We issued the following statement today in response to the murder of Honduran journalists Bayardo Mairena and Manuel Juárez, who were shot by unidentified gunmen aboard a vehicle, in the department of Olancho in eastern Honduras, according to local press reports…
We issued the following statement in response to local and international press reports that Muhammad al-Maqaleh, editor of the Yemeni Socialist Party news Web site Aleshteraki, has been released for what the reports described as “health and humanitarian reasons.” Al-Maqaleh was kidnapped in September 2009 but appeared in government custody in February and alleged that…
CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon is interviewed in the March 27 edition of India’s Tehelka Magazine. In the article entitled, ‘Online Info Is Easy To Choke’, Simon discusses CPJ’s work, the increase in violence against the press in recent years, and what the situation is like for members of the Indian press. Please find the…
We issued the following statement after learning that Hisham Bashraheel, editor of the daily Al-Ayyam, who has been in custody since January 6, was released today for what colleagues described as “health reasons.” The release comes one week after CPJ called on President Saleh of Yemen to release a number of journalists who are in…
We issued the following statement in response to a report published today in the Dallas Morning News about the alleged abduction of eight Mexican journalists in the border area of Reynosa, near McAllen, Texas. One reporter died after a severe beating, two were released, and the rest are missing, according to the report…
The February 16 edition of Argentina’s Clarín newspaper has Spanish-language coverage of CPJ’s Bogota launch of Attacks on the Press in 2009 . The article entitled, “Fuerte crítica del Comité de Protección de Periodistas por los ataques a Clarín”, by Miguel Wiñazki, highlights CPJ’s regional essay and also deals with CPJ’s coverage of raids on…
The February 16 edition of the New York Times has coverage of CPJ’s launch of Attacks on the Press in 2009 at the United Nations. The article, “Record Number of Journalists Killed in 2009”, by Neil MacFarquhar, highlights CPJ’s call to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon “to make a more assertive and firm stand in…