L.A. police attack journalists covering immigration rights rally
MAY 1, 2007 Patricia Nazario, KPCC Carlos Botifoll, Telemundo Christina Gonzalez, KTTV Patti Ballaz, KTTV Carl Stein, KCAL HARASSED, ATTACKED During a rally for immigrant rights, Los Angeles police attacked journalists with batons, according to news reports. Police Chief William J. Bratton said he would investigate the conduct of police, who were captured on news…
Backsliders: The 10 countries where press freedom has most deteriorated
New York, May 2, 2007–Three nations in sub-Saharan Africa are among the places worldwide where press freedom has deteriorated the most over the last five years, a new analysis by the Committee to Protect Journalists has found. Ethiopia, where the government launched a massive crackdown on the private press by shutting newspapers and jailing editors,…
MEXICO: Police assault journalist without provocation
APRIL 30, 2007 Posted May 16, 2007 Jaime Almada Guirado, Nuevo Sonora ATTACKED, HARASSED Almada, a reporter with the Hermosillo weekly Nuevo Sonora, was beaten and harassed by two municipal police officers, according to the journalist and news reports.
In Guatemala, local reporters attacked while covering mob attack
New York, April 26, 2007—Guatemalan television journalist Rudy Toledo was shot and wounded, and three other local reporters were attacked Wednesday while covering a mob’s fatal attack on a purported gang member in the northeastern province of Quiché. A group of about 100 people shot and burned an individual believed to be a member of…
Reporter detained while covering protest
APRIL 24, 2007 Posted April 30, 2007 Gina Reyes Demeis, El Carabobeño HARASSED Reyes, Aragua correspondent for the Valencia-based daily El Carabobeño, was detained by members the Venezuelan National Guard while she was covering a protest in the central Aragua province, according to Venezuelan press reports.
In Mexico, a missing reporter is found dead
New York, April 24, 2007—Saúl Noé Martínez Ortega, a Mexican crime reporter who had been abducted a week ago, was found dead yesterday morning in the northern state of Chihuahua. The Committee to Protect Journalists is investigating possible links between Martínez’s murder and his professional work.
Urdu-language columnist attacked after alleged anti-Islam articles
APRIL 19, 2007 Posted April 27, 2007 Jawaad Faizi, Pakistan Post ATTACKED, THREATENED After receiving anonymous threats, Faizi, a columnist for the New York-based Urdu-language biweekly Pakistan Post, was attacked by unidentified individuals in Toronto, according to the Canadian press and CPJ interviews.