2012

  

Two Palestinian television stations raided in Ramallah

New York, February 29, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns today’s early-morning raid by Israeli soldiers on two private Palestinian television stations in Ramallah.

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Reporter Bocar Dieng said an attack by a local leader loyal to President Wade left him with this swollen eye. (Bocar Dieng)

Journalists threatened, assaulted amid Senegal election

New York, February 29, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Senegalese authorities today to thoroughly investigate recent attacks on the media and ensure that the press is able to report freely on the country’s presidential election results and potential run-off. CPJ has documented at least 12 incidents of threats and physical harm against journalists…

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This screenshot from Sánchez's video is said to show police chasing protesters from the site of a proposed dam. (YouTube)

Threatened after posting video, Colombian journalist flees

New York, February 29, 2012–Colombian freelance journalist and activist Bladimir Sánchez Espitia fled his home state today for the capital city after receiving death threats related to a video he posted on YouTube, according to the Bogotá-based Foundation for Freedom of the Press (FLIP). News reports said the video showed anti-riot police forcibly removing protesters…

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In Jordan, blogger stabbed after criticizing the royal family

New York, February 29, 2012–Jordan authorities must undertake a serious investigation into the stabbing of a blogger who wrote critically about the Jordanian royal family, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

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Attacks on the Press in 2011 media coverage

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…

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CPJ Impact

News from the Committee to Protect Journalists, February 2012 ‘Attacks on the Press’ launched Repressive governments, militants, and criminal groups across the globe are leveraging new and traditional tactics to control information and obscure misdeeds, silence dissent, and disempower citizens, according to Attacks on the Press, CPJ’s yearly survey released on February 21, available here.…

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Tibetans gather on the side of a street in Nangqian county, China's Qinghai province, to protest Chinese rule. (AP)

Ethnic violence renews information clampdown in China

Two months into 2012, all-too-familiar stories are emerging from China’s troubled minority regions, Tibet and Xinjiang. Following riots against Chinese rule in 2008 and 2009, violence and its corollaries–increased security and censorship–have become commonplace. Independent bloggers and journalists who cover the unrest pay a high price: Over half the 27 journalists documented by CPJ in…

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Kyrgyzstan must drop charges against journalist

New York, February 29, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in Kyrgyzstan to drop politically motivated extremism charges against independent journalist Vladimir Farafonov.

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Abukar Hassan Mohamoud (NUSOJ)

Gunmen murder veteran radio journalist in Mogadishu

New York, February 28, 2012–Unidentified gunmen today assassinated a veteran journalist who had been trying to relaunch a radio station that extremist group Al-Shabaab had shut down and looted in 2010, local journalists said.

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Ahead of elections, Iran cracks down on press freedom

New York, February 28, 2012–The Iranian regime continued its persistent campaign against press freedom days ahead of its parliamentary elections on March 2 by sentencing two journalists to prison and periodically blocking millions of users from accessing the Internet, according to news reports. In addition, two journalists are suffering from deteriorating health conditions in prison,…

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