Americas

2007

  

Two men convicted in Costa Rica murder

New York, December 20, 2007—Two men were sentenced yesterday to 35 years in prison for the murder of Costa Rican journalist Parmenio Medina, a popular radio host who was shot dead outside his home in July 2001. The Committee to Protect Journalists hails the conviction as a step forward in the fight against impunity. A…

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President’s security officers beat journalist at official event

December 19, 2007 Posted January 10, 2008 Jorge Loáisiga, La Prensa ATTACKED Loáisiga, a reporter for the Managua-based daily La Prensa, was beaten and handcuffed by members of President Daniel Ortega’s security personnel while covering an official event in the Nicaraguan capital, according to local press reports.

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Journalists killed in 2007

Journalist Deaths Hit Decade Peak Half in Iraq; record number in Somalia

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Two convicted in Haitian journalist’s murder

New York, December 14, 2007—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes Wednesday’s conviction of two men for the December 2001 murder of Haitian journalist Brignol Lindor. The court in the western city of Petit-Goâve sentenced to life in prison Jean Rémy Démosthène and Joubert Saint Juste, members of the local political organization “Domi Nan Bwa,” which…

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Reporter killed in central Mexico

New York, December 10, 2007–Mexican reporter Gerardo Israel García Pimentel was assassinated on Saturday as he was entering the hotel where he lived in Uruapan, the second largest city in the central state of Michoacán. The Committee to Protect Journalists is investigating possible links between García’s death and his work as a journalist.

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Journalists in prison in 2007

CPJ: One in 6 jailed journalists held without charge Census shows an overall decline; China remains the leading jailer

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2007 prison census: 127 journalists jailed

Detailed accounts of each imprisoned journalist.

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127 journalists in prison as of December 1, 2007

Detailed accounts of each imprisoned journalist.

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Adela Navarro Bello – Director of Zeta, Tijuana, Mexico

CPJ TO HONOR FIVE JOURNALISTS        

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Gao Qinrong – Reporter spent 8 years in jail in China

CPJ TO HONOR FIVE JOURNALISTS        

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2007