2004
Radio commentator shot dead in broad daylight
New York, October 19, 2004—A gunman fatally shot a radio commentator this morning in Surigao del Sur Province on the southern island of Mindanao, according to local and international news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists is investigating to determine whether the murder of Eldy Sablas, also known as Eldy Gabinales, was connected to his…
dangers
New York, October 19, 2004—The conflict in Iraq has become one the most dangerous for journalists in recent history, and Iraqi journalists are bearing an ever-greater burden, according to data released today by the Committee to Protect Journalists. Foreign correspondents continue to face a range of severe risks, with abductions by criminal and insurgent groups…
French peacekeepers rescue missing journalist from rebel zone
New York, October 15, 2004—Ivory Coast journalist Amadou Dagnogo, who disappeared from the rebel-held town of Bouake nearly two months ago, was flown to the commercial capital, Abidjan, yesterday by French peacekeepers. Dagnogo, the Bouake correspondent for Abidjan-based independent daily L’Inter, said he had been detained by rebels for six days but had escaped. In…
Killers go free 10 years after Moscow journalist’s murder
New York, October 15, 2004—Ten years after a reporter for the Moscow-based independent newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets was murdered when a booby-trapped briefcase exploded, no one has been brought to justice in the slaying and the statute of limitations is about to expire. The Committee to Protect Journalists expressed outrage today that such a heinous crime…
Iraq: Iraqi photographer killed by gunmen in Mosul
New York, October 15, 2004—An Iraqi photographer working for a European photo agency was gunned down in front of his home yesterday in the northern city of Mosul, the second journalist murdered in Iraq that day. Karam Hussein, a photographer working for the German-based European Pressphoto Agency (EPA), was killed by a group of gunmen…
Iraq: Iraqi photographer killed by gunmen in Mosul
New York, October 15, 2004—An Iraqi photographer working for a European photo agency was gunned down in front of his home yesterday in the northern city of Mosul, the second journalist murdered in Iraq that day. Karam Hussein, a photographer working for the German-based European Pressphoto Agency (EPA), was killed by a group of gunmen…
Journalist killed in drive-by shooting in Baghdad
New York, October 14, 2004—An Iraqi reporter for a local Arabic-language television station was killed in a drive-by shooting today in Baghdad’s Adhamiya district. Dina Mohammed Hassan, a correspondent for Al-Hurriya TV, was gunned down in front of her Baghdad residence as she waited for a car to transport her to work, station staff told…
JUDGE ORDERS SECOND JOURNALIST TO JAIL
Washington, October 13, 2004—The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed that a U.S. federal judge has ordered a second journalist to jail for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating the leak of a CIA operative’s identity. Judge Thomas F. Hogan today ordered Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper to jail until he agrees to…
U.S. photographer abducted, released
New York, October 13, 2004—U.S. freelance photographer Paul Taggart, who was abducted by gunmen in Baghdad on Sunday, October 10, was freed by his captors yesterday. Taggert, whose is represented by the World Picture News photo agency, told journalists in Baghdad that he was unharmed and had been treated well by his captors. Taggart was…