Video blogger ordered back to jail
New York, September 20, 2006 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned that a freelance video blogger has been ordered back to jail after losing an appeal in a U.S. federal court in San Francisco. Joshua Wolf spent 30 days in prison after refusing to turn over to a federal grand jury unaired videotape…
Reporter detained for two days
SEPTEMBER 15, 2005 Posted: September 22, 2006 Ahmed Rodríguez Albacia, Jóvenes sin censura DETAINED Rodríguez, an independent reporter for the news agency Jóvenes sin censura, was detained by police in Havana while reporting on the situation of a human rights activist. No charges were filed against Rodríguez, who was released on September 17.
Documentary crew attacked by Mexico City police
SEPTEMBER 15, 2006 Posted: October 13, 2006 Miguel Angel Fuentes Cortina, Canal 6 de julio Juan Pablo Ramos Jiménez, Canal 6 de julio Mario Viveros Barragán, Canal 6 de julio ATTACKED A group of Mexico City police officers attacked Viveros, Ramos, and Fuentes, a documentary producer and two cameramen, while they were filming the violent…
Guatemalan radio journalist shot dead inside his car
New York, September 12, 2006—Guatemalan radio reporter Eduardo Maas Bol was gunned down early Sunday morning inside his car on the outskirts of the central city of Cobán. The Committee to Protect Journalists is investigating whether Maas’ murder is connected to his work as a journalist. Maas, the Cobán correspondent for the Guatemala City-based Radio…
Assailants attack a reporter and two photographers
SEPTEMBER 5, 2006 Posted: September 21, 2006 Eugenia Cicero, PM Jaime Murrieta Briones, El Diario Aurelio Suárez Núñez, PM ATTACKED Reporter Cicero and photographer Suárez, of the Ciudad de Juárez-based daily PM, and Murrieta, a photographer for the local daily El Diario, were attacked while trying to photograph a group of at least 20 armed…
U.S. blogger freed after 30 days in jail; case still looms
New York, September 1, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists is gratified that a federal appeals court in San Francisco has agreed to release a video blogger on bail while the journalist’s appeal is pending. Joshua Wolf spent 30 days in prison after refusing to turn over to a federal grand jury a videotape of a…
Venezuelan columnist shot to death in front of home
New York, August 29, 2006—An unidentified assailant shot and killed Venezuelan columnist Jesús Rafael Flores Rojas last week in front of his home in El Tigre in southwestern Anzoátegui province. The Committee to Protect Journalists is investigating whether Flores’ murder is related to his journalistic work. Flores, known locally as “El Pavo Flores,” was editorial…