2011
Attacks on the Press 2010: Europe and Central Asia Developments
ATTACKS ON THE PRESS: 2010 • Main Index Europe and Central Asia Regional Analysis: • On the Runet, Old-School Repression Meets New Country Summaries • Armenia • Azerbaijan • Belarus • Kazakhstan • Kyrgyzstan • Russia • Serbia • Ukraine • Uzbekistan • Other nations CROATIA In November, the Municipal Court in Zagreb convicted six…
Attacks on the Press 2010: Middle East and North Africa Developments
ATTACKS ON THE PRESS: 2010 • Main Index Middle East and North Africa: • Suppression Under the Cover of National Security Country Summaries • Egypt • Iran • Iraq • Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory • Lebanon • Morocco • Sudan • Tunisia • Turkey • Yemen • Other nations ALGERIA In September, police…
Attacks on the Press 2010: Writing Credits
AFRICACountry summaries were researched and written by Africa Advocacy Coordinator Mohamed Keita and east Africa Consultant Tom Rhodes.AMERICASCountry summaries were researched and written by Senior Program Coordinator Carlos Lauría, Research Associate José Barbeito, Washington representative Frank Smyth, and program consultants Mike O’Connor and Claudia Duarte. ASIACountry summaries were researched and written by CPJ Asia Program Coordinator Bob Dietz, Senior Research…
Is Chávez promoting free expression? Check the facts
Venezuelan Information Minister Andrés Izarra declared on the state television channel VTV last week that “never has so much been done to guarantee, promote, and drive freedom of expression than in the government of President Hugo Chávez.” Izarra needs to hire a fact-checker.
Journalist released on parole, allowed to stay in Cuba
New York, February 14, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Cuban authorities today to place no conditions on the release of journalist Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez, who was freed on parole Saturday. Maseda Gutiérrez is a founding member of the independent news agency Grupo de Trabajo Decoro and a winner of CPJ’s International Press Freedom…
Courage in documenting Egypt’s revolution
Today, on its 18th day, the Egyptian revolution has finally achieved its goal, deposing Hosni Mubarak and his regime. Egyptian journalists who have courageously found ways to work under the yoke of Mubarak’s censorship and repression are releasing a sigh of relief that they’ve held in for three long decades.
Cuba’s Maseda Gutiérrez balks at conditions for freedom
New York, February 11, 2011–The Catholic Church in Havana announced today that jailed Cuban journalist Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez, a CPJ International Press Freedom Awardee, at left, would be released after nearly eight years behind bars. But news reports, including one citing the journalist’s wife, said Maseda Gutiérrez has balked at conditions placed on his release…