Attacks on the Press

In an interview with National Public Radio's On the Media, CPJ Africa Advocacy Coordinator Mohamed Keita, reiterates the development strides African nations are making at the expense of press freedom.  Keita's interview, which stems from his 2011 Attacks on the Press essay and recent op-ed in the New York Times, details contributing factors to press restrictions throughout the continent of Africa.

On February 21, CPJ launched its Attacks on the Press report, a comprehensive survey of press freedom around the world.  This year's report analyzed developments in over 100 countries and brought CPJ notable press coverage worldwide, in more than 10 different languages.

Executive Director, Joel Simon, on BBC World Have Your Say, a post on Information Wars in the Huffington Post, coverage in El Pais, Radio Free Europe and Voice of America to name a few.

In Somali, the crackdown on press freedom continues.  To escape the threat of death and imprisonment, Somali journalists are moving into neighboring African countries like Kenya.  This month, United Press International (UPI) speaks to CPJ's East Africa Consultant, Tom Rhodes, in exploring the lives of exiled Somali journalists in Kenya and the challenges they face in this new country.

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On February 21 CPJ released it's annual Attack on the Press report providing detailed information on the 46 journalists killed, and 179 imprisoned in 2011. Globally, last year brought a sharp increase in imprisonment and the coverage of uprisings and conflict proved deadly for journalists, a fact no better underscored than the recent deaths of Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik in Syria this week. The Village Voice has a great write up of the report.

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