Committee to Protect Journalists - Spain tag:cpj.org,2008-09-16://1 2012-02-19T22:29:28Z Movable Type 4.38 Attacks on the Press in 2011: Europe, a Leader That Lags tag:cpj.org,2012://1.17657 2012-02-22T04:22:01Z 2012-02-19T22:29:28Z In the EU, some countries appear more immune than others to scrutiny and reproach. Anti-terror laws, political and economic concerns, and a lack of common standards all challenge the credibility of the EU's diplomacy. By Jean-Paul Marthoz... Committee to Protect Journalists Until his last days in office, Italy's Silvio Berlusconi pursued restrictive legislation known as the 'gag law.' (Reuters/Alessandro Garofalo)

In the EU, some countries appear more immune than others to scrutiny and reproach. Anti-terror laws, political and economic concerns, and a lack of common standards all challenge the credibility of the EU's diplomacy. By Jean-Paul Marthoz

]]> Critical Spanish journalists expelled from Panama tag:cpj.org,2011://1.16876 2011-03-02T18:46:59Z 2011-03-02T19:42:28Z New York, March 2, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the Panamanian government to allow two Spanish journalists and human rights activists who were expelled to return to the country. The journalists were covering and documenting an indigenous demonstration on Saturday when they were detained by authorities and accused... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, March 2, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the Panamanian government to allow two Spanish journalists and human rights activists who were expelled to return to the country. The journalists were covering and documenting an indigenous demonstration on Saturday when they were detained by authorities and accused of "disrupting public order" according to an official statement. 

]]> Press Cuba to keep promise to free journalists tag:cpj.org,2011://1.16719 2011-02-09T05:01:47Z 2011-02-09T13:36:36Z Dear President Rodríguez Zapatero: The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed that the Cuban government has yet to fulfill its promise to free all journalists imprisoned during the 2003 crackdown on dissent. We urge your government, which was a key party to the agreement to release the prisoners by November 2010, to hold President Raúl Castro to his word. Committee to Protect Journalists Moroccan authorities impeding Spanish journalists tag:cpj.org,2010://1.16280 2010-11-09T21:27:36Z 2010-11-09T21:30:09Z New York, November 9, 2010--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by an increasing climate of hostility for Spanish journalists in Morocco, highlighted by official measures to prevent Spanish journalists from covering clashes in the Western Sahara. CPJ calls on Rabat to allow journalists to do their work unimpeded.... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, November 9, 2010--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by an increasing climate of hostility for Spanish journalists in Morocco, highlighted by official measures to prevent Spanish journalists from covering clashes in the Western Sahara. CPJ calls on Rabat to allow journalists to do their work unimpeded.]]> 2 Cuban reporters freed, arrive in Madrid; 13 now released tag:cpj.org,2010://1.15906 2010-08-19T19:45:49Z 2010-08-20T18:10:46Z New York, August 19, 2010--Formerly imprisoned Cuban journalists Fabio Prieto Llorente and Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta arrived in Spain today, bringing to 13 the number of imprisoned reporters who were freed this year as part of an agreement between the Cuban Catholic Church and the government of President Raúl... Committee to Protect Journalists A well-wisher hugs freed Cuban journalist Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta upon his arrival at a hotel in Madrid today. (AP/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)New York, August 19, 2010--Formerly imprisoned Cuban journalists Fabio Prieto Llorente and Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta arrived in Spain today, bringing to 13 the number of imprisoned reporters who were freed this year as part of an agreement between the Cuban Catholic Church and the government of President Raúl Castro.]]> CPJ urges EU leader to seek freedom for Cuban journalists tag:cpj.org,2010://1.14419 2010-03-18T13:55:59Z 2010-03-18T15:00:11Z Dear President Rodríguez Zapatero: On the seventh anniversary of the Cuban government’s massive crackdown on dissidents and the independent press, the Committee to Protect Journalists calls on you as leader of the European Union to take the forefront in defending human rights by urging President Raúl Castro to immediately release 22 journalists now jailed in Cuba. Committee to Protect Journalists CPJ condemns attack on Basque broadcaster tag:cpj.org,2008:/blog//8.10659 2008-12-31T20:06:36Z 2009-01-07T20:10:50Z We issued the following statement in reaction to the car bomb explosion this morning outside the offices of EITB, a public radio and television broadcaster known for its balanced news coverage with headquarters in Bilbao, the main city of Spain's Basque Country. The bomb exploded at around 11 a.m.... Committee to Protect Journalists We issued the following statement in reaction to the car bomb explosion this morning outside the offices of EITB, a public radio and television broadcaster known for its balanced news coverage with headquarters in Bilbao, the main city of Spain's Basque Country. The bomb exploded at around 11 a.m. after a warning call from the armed separatist group ETA tipped a fire brigade, EITB reported on its Web site. The broadcaster's premises had been evacuated; no deaths and one minor injury were reported, The Associated Press said...


]]> CPJ Impact tag:216.139.245.96,2008://1.8604 2008-03-01T05:00:00Z 2010-04-19T19:36:35Z March 2008 News from the Committee to Protect Journalists... Committee to Protect Journalists News from the Committee to Protect Journalists]]> Attacks on the Press 2007: Europe and Central Asia Snapshots tag:cpj.org,2008://1.6746 2008-02-05T16:24:50Z 2009-04-06T21:51:53Z Attacks and developments throughout the region... Committee to Protect Journalists Attacks and developments throughout the region]]> CPJ Impact tag:216.139.245.96,2008://1.8602 2008-02-01T05:00:00Z 2010-04-19T19:39:39Z February 2008 News from the Committee to Protect Journalists... Committee to Protect Journalists News from the Committee to Protect Journalists]]> CPJ Update tag:216.139.245.96,2007://1.8645 2007-03-01T07:10:37Z 2008-10-31T19:15:30Z March 2007 News from the Committee to Protect Journalists... Committee to Protect Journalists News from the Committee to Protect Journalists]]> CPJ Update tag:216.139.245.96,2004://1.8633 2004-12-15T21:02:00Z 2009-04-23T17:27:30Z CPJ Update December 15, 2004 News from the Committee to Protect Journalists Return to front page | See previous Updates... Committee to Protect Journalists
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]]> Don't play along with Castro's cynical game tag:216.139.245.96,2004://1.8679 2004-12-14T20:32:42Z 2008-11-03T00:38:00Z This article originally appeared in The International Herald Tribune December 13, 2004 www.iht.com/opinion.html NEW YORK--When Raúl Rivero was released from prison and reunited with his family in Havana last week, newspapers around the world published photographs of the smiling Cuban writer embracing his wife, Blanca.... Joel Simon This article originally appeared in
The International Herald Tribune
December 13, 2004
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NEW YORK--When Raúl Rivero was released from prison and reunited with his family in Havana last week, newspapers around the world published photographs of the smiling Cuban writer embracing his wife, Blanca.

]]> Basque daily closed over alleged ETA links tag:216.139.245.96,2003://1.3528 2003-02-24T17:00:00Z 2003-02-24T17:00:00Z February 23, 2003—Euskaldunon Egunkaria, a Basque daily based in the northern Spanish town of Andaoin, was closed by government authorities on Thursday, February 20, because of alleged links to the armed separatist group ETA. The paper reappeared on newsstands the next day under the new name Egunkaria. Hundreds of Civil... Committee to Protect Journalists February 23, 2003—Euskaldunon Egunkaria, a Basque daily based in the northern Spanish town of Andaoin, was closed by government authorities on Thursday, February 20, because of alleged links to the armed separatist group ETA.

The paper reappeared on newsstands the next day under the new name Egunkaria.

Hundreds of Civil Guard police officers raided the offices of Euskaldunon Egunkaria and the homes of its senior staff throughout the Basque region of northern Spain last Thursday after a court ordered the paper's closure.
]]> Attacks on the Press 2001: Europe & Central Asia tag:216.139.245.96,2002://1.7379 2002-03-26T17:11:50Z 2009-04-15T18:11:18Z The exhilarating prospect of broad press freedoms that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union a decade ago has faded dramatically in much of the post-communist world. A considerable decline in press freedom conditions in Russia during the last year, along with the stranglehold authoritarian leaders have imposed on media... Alex Lupis The exhilarating prospect of broad press freedoms that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union a decade ago has faded dramatically in much of the post-communist world. A considerable decline in press freedom conditions in Russia during the last year, along with the stranglehold authoritarian leaders have imposed on media in Central Asia, the Caucasus, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova, has put journalists on the defensive across the region.

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