CUBA: Health of independent journalist in prison deteriorates
June 21, 2007 Normando Hernández González, Colegio de Periodistas Independientes de Camagüey IMPRISONED The health of imprisoned journalist Hernández González, director of the Colegio de Periodistas Independientes de Camagüey, worsened visibly between April and June, according to press reports and CPJ interviews.
Miami columnist target of threats
JUNE 2007 Posted June 21, 2007 Leonard Pitts, Miami Herald HARASSED, THREATENED Columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. wrote a commentary on June 3 challenging the notion that the media is biased against whites when it comes to covering violent crime. Pitts was referring to a car-jacking, kidnapping and sexual assault of a white couple in January…
In Cuba, health of jailed journalists deteriorates
New York, June 20, 2007—Families and friends of eight independent Cuban journalists who have been unjustly imprisoned since 2003 say that the health of their loved ones has seriously deteriorated in recent months amid poor prison conditions and insufficient health care. In a series of interviews with the Committee to Protect Journalists, relatives and friends…
Oaxaca journalist shot and wounded
New York, June 13, 2007— The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the shooting of a Mexican journalist who had received death threats in connection with his investigation of the slaying of a U.S. journalist during violent street protests last fall in the southern city of Oaxaca. Misael Sánchez Sarmiento, a reporter for the Oaxaca-based daily…
Journalist threatened after corruption report
JUNE 11, 2007 Posted June 26, 2007 Erica Guzmán, Hoy and Radio Popular THREATENED Guzmán, correspondent in the eastern city of Samaná for the national daily Hoy and the national station Radio Popular, told CPJ that her daughter received two anonymous calls threatening the journalist and her family with death after she reported on a…
CPJ mission to Bolivia finds growing difficulties for media
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, June 8, 2007—Despite a relatively open press climate, President Evo Morales’s intolerance of media criticism is making working conditions for reporters increasingly difficult, a delegation from the Committee to Protect Journalists found during a week-long visit to Bolivia. Morales, while pledging to respect press freedom, accused the media of…