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Jordan
70 Attacks on
the press during an intense five-month period of political unrest.
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Morocco
2 Imprisoned
in December 2011 as authorities persisted in using judicial retaliation.
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Saudi Arabia
5th
Worst nation for bloggers due to restrictive
laws and pervasive blocking.
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Sudan
19
Confiscations of newspaper editions. Authorities practiced widespread censorship.
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Syria
8 Imprisoned
in December 2011 as the regime used detentions to silence news coverage.
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Tunisia
0 Imprisoned
in December 2011 as the new government turned away from retaliatory detentions.
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Yemen
8
International journalists expelled in March as the regime sought to block global coverage.
Country reports in this chapter were researched and written by Dahlia El-Zein, research associate for CPJ's Middle East and North Africa program, with reporting from CPJ Program Coordinator Mohamed Abdel Dayem.
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