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Iranian journalist dies in Afghanistan

September 22, 2011 4:29 PM EDT

New York, September 22, 2011–Farhad Taqaddosi, a cameraman for Iran’s Press TV, died in a Kabul hospital on Tuesday of injuries he sustained in the Taliban’s September 13 attack on prominent international buildings in Kabul, the station reported.

In India, freelancer charged with antistate activities

September 21, 2011 5:14 PM EDT

New York, September 21, 2011–An Indian journalist who covered police violence in the state of Chhattisgarh was recently arrested on antistate charges that human rights groups say are retaliatory, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Nicaraguan journalist flees country after death threats

September 21, 2011 4:50 PM EDT

New York, September 21, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by reports that Nicaraguan journalist Silvia González fled the country last week after receiving repeated threats that referred to her work, news reports said.

Gambian Vice-President Isatou Njie-Saidy (AFP)

Gambia VP touts tourism, downplays human rights issues

September 21, 2011 3:26 PM EDT

The Gambia has an image problem: Dubbed the “Smiling Coast of Africa,” it is a tourist destination, but its government has one of the region’s worst records of human rights abuses. On Tuesday, at an African tourism promotion event in New York City, Gambian Vice-President Isatou Njie-Saidy headed a delegation working toward improving the negative…

Iran frees hikers, many journalists remain imprisoned

September 21, 2011 1:39 PM EDT

New York, September 21, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the news that U.S. journalist Shane Bauer and his friend Josh Fattal were released today on US$1 million bail by the Iranian government after two years in Tehran’s Evin Prison, according to news reports.

Chinese journalist who probed cooking oil scandal is killed

September 20, 2011 4:07 PM EDT

New York, September 20, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Saturday’s fatal stabbing of a TV journalist and calls on Chinese authorities to conduct a thorough investigation into possible journalism-related motives.

In Burma, transition neglects press freedom

September 20, 2011 3:40 PM EDT

The articles by the AP, AFP, and Democratic Voice of Burma are just a few examples of the world wide attention the CPJ’s special report on the highly restricted state of press freedom in Burma. Despite promises of reform from the newly elected civilian government, the press in Burma remains one of the most heavily…

Children march with signs protesting the Protection of Information Bill. (Right2Know)

South Africa’s ruling ANC pulls secrecy bill

September 20, 2011 3:38 PM EDT

New York, September 20, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists is relieved by Monday’s decision by the parliamentary majority of South Africa’s ruling party to withdraw a controversial bill from consideration pending further consultation with public interest groups over its contentious clauses.

Ecuadoran appeals court upholds libel conviction

September 20, 2011 1:04 PM EDT

New York, September 20, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists is dismayed by an Ecuadoran appeals court ruling today upholding a criminal libel conviction against four El Universo newspaper managers in a case brought by President Rafael Correa.

Video: Yemeni cameraman films himself being wounded

September 20, 2011 12:29 PM EDT

New video from The Telegraph shows Yemeni journalist Hassan al-Wadhaf’s footage of being hit in the face by sniper fire during protests in Sana’a. Al-Wadhaf, who is in critical condition, works for the Arabic Media Agency.