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OUT OF SIGHT: The Indonesian military is controlling coverage of their war in the restive province of Aceh. Posted July 16, 2003.


PERMISSION TO FIRE: CPJ investigates the April 8 shelling of the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad. by Joel Campagna and Rhonda Roumani. Posted May 27, 2003.


CRACKDOWN ON THE INDEPENDENT PRESS IN CUBA: Dozens of journalists have been arrested and sentenced to 14 to 27 years in prison. Posted May 2003.


CONFLICT IN THE GULF: Information and links to articles about the Iraq war, one of the deadliest conflicts ever for journalists. Posted from February 25 to May 9.


WORLD'S WORST PLACES TO BE A JOURNALIST: Posted on World Press Freedom Day, May 3.

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ON ASSIGNMENT: COVERING CONFLICTS SAFELY. A practical guide for journalists working in dangerous situations. Posted March 2003.



FREE JOSHUA:
Prominent Eritrean journalist Fesshaye Johannes, known as Joshua, has been in prison since 2001.


INDONESIA: Journalist killed
POSTED December 29, 2003

VIETNAM: Writer to go on trial
POSTED December 29, 2003

CHINA: Court rejects South Korean photographer's appeal
POSTED December 22, 2003

GABON: CPJ calls for investigation into journalist's death
POSTED December 23, 2003

PAKISTAN: Two journalists detained
POSTED December 22, 2003

CUBA: Another journalist goes on a hunger strike
Versión en español
Versão em português
POSTED December 19, 2003

IRAQ: Two journalists wounded in grenade attack
POSTED December 11, 2003

BANGLADESH: CPJ condemns violent attacks on journalists
POSTED December 11, 2003

KUWAIT: Letter bomb injures editor's secretary
POSTED December 11, 2003

YEMEN: CPJ concerned about proposed bill
POSTED December 9, 2003

PAKISTAN: Journalist threatened, attacked
POSTED December 8, 2003

BURMA: Journalist sentenced to death
POSTED December 4, 2003

PHILIPPINES: Radio journalist killed
POSTED December 3, 2003

BANGLADESH: Journalist detained
POSTED December 3, 2003

BELARUS: Court declares missing journalist dead
POSTED December 2, 2003

CHINA: Internet writer freed
POSTED December 1, 2003

TANZANIA: Zanzibari government bans newspaper
POSTED November 24, 2003

SIERRA LEONE: Police seize newspaper's equipment
POSTED November 24, 2003

IRAQ: CPJ condemns closure of Arab news channel
POSTED November 24, 2003

RWANDA: CPJ concerned about detention of journalists and seizure of newspaper
POSTED November 21, 2003

TUNISIA: Journalist released from prison
POSTED November 19, 2003

CUBA: Journalist released after six years in prison
Versión en español
Versão em português

POSTED November 18, 2003

IRAQ: Reporter abducted, journalist shot
POSTED November 14, 2003

RUSSIA: Court releases imprisoned journalist
POSTED November 13, 2003

CUBA: CPJ concerned about imprisoned journalists' welfare
Versión en español
Versão em português

POSTED November 12, 2003

BANGLADESH: Journalists attacked
POSTED November 12, 2003

EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Journalist released from police detention
POSTED November 12, 2003

ETHIOPIA: Journalists' association suspended
POSTED November 12, 2003

VIETNAM: Writer sentenced to 10-month prison term
POSTED November 12, 2003

BANGLADESH: Journalist released on bail
POSTED November 12, 2003

VIETNAM: Writer to be tried tomorrow
POSTED November 11, 2003

AFGHANISTAN: U.S. Embassy issues warning to American journalists
POSTED November 10, 2003

RUSSIA: Supreme Court upholds acquittal of journalists on state secrets charge
POSTED November 10, 2003

NIGER: Journalist imprisoned on criminal defamation charges
POSTED November 10, 2003

CPJ APPOINTS THREE NEW BOARD MEMBERS
POSTED November 10, 2003

BANGLADESH: CPJ condemns arrest of photojournalist
POSTED November 7, 2003

ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES: Government annouces new press accreditation requirements
POSTED November 6, 2003

MALI: CPJ concerned about jailing of three journalists
POSTED November 5, 2003

EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Journalist imprisoned
POSTED November 5, 2003

IRAQ: Iranian journalists released after four months
POSTED November 3, 2003

CHINA: CPJ condemns arrest of Internet essayist
POSTED November 3, 2003

HAITI: Independent radio station attacked
POSTED October 30, 2003

RUSSIA: Constitutional Court abolishes part of restrictive election law
POSTED October 30, 2003

PANAMA: Judge overturns decision barring journalist from leaving country
Versión en español
Versão em português
POSTED October 29, 2003

CUBA: Imprisoned journalists continue hunger strike
Versión en español
Versão em português POSTED October 29, 2003


IRAQ: Editor killed
POSTED October 28, 2003

GUATEMALA: Abducted journalists freed
POSTED October 28, 2003

GUATEMALA: Four journalists abducted by former paramilitaries
Versión en español
Versão em português

POSTED October 27, 2003

ZIMBABWE: Four ANZ directors to spend the night in custody
POSTED October 27, 2003

INDONESIA: Editor convicted of criminal defamation
POSTED October 27, 2003

GUATEMALA: CPJ verifies climate of threats and intimidation against the press
Versión en español
Versão em português

POSTED October 24, 2003

SENEGAL: Radio France International correspondent expelled
POSTED October 23, 2003

IVORY COAST: French journalist assassinated
POSTED October 22, 2003

CHINA: Internet essayist sentenced
POSTED October 21, 2003

RUSSIA: CPJ concerned about investigation into journalist's murder
POSTED October 21, 2003

CAMBODIA: Journalist murdered
POSTED October 20, 2003

THE GAMBIA: Newspaper's offices attacked
POSTED October 20, 2003

BOLIVIA: Media outlets and journalists attacked, threatened
Versión en español
Versão em português
POSTED October 17, 2003

AZERBAIJAN: Police crackdown on media amid presidential elections
POSTED October 17, 2003

SIERRA LEONE: CPJ protests journalist's detention
POSTED October 14, 2003

SAUDI ARABIA: CPJ condemns government harassment of journalists
POSTED October 14, 2003

RUSSIA: Editor-in-chief of independent daily murdered
POSTED October 10, 2003

ETHIOPIA: CPJ calls for investigation into attack on journalist
POSTED October 9, 2003

IRAQ/UNITED STATES: CPJ requests information from U.S. Defense Department about journalists killed by U.S. forces
POSTED October 8, 2003

SIERRA LEONE: Newspaper editor harrassed
POSTED October 8, 2003

INDONESIA: CPJ concerned about kidnapped journalists
POSTED October 7, 2003

VENEZUELA: CPJ concerned by administrative proceedings against TV station
Versión en español
Versão em português
POSTED October 7, 2003

RUSSIA: Federal court upholds journalist's conviction
POSTED October 7, 2003

RUSSIA: Two journalists die in car accident while on assignment
POSTED October 7, 2003

PAKISTAN: Journalist killed
POSTED October 6, 2003

NIGER: CPJ protests journalist's detention
POSTED October 6, 2003

INDONESIA: CPJ concerned about criminal defamation
POSTED October 3, 2003

MOROCCO/TUNISIA: CPJ talks about press freedom abuses in Morocco and Tunisia at D.C. briefing
POSTED October 3, 2003

TUNISIA: Journalist harassed
POSTED October 3, 2003

KENYA: CPJ disturbed by criminal charges against editor
POSTED October 2, 2003

INDONESIA: Court cancels order to seize newspaper offices
POSTED October 2, 2003

INDONESIA: Journalist's residence and newspaper offices seized by court
POSTED October 1, 2003

LITHUANIA: Court issues mixed decision on pro-independence Chechen Web site
POSTED October 1, 2003

BANGLADESH: Journalist freed from jail, charges dropped
POSTED September 30, 2003

GABON: CPJ protests deteriorating state of press freedom
POSTED September 29, 2003

KENYA: Police detain three journalists
POSTED September 29, 2003

RUSSIA: Constitutional Court to examine restrictive media and election laws
POSTED September 26, 2003

UZBEKISTAN: Court rejects imprisoned journalist's appeal
POSTED September 26, 2003

ZIMBABWE: Police charge nine Daily News journalists
POSTED September 26, 2003

CPJ TO PRESENT ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL PRESS FREEDOM AWARDS
Versión en español
Переводна русский язык

POSTED September 26, 2003

JORDAN: Weekly banned
POSTED September 25, 2003

IRAQ: Explosive device rocks NBC News Baghdad bureau
POSTED September 25, 2003

RUSSIA: CPJ and CJES call on President Bush to raise press freedom at meeting with President Putin
Перевод на русский язык
POSTED September 24, 2003

RUSSIA: Investigators search office of news Web site
POSTED September 24, 2003

THE GAMBIA: Editor released from detention
POSTED September 23, 2003

IRAQ: TV stations sanctioned
POSTED September 23, 2003

IRAQ: Los Angeles Times correspondent dies in Baghdad
POSTED September 23, 2003

ZIMBABWE: Independent news directors arrested
POSTED September 22, 2003

INDIA: Journalist murdered
POSTED September 22, 2003

IRAQ: CPJ dismayed by U.S. investigation into killing of Reuters cameraman
POSTED September 22, 2003

BURUNDI: Radio stations allowed to reopen
POSTED September 19, 2003

INDONESIA: Journalists' Tempo lawsuit to be decided next week
POSTED September 19, 2003

NEPAL: Journalist released from detention amid further arrests
POSTED September 19, 2003

ZIMBABWE: Police block Daily News in defiance of court order
POSTED September 19, 2003

HAITI: CPJ sends letter to prime minister in follow-up to mission
Lisez la lettre en français
POSTED September 18, 2003

LITHUANIA: Authorities detain and expel film crew
POSTED September 18, 2003

ZIMBABWE: High Court rules that Daily News can re-open
POSTED September 18, 2003

ERITREA: CPJ calls for release of imprisoned journalists
POSTED September 18, 2003

UZBEKISTAN: CPJ calls for release of imprisoned journalist
POSTED September 17, 2003

RUSSIA: Journalist convicted of criminal defamation up for appeal
POSTED September 17, 2003

BURUNDI: Second radio station closed
POSTED September 17, 2003

JAPAN: Freelance journalist murdered
POSTED September 17, 2003

ZIMBABWE: Police raid offices of the Daily News
POSTED September 16, 2003

UKRAINE: CPJ marks third anniversary of journalist's disappearance
POSTED September 16, 2003

BURUNDI: Government restricts coverage of war and peace process
POSTED September 16, 2003

NEPAL: CPJ condemns attacks on journalists by government forces and Maoists
POSTED September 15, 2003

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES: Al-Arabiyya offices attacked
POSTED September 15, 2003

ZIMBABWE: Authorities shutter Daily News
POSTED September 12, 2003

IRAQ: Correspondent and camerman detained
POSTED September 11, 2003

UZBEKISTAN: Imprisoned journalist reports being tortured
POSTED September 11, 2003

AZERBAIJAN: Police officers assault journalists
POSTED September 11, 2003

ALGERIA: Harassment by authorities continues
POSTED September 10, 2003

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: CPJ concerned about state of press freedom
POSTED September 9, 2003

PHILIPPINES: Journalist shot dead
POSTED September 8, 2003

NEPAL: Journalist brutally murdered
POSTED September 8, 2003

BANGLADESH: CPJ protests journalist's assault and arrest
POSTED September 5, 2003

RUSSIA: Supreme Court rejects journalist's appeal to review
POSTED September 5, 2003

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Journalist released from prison
POSTED September 4, 2003

CUBA: CPJ concerned about journalists on hunger strike
Versión en español
Versâo em português
POSTED September 3, 2003

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Journalist imprisoned
POSTED September 3, 2003

PHILIPPINES: CPJ sends letter to President urging justice in cases of two slain journalists
POSTED September 2, 2003

ALGERIA: State printers refuse to publish papers
POSTED August 29, 2003

CHINA: South Korean journalists released, deported from China
POSTED August 28, 2003

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Journalist assaulted by policemen
POSTED August 28, 2003

TAJIKISTAN: CPJ sends letters to authorities
Перевод на русский язык
POSTED August 27, 2003

TAJIKISTAN: CPJ requests information on 29 murdered journalists
Перевод на русский язык
POSTED August 27, 2003

TAJIKISTAN: CPJ concerned about criminal defamation and access to information
Перевод на русский язык
POSTED August 27, 2003

NIGERIA: CPJ condemns harassment of journalist
POSTED August 27, 2003

VIETNAM: Journalist's sentence reduced on appeal
POSTED August 26, 2003

TUNISIA: U.S. officials raise concern about jailed Internet journalist
POSTED August 26, 2003

BANGLADESH: Journalist brutally attacked and imprisoned
POSTED August 26, 2003

COLOMBIA: Journalist killed and another injured
Versión en español
Versâo em português
POSTED August 25, 2003

IRAN: Agents accused in journalist's death
POSTED August 25, 2003

VIETNAM: Journalist's appeal trial scheduled for next week
POSTED August 22, 2003

THE GAMBIA: Journalist assaulted
POSTED August 22, 2003

PHILIPPINES: Journalist shot dead outside his house
POSTED August 21, 2003

CHINA: South Korean journalists arrested for filming refugees
POSTED August 21, 2003

ZIMBABWE: Journalist assaulted
POSTED August 21, 2003

RUSSIA: Journalist convicted and imprisoned on criminal defamation charges
POSTED August 20, 2003

UZBEKISTAN: CPJ believes journalist's imprisonment is politically motivated
POSTED August 19, 2003

IRAQ: CPJ calls for a full and public investigation into journalist's death
POSTED August 18, 2003

IRAQ: Reuters cameraman Mazen Dana killed in Baghdad
POSTED August 17, 2003

HAITI: Officials agree to review CPJ press freedom cases
Version française
Versâo em português
POSTED August 15, 2003

UNITED STATES: CPJ troubled by results of Palestine Hotel inquiry
POSTED August 13, 2003

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Newspaper offices attacked; correspondent threatened
POSTED August 13, 2003

IRAQ: Journalist briefly detained and handcuffed
POSTED August 13, 2003

RUSSIA: Moscow court upholds denial of travel passport to Grigory Pasko
POSTED August 12, 2003

CUBA: CPJ alarmed by deteriorating health of Cuban journalist
Versión en español
Versâo em português
POSTED August 11, 2003

CAMEROON: CPJ protests journalist's imprisonment
POSTED August 11, 2003

IRAQ: Al-Jazeera cameraman and assistant wounded during grenade attack
POSTED August 11, 2003

SUDAN: Journalist remains in detention
POSTED August 6, 2003

MOROCCO: Three journalists sentenced to prison
POSTED August 5, 2003

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CPJ concerned about detention of journalists
Versión en español
Versâo em português
POSTED August 5, 2003

SYRIA: Government revokes private weekly's license
POSTED August 5, 2003

INDONESIA: Government convicts and releases U.S. journalist
POSTED August 4, 2003

BANGLADESH: CPJ condemns recent attacks against journalists
POSTED August 4, 2003

SAUDI ARABIA: Information Ministry bans columnist from writing
POSTED July 30, 2003

PHILIPPINES: CPJ calls on government to investigate journalist's murder
POSTED July 30, 2003

VENEZUELA: CPJ condemns Supreme Court ruling
Versión en español
Versâo em português
POSTED July 30, 2003

TAJIKISTAN: Suspects convicted of murdering two journalists during civil war
POSTED July 29, 2003

CHILE: Court bans broadcast of news program
Versión en español
Versão em português
POSTED July 29, 2003

IRAQ: CPJ calls on U.S. for more information about detained Iranian journalists
POSTED July 29, 2003

IRAN: Security agents detained in connection with journalist's death
POSTED July 28, 2003

SUDAN: Newspaper's license suspended
POSTED July 25, 2003

TAIWAN: CPJ condemns journalist's sentencing
POSTED July 25, 2003

GUATEMALA: Journalist dies during protests
Versión en español
Versão em português
POSTED July 24, 2003

TAJIKISTAN: CPJ calls for greater press access and an end to impunity
POSTED July 24, 2003

TOGO: Imprisoned journalist released
POSTED July 24, 2003

RUSSIA: Court rejects journalist's appeal for travel passport
POSTED July 24, 2003

LIBERIA: Injured French journalist flown out
POSTED July 23, 2003

BANGLADESH: CPJ protests series of attacks and threats against journalists
POSTED July 23, 2003

TOGO: Two journalists released from prison
POSTED July 23, 2003

INDONESIA: U.S. journalist on trial in Aceh Province
POSTED July 23, 2003

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Journalist sentenced to five years in prison
POSTED July 21, 2003

IRAN: Minister's group releases report on journalist's death
POSTED July 21, 2003

CHINA: CPJ protests Internet journalist's imprisonment
POSTED July 21, 2003

CUBA: CPJ mission confirms dire situation for imprisoned journalists and their families
Versión en español
Versão em portugês
POSTED July 18, 2003

INDONESIA: U.S. journalist to face trial on immigration charges
POSTED July 18, 2003

IRAN: Government offers conflicting explanations of free-lancer's death
POSTED July 17, 2003

VIETNAM: Imprisoned journalist offered exile as condition for release
POSTED July 16, 2003

MOROCCO: CPJ concerned about media crackdown
POSTED July 16, 2003

TOGO: Imprisoned journalists on hunger strike
POSTED July 15, 2003

IRAN: CPJ calls for independent investigation into journalist's death in hospital
POSTED July 16, 2003

ERITREA: VOA stringer arrested
POSTED July 14, 2003

GEORGIA: Suspect convicted in television journalist's murder
POSTED July 11, 2003

BELARUS: Russian TV bureau and U.S.-funded media organizations closed
POSTED July 10, 2003

PAKISTAN: Journalist sentenced to life in prison for blasphemy
POSTED July 10, 2003

IRAN: Canadian-Iranian photojournalist hospitalized
POSTED July 10, 2003

RUSSIA: Journalist Grigory Pasko denied travel passport
POSTED July 10, 2003

LAOS: Journalists and translator released from prison
POSTED July 10, 2003

CHINA: CPJ remains concerned about jailed South Korean journalist
POSTED July 9, 2003

GUATEMALA: Two journalists threatened
Versión en español
Versão em português

POSTED July 8, 2003

EGYPT: Political party's newspaper suspended
POSTED July 8, 2003

AFRICA UNION: CPJ urges AU to promote press freedom
POSTED July 8, 2003

IRAQ: Free-lance cameraman killed
POSTED July 7, 2003

INDONESIA: CPJ condemns assault on radio reporter
POSTED July 7, 2003

RUSSIA: Agence France-Presse reporter abducted
POSTED July 7, 2003

ALGERIA: Foreign media banned from covering prisoner release
POSTED July 3, 2003

BRAZIL: Radio journalist is murdered
Versión en español
Versão em portugês
POSTED July 3, 2003

INDONESIA: CPJ concerned about journalists missing in Aceh
POSTED July 2, 2003

RUSSIA: CPJ calls on Russian president not to sign legislation
POSTED July 1, 2003

CZECH REPUBLIC: Diplomat convicted for conspiring to murder journalist
POSTED July 1, 2003

BAHRAIN: Journalists on trial face prison time
POSTED July 1, 2003

LAOS: Court sentences journalists and their translator to 15 years in prison
POSTED June 30, 2003

INDONESIA: Japanese photographer deported
POSTED June 30, 2003

BELARUS: Russian television journalist expelled
POSTED June 30, 2003

INDONESIA: CPJ protests media restrictions
POSTED June 27, 2003

BANGLADESH: Journalist brutally attacked
POSTED June 27, 2003

GUATEMALA: CPJ concerned about series of recent attacks against journalists
Versión en español
Versão em português
POSTED June 26, 2003

RUSSIA: Parliament approves restrictive legal amendments
POSTED June 26, 2003

UGANDA: Police close church-owned radio station
POSTED June 25, 2003

MOROCCO: Journalist ends hunger strike
POSTED June 25, 2003

AFGHANISTAN: Imprisoned journalists released
POSTED June 25, 2003

INDONESIA: Journalist detained for violating immigration laws
POSTED June 25, 2003

TOGO: Three journalists imprisoned for more than a week
POSTED June 25, 2003

INDONESIA: U.S. journalist turns himself over to military
POSTED June 24, 2003

RUSSIA: Media ministry closes national TV channel
POSTED June 23, 2003

CHINA: Magazine banned in ongoing crackdown
POSTED June 23, 2003

CHINA: CPJ condemns media crackdown
POSTED June 20, 2003

MOROCCO: Three more journalists detained
POSTED June 20, 2003

RUSSIA: Parliament passes restrictive legal amendments
POSTED June 20, 2003

AFGHANISTAN: CPJ condemns journalists' arrests
POSTED June 19, 2003

VIETNAM: Journalist sentenced to 13 years in prison
POSTED June 18, 2003

INDONESIA: Missing cameraman's body found in Aceh
POSTED June 18, 2003

ZIMBABWE: CPJ concerned about continuing harrassment of journalists
POSTED June 17, 2003

KUWAIT: CPJ calls for charges against editor to be dropped
POSTED June 17, 2003

VIETNAM: Internet essayist to be tried on charges of espionage
POSTED June 16, 2003

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Journalist harrassed by state security officers
Verisión en español
Versão em portugués
POSTED June 13, 2003

MOROCCO: CPJ delegation meets with Moroccan ambassador
POSTED June 12, 2003

UNITED STATES: CPJ concerned about attempts to regulate Iraqi media
POSTED June 13, 2003

SERBIA: CPJ concerned about government harrassment of journalists
POSTED June 12, 2003

LAOS: CPJ concerned about journalists' safety
POSTED June 11, 2003

ARGENTINA: Police assault Indymedia photographer
Verisión en español
Versão em portugués
POSTED June 11, 2003

INDONESIA: U.S. journalist endangered in Aceh province
POSTED June 10, 2003

RUSSIA: CPJ concerned about legislation
POSTED June 6, 2003

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: CPJ concerned about safety of journalists
POSTED June 6, 2003

TURKEY: CPJ protests continued harassment of journalist
POSTED June 6, 2003

SERBIA: Politician allegedly attacks journalist during interview
POSTED June 5, 2003

EGYPT: Journalists imprisoned
POSTED June 3, 2003

MOROCCO: Imprisoned journalist hospitalized
POSTED June 2, 2003

BELARUS: Information Ministry closes independent newspaper for three months
POSTED May 30, 2003

SAUDI ARABIA: CPJ concerned about editor's dismissal
POSTED May 30, 2003

INDONESIA: Journalists attacked by gunmen in Aceh
POSTED May 29, 2003

CHINA: Four Internet writers sentenced to lengthy prison terms
POSTED May 28, 2003

RUSSIA: Court orders retrial of defendants previously acquitted of journalist's murder
POSTED May 28, 2003

SYRIA: Imprisoned journalist released
POSTED May 27, 2003

INDONESIA: Military curbs press coverage in Aceh
POSTED May 23, 2003

ETHIOPIA: CPJ disturbed by continuing imprisonment of journalists
POSTED May 22, 2003

AZERBAIJAN: Independent journalists convicted for libeling
president's brother

POSTED May 22, 2003

CHINA: South Korean journalist sentenced to prison
POSTED May 22, 2003

ERITREA: President renews criticism of independent press
POSTED May 22, 2003

ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES:
Two journalists assaulted

POSTED May 22, 2003

BANGLADESH: Kidnapped journalist found alive
Another journalist remains imprisoned
POSTED May 21, 2003

MOROCCO: CPJ protests journalist's imprisonment
POSTED May 21, 2003

CHINA: Journalist released after completing prison term
POSTED May 21, 2003

PHILIPPINES: CPJ protests journalist's murder
POSTED May 20, 2003

CHINA: Journalist sentenced to five years in prison
POSTED May 19, 2003

RUSSIA: Local television journalist violently attacked
POSTED May 19, 2003

ZIMBABWE: Guardian reporter deported
POSTED May 16, 2003

ZIMBABWE: Reporter ordered to leave
POSTED May 16, 2003

ZIMBABWE: CPJ protests continued harassment of independent journalist
POSTED May 16, 2003

SRI LANKA: Journalist receives death threat
POSTED May 16, 2003

SUDAN: Sudanese journalist detained without charge for 10 days
POSTED May 15, 2003

COLOMBIA: Two journalists flee for the capital
Versión en español    Versão em português
POSTED May 12, 2003

MOROCCO: Journalist on hunger strike
POSTED May 12, 2003

IRAQ: Boston Globe correspondent and translator killed in car accident
POSTED May 9, 2003

ZIMBABWE: Independent journalist harassed
POSTED May 8, 2003

ZIMBABWE: Supreme Court strikes down repressive media legislation
POSTED May 7, 2003

BANGLADESH: One journalist missing, another arrested
POSTED May 7, 2003

RUSSIA: Popular radio station raided by police
POSTED May 7, 2003

UKRAINE: Local prosecutor in Gongadze case convicted and amnestied
POSTED May 7, 2003

ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES: Journalist shot dead in Gaza
POSTED May 5, 2003

AZERBAIJAN: Opposition newspaper attacked
POSTED May 5, 2003

RUSSIA: Four journalists die in helicopter crash
POSTED May 5, 2003

World's Ten Worst Places to be a journalist
Versión en español
Versão em português
Version française

POSTED May 2, 2003

COLOMBIA: CPJ concerned by killings and threats
Versión en español    Versão em português
POSTED May 1, 2003

UNITED STATES: Al-Jazeera correspondents allowed to return to NYSE
POSTED May 1, 2003

RUSSIA: Kremlin presses Estonia to shut down Chechen Web site
POSTED May 1, 2003

INDIA: Militant group threatens to kill journalists in Kashmir
POSTED April 30, 2003

VIETNAM: Journalists attacked for covering corruption
POSTED April 30, 2003

ARMENIA: Local journalist violently attacked
POSTED April 30, 2003

PHILIPPINES: CPJ investigating murder of radio announcer
POSTED April 29, 2003

INDIA: State-owned radio and television offices attacked
POSTED April 28, 2003

HAITI: Decision expected soon in Dominique murder case
POSTED April 28, 2003

CPJ releases French version of Attacks on the Press in 2002
Version française
POSTED April 23, 2003

CHINA: CPJ protests detention of journalists
POSTED April 23, 2003

CUBA: CPJ concerned about health of imprisoned journalist
Versión en español    Versão em português
POSTED April 23, 2003

ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES: CPJ outraged by shooting death of Palestinian cameraman
POSTED April 22, 2003

CAMEROON: CPJ deplores worsening press freedom climate
POSTED April 22, 2003

TUNISIA: Health of imprisoned journalist on hunger strike deteriorating
POSTED April 22, 2003

AFGHANISTAN: Suspects arrested in journalists' murders
POSTED April 22, 2003

RUSSIA: Head of Russian television station shot dead
POSTED April 18, 2003

MOROCCO: CPJ condemns harassment and physical attacks on journalists
POSTED April 17, 2003

NIGERIA: CPJ urges new Parliament to pass Freedom of Information Bill
POSTED April 16, 2003

IRAQ: Camerawoman dies from injuries sustained in car accident
POSTED April 15, 2003

IRAQ: Journalist killed in car accident
POSTED April 14, 2003

GEORGIA: Popular radio station attacked
POSTED April 14, 2003

RUSSIA: National media outlets agree to curb reporting on terrorism
POSTED April 11, 2003

SWAZILAND: Information minister announces new censorship policy
POSTED April 11, 2003

INDONESIA: Journalists charged with criminal libel
POSTED April 10, 2003

CUBA: CPJ condemns convictions of independent Cuban journalists
Versión en español
POSTED April 9, 2003

IRAQ: CPJ condemns journalists' deaths in Iraq
Read letter to U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
POSTED April 8, 2003

KENYA: New president set to file charges against two leading newspapers
POSTED April 8, 2003

IRAQ: CPJ mourns loss of two journalists killed in Iraq
POSTED April 7, 2003

IRAQ: CPJ sends letter to Gen. Tommy Franks about mistreatment of journalists by U.S. forces
POSTED April 7, 2003

IRAQ: BBC translator killed
POSTED April 6, 2003

IRAQ: CPJ mourns the death of Atlantic Monthly editor Michael Kelly
POSTED April 4, 2003

CUBA: CPJ condemns trials of independent journalists
Versión en español
POSTED April 4, 2003

CHILE: TV commentator cleared of "disrespect" charges
Versión en español
POSTED April 4, 2003

IRAQ: Missing journalist's wife demands more information
POSTED April 3, 2003

MOROCCO: State television bars Al-Jazeera from using its facilities
POSTED April 3, 2003

CHINA: CPJ condemns detention of journalist
POSTED April 3, 2003

IRAQ: BBC cameraman killed in Iraq
POSTED April 2, 2003

CUBA: CPJ protests vicious crackdown on independent press
Versión en español
POSTED April 2, 2003

IRAQ: Four missing journalists in Iraq are safe in Jordan
POSTED April 1, 2003

CPJ releases Attacks on the Press in 2002
POSTED March 31, 2003

IRAQ: Iraqi officials may have detained Newsday journalists
POSTED March 30, 2003

IRAQ: CPJ sends letter to Rumsfeld about U.S. bombing of Iraqi TV
Read letter to U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
POSTED March 28, 2003

AFGHANISTAN: CPJ concerned about assault, detention, and expulsion of reporter
POSTED March 28, 2003

KAZAKHSTAN: Court convicts suspects in firebombing of opposition weekly
POSTED March 28, 2003

ROMANIA: Body of missing journalist found
POSTED March 28, 2003

TOGO: Foreign reporters barred from working
POSTED March 28, 2003

IRAQ: Group of journalists missing in Baghdad
POSTED March 26, 2003

SERBIA: Prosecutor in journalist's murder case suspended
POSTED March 26, 2003

CZECH REPUBLIC: Intelligence official confirms Iraqi threat against RFE/RL
POSTED March 26, 2003

IRAQ: CPJ investigating bombing of Iraqi television facility
POSTED March 26, 2003

IRAQ: Al-Jazeera correspondents' credentials revoked
POSTED March 25, 2003

HAITI: Six men indicted for journalist's murder
Version française
POSTED March 25, 2003

IRAQ: Croatian journalist expelled
POSTED March 24, 2003

BELARUS: Court grants parole to imprisoned journalist
POSTED March 24, 2003

IRAQ: ITN correspondent confirmed dead
POSTED March 23, 2003

IRAQ: Journalist killed
POSTED March 22, 2003

IRAQ: CNN crew expelled
POSTED March 21, 2003

GEORGIA: Supreme Court threatens independent TV station for exposing corruption
POSTED March 21, 2003

SERBIA: CPJ concerned by media restrictions
POSTED March 21, 2003

IRAQ: CPJ concerned about possible shielding
POSTED March 20, 2003

BANGLADESH: Journalist threatened with arrest
POSTED March 20, 2003

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Journalist released from prison
POSTED March 20, 2003

VIETNAM: CPJ condemns arrest of journalist
POSTED March 20, 2003

INDIA: CPJ protests censorship of documentary
POSTED March 20, 2003

IVORY COAST: Body of missing local reporter found
POSTED March 20, 2003

IRAQ: CPJ reiterates concern for safety of reporters covering conflict in Baghdad
POSTED March 19, 2003

CUBA: Ten journalists detained  (Update March 20)  (Update March 25)
Versión en español
POSTED March 19, 2003

RUSSIA: Local television journalist brutally attacked
POSTED March 19, 2003

COLOMBIA: Journalist killed in front of his office
Versión en español
POSTED March 18, 2003

CHINA: CPJ awardee's sentence reduced
POSTED March 18, 2003

RUSSIA: Local journalist violently attacked
POSTED March 17, 2003

BELIZE: CPJ concerned about threats against journalist who has fled to the United States
POSTED March 14, 2003

SERBIA: Government imposes media restrictions following premier's assassination
POSTED March 13, 2003

PAKISTAN: CPJ concerned about threats against weekly newspaper
POSTED March 13, 2003

SUDAN: Journalist detained, newspaper confiscated
POSTED March 13, 2003

CHINA: CPJ calls on Chinese government to release imprisoned journalists
POSTED March 12, 2003

SIERRA LEONE: Prominent Sierra Leonean journalist released
POSTED March 11, 2003

KAZAKHSTAN: Court upholds journalist's prison sentence
POSTED March 11, 2003

UZBEKISTAN: Two radio journalists attacked as police watch
POSTED March 10, 2003

SERBIA: Editor threatened for reporting on allegations against bishop
POSTED March 10, 2003

TOGO: CPJ concerned about increased restrictions on press freedom
POSTED March 10, 2003

ERITREA: CPJ receives response from U.S. Defense Department
POSTED March 7, 2003

BELARUS: Court amends imprisoned journalist's sentence
POSTED March 7, 2003

MEXICO: CPJ protests detention and criminal prosecution of journalist Isabel Arvide
Versión en español
POSTED March 7, 2003

BURUNDI: Government bans radio interviews with rebels
POSTED March 7, 2003

UNITED STATES: CPJ sends letter to Secretary Rumsfeld
POSTED March 6, 2003

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY TERRITORIES: Two Palestinian journalists injured
POSTED March 6, 2003

ARMENIA: Police arrest suspects in television chief's murder
POSTED March 5, 2003

VIETNAM: Elderly writer held incommunicado
POSTED March 5, 2003

RUSSIA: Suspect charged of threatening journalist is cleared
POSTED March 5, 2003

RUSSIA: CPJ concerned about government's attempt to control coverage of conflict in Chechnya
POSTED March 5, 2003

TONGA: CPJ concerned about ban on independent newspaper
POSTED March 4, 2003

CROATIA: Publisher's car bombed
POSTED March 3, 2003

ARGENTINA: Journalists attacked by police
Versión en español
POSTED February 28, 2003

CHINA: CPJ condemns illegal detention of Internet publisher
POSTED February 28, 2003

NEPAL: CPJ condemns harassment of journalists by Maoist rebels
POSTED February 28, 2003

RUSSIA: Chechen journalist beaten and detained by Interior Ministry troops
POSTED February 28, 2003

PANAMA: Judge orders journalist to serve jail time
Versión en español
POSTED February 28, 2003

AZERBAIJAN: CPJ concerned about journalist facing criminal prosecution
POSTED February 27, 2003

NIGER: Editor released after completing eight-month prison sentence
POSTED February 26, 2003

COSTA RICA: Inter-American Court to hear criminal defamation case
Versión en español
POSTED February 26, 2003

GUINEA-BISSAU: Government closes independent radio broadcaster
POSTED February 25, 2003

QATAR: Death sentence against Jordanian journalist upheld
POSTED February 25, 2003

SPAIN: Basque daily closed over alleged ETA links
POSTED February 24, 2003

HONG KONG: Proposed national security bill threatens press freedom
POSTED February 20, 2003

JORDAN: Two journalists released; one remains in jail
POSTED February 19, 2003

HAITI: CPJ concerned about a series of attacks against journalists
Version française
POSTED February 19, 2003

UKRAINE: CPJ concerned about alleged death threats against editor
POSTED February 19, 2003

UNITED STATES, IRAQ: U.S. expels Iraqi reporter; Iraq retaliates in tit-for-tat move
POSTED February 18, 2003

BOLIVIA: Journalists attacked in violent street clashes
Versión en español
POSTED February 14, 2003

CUBA: Argentine professor detained for interviewing independent journalists
Versión en español
POSTED February 14, 2003

THAILAND: CPJ sends letter of inquiry regarding journalist's murder
Read CPJ's letter of inquiry
POSTED February 14, 2003

SAUDI ARABIA: Al-Jazeera barred from covering the hajj
POSTED February 13, 2003

PERU: CPJ and RSF send letters about journalist's imprisonment
Versión en español
POSTED February 13, 2003

TUNISIA: CPJ honorary co-chairman Terry Anderson calls for journalist's release
POSTED February 10, 2003

CHAD: Two reporters jailed and ordered to quit journalism
POSTED February 10, 2003

VENEZUELA: Government ministry investigates two more television stations
Versión en español
POSTED February 6, 2003

ERITREA: Prominent U.S. journalists call for release of jailed editor
Read letter to U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
POSTED February 5, 2003

CAMBODIA: CPJ expresses concern over arrest of journalists
Read CPJ's letter of inquiry
POSTED February 6, 2003

CHILE: TV commentator convicted of "disrespect"
Versión en español
POSTED February 5, 2003

INDIA: CPJ condemns murder of journalist
POSTED February 5, 2003

COLOMBIA: Kidnapped journalists freed
POSTED February 4, 2003

MOZAMBIQUE: Suspects in murder of journalist Carlos Cardoso sentenced to lengthy prison terms
POSTED January 30, 2003  

ISRAEL and the OCCUPIED TERRITORIES: Two television stations and one radio station closed in Hebron
POSTED January 31, 2003 s

KAZAKHSTAN: Independent journalist sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison
POSTED January 30, 2003

MOZAMBIQUE: CPJ representative to attend verdict announcement in Cardoso trial
POSTED January 30, 2003

COLOMBIA: Rebels send mixed messages about release of two LA TImes journalists
Four other Colomian journalists freed
POSTED January 29, 2003

ETHIOPIA: CPJ calls for open debate on draft press law
POSTED January 28, 2003

COLOMBIA: Journalist and two companions are freed
POSTED January 24, 2003

COLOMBIA: Colombian rebels detain two journalists
POSTED January 23, 2003

CHINA: CPJ condemns journalist's detention
POSTED January 23, 2003

JORDAN: Three journalists remain in detention
POSTED January 23, 2003

VENEZUELA: Government ministry investigates television stations
Versión en español
POSTED January 23, 2003

RUSSIA: CPJ