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Together Again

Haitian journalists in exile are reunited with their 4-year-old son after nearly two years apart.

Stanley Mathieu walked into CPJ headquarters one afternoon dressed in a three-piece ivory suit and grinning from ear to ear. He posed for pictures with staff, answered questions from the Americas program staff, and munched on animal cookies. At 4 years old, he was one of CPJ's youngest and most anticipated visitors.

"Just a note of thanks to all of CPJ for your support, which came at a time when we had the impression of being completely discouraged and suddenly alone. CPJ's gesture of solidarity encouraged me to return to my country and to continue the fight for freedom of expression," Donat M'baya Tshimanga, president of Congolese press freedom organization Journalists en Danger, who received help from CPJ to go into temporary exile after receiving death threats.

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CPJ Provides Urgent Help to Journalists Around the World

In 2001, CPJ created the Journalist Assistance Program to provide direct assistance to journalists whose needs could not be addressed by advocacy alone--journalists who must go into hiding or exile to escape threats; journalists in need of medicine and other material support in prison; and journalists injured after violent attacks, to give some examples. Since then we have helped more than 250 journalists from 49 countries.