Lebanon

New York, June 1, 2009--On the eve of the fourth anniversary of the murder of Lebanese journalist Samir Qassir, the Committee to Protect Journalists is outraged that those behind the crime are still at large.

New York, December 11, 2008--The Lebanese authorities must bring to justice those responsible for the 2005 assassination of journalist Gebran Tueni, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. 

New York, October 9, 2008--‎Two U.S. journalists missing since October 1 are being held in Syria in connection with visa issues, several news organizations reported today.

The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said today that Holli Chmela, 27, and Taylor Luck, 23, were‎ arrested when they entered Syria without visas, news reports said.

New York, October 8, 2008--The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned for the safety of two American journalists on vacation in Lebanon who have not been heard from since October 1.

Holli Chmela, 27, who had just finished an internship at The Jordan Times, and Taylor Luck, 23, a staff writer at the paper, had flown to Beirut from Amman, Jordan, on September 29 on a vacation, according to international wire reports.

AUGUST 15, 2008
Posted August 27, 2008

Marcos Losekann and Paulo Pimentel, TV Globo
Tariq Saleh, freelance HARRASSED  

Saleh, 33, a Brazilian producer, told CPJ that on August 15, along with reporter Marcos Losekann and cameraman Paulo Pimentel, both working for TV Globo, were arrested by Hezbollah militants in Dahiye, in the southern suburbs of Beirut while doing a story on a local restaurant owner.

CPJ alarmed by attacks on pro-government media

New York, May 9, 2008—The Committee to Protect Journalists denounces a series of threats and attacks carried out today by the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah and its allies against pro-government news outlets in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

In separate incidents on Friday, Hezbollah gunmen and allied opposition groups attacked and threatened offices belonging to the Future media group owned by Saad Hariri, leader of parliament’s U.S.-backed governing coalition.