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DonateMurders decline, but fatalities rise during coverage of protests. Photographers and freelancers pay an especially high price. Pakistan is the world's most dangerous nation.
Continue reading Attacks on the Press in 2011: Journalists Killed »
Committee to Protect Journalists
Ahmad Mohamed Mahmoud
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Attacks on the Press
| Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Somalia, Syria, Tunisia
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| Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Iraq, Libya, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Somalia, Syria, Thailand, Tunisia, Vietnam, Yemen
Journalists die at high rates while
covering protests in the Arab world and elsewhere. Photographers and
freelancers appear vulnerable. Pakistan is again the deadliest nation. A CPJ special report
Continue reading For journalists, coverage of political unrest proves deadly »
New York, February 4, 2011--Journalists in Cairo faced assaults, detentions, and threats again today as supporters of President Hosni Mubarak continued their efforts to obstruct news coverage of protests demanding the Egyptian leader's ouster. While the extent of attacks lessened after a peak on Thursday, ongoing anti-press activities remain at an alarming level that must be halted, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. In addition, a journalist shot a week ago while filming a demonstration died today, a state newspaper reported, and Al-Jazeera reported that security
agents detained the network's Cairo bureau chief along with another journalist.
Continue reading Cairo attacks continue; reporter dies from earlier shooting »
