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DonateNew York, February 13, 2012--Egyptian authorities should immediately release detained Australian journalist Austin Mackell, his translator, and an American student traveling with them, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Committee to Protect Journalists
Australia
New York, August 19, 2011--The deaths of correspondent Paul Lockyer, cameraman John Bean, and pilot Gary Ticehurst of the Australian public broadcaster ABC are a tragic
loss, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The three died in a helicopter
crash on Thursday while filming in southern Australia.
New York, March 29, 2011--Ross Dunkley, founder and editor of the Myanmar Times weekly newspaper, was released on bail from a Burmese prison today, according to international news reports. Dunkley, an Australian citizen arrested February 10 amid tense negotiations over the future of the weekly, had been denied several earlier requests for release on bail.
Bangkok, February 14, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned that authorities have detained Ross Dunkley, editor-in-chief and chief executive officer of the Myanmar Times newspaper, on immigration-related charges in Burma.
Alerts
| Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Italy, Kuwait, South Africa, Turkey, Venezuela
New York, June 1, 2010--Israel should immediately release the journalists it detained along with hundreds of peace activists on Monday after Israeli forces stormed a convoy of ships carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. According to international news reports and CPJ interviews, Israeli forces arrested at least 20 journalists aboard the humanitarian flotilla; three have since been released.
New York, May 26, 2009--The Committee to Protect Journalists is very concerned about the well-being
of two captive journalists, a Canadian and an Australian, who
urged their respective governments to work harder for their release in a phone
call with a reporter on Sunday. Both journalists said they were sick and being
held in harsh conditions.
Attacks on the Press
| Australia, East Timor, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Taiwan, Vietnam
Attacks & developments throughout the region
New York, November 19, 2007-- The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes an Australian coroner's Friday ruling that five journalists were deliberately killed in 1975 by Indonesian armed forces seeking to prevent them from reporting on Indonesia's invasion of East Timor.
The killings may qualify as war crimes under the Geneva Conventions and Australian law, according to the report by Dorelle Pinch, the deputy coroner for the state of New South Wales. Pinch referred the case to the Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock.
New York, October 10, 2007—The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about the press freedom implications of proposed Australian legislation that would give the federal police commissioner powers to unilaterally block Internet content that he or she “has reason to believe … is crime or terrorist related.”
The Communications Legislation Amendment (Crime or Terrorism Related Internet Content) was introduced before the Senate by Communications Minister and Sen. Helen Coonan on September 13 and is now in its second reading. It seeks to expand the list of censored sites in Australia, according to news reports. That list currently focuses on pornographic content, those reports said.
Attacks and developments throughout the region
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