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News from the Committee to Protect Journalists, March 2013 Remembering Tony Lewis CPJ mourns the death this month of Anthony Lewis, one of the organization's founding board members and a recipient of its 2009 Burton Benjamin Award for lifetime achievement. Lewis passed away on March 25. "Back in 1981,...
Committee to Protect Journalists
2013--The Committee
to Protect Journalists welcomes the release on bail of Naveen Soorinje, a
television reporter jailed for more than four months after documenting a
advance the status of women--why else would
28-year-old journalist Naveen Soorinje be jailed
for reporting an assault on women?
In July, Soorinje--who
Confusion surrounds the case of imprisoned Indian journalist
Naveen Soorinje, who
was jailed for exposing an attack on young men and women
Indian journalist Naveen Soorinje continues to languish in
prison despite last week's decision by the Karnataka
Although
Naveen Soorinje is still in jail, there may be some good news. Today, 86
state government have
provided broad assurances that they will drop
charges against Naveen Soorinje, the young journalist remains imprisoned two months after
he was arrested for
and the Association for India's Development and the South Asia Solidarity Initiative.
Naveen Soorinje, Kasturi TV
Imprisoned: November 7, 2012
Soorinje, 28, a TV journalist who
Police in Mangalore, a port city in the southwestern state,
arrested Naveen Soorinje late Wednesday on more than a dozen charges, including
rioting and assault,
