U.S. editor gunned down in Oakland
New York, August 2, 2007—U.S. journalist Chauncey Bailey was shot to death this morning on a street in downtown Oakland. The Committee to Protect Journalists expressed alarm and called on local authorities today to conduct a prompt and vigorous investigation into his murder. Around 7:30 a.m., an unidentified assailant dressed in black clothes approached Bailey,…
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…
Government probes Michael Moore’s work in Cuba
MAY 2, 2007 Michael Moore, Goldflat Productions LEGAL ACTION The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) opened a civil investigation of journalist and documentary filmmaker Michael Moore following his March 2007 trip to Cuba, according to a May 2 letter sent to Moore by Dale Thompson, chief of general investigations and field…
In clearing soldiers in 2004 Iraq shooting, U.S. report leaves contradictions unaddressed
New York, May 24, 2007—A U.S. military report that exonerated U.S. troops in the killings of two Al-Arabiya journalists at a Baghdad checkpoint in 2004 failed to address contradictory witness reports, including statements from Al-Arabiya employees that at least two U.S. soldiers fired directly on the journalists’ vehicle, newly declassified records show. The report, disclosed…
Panel raises concerns about journalists held without charge by U.S.
Washington, D.C., May 8, 2007—A panel sponsored by the Committee to Protect Journalists and the National Press Club’s Freedom of the Press Committee today expressed concern about the ongoing detentions without charge of two journalists by the U.S. military in Iraq and at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Government probes Michael Moore’s work in Cuba
MAY 2, 2007 Michael Moore, Goldflat Productions LEGAL ACTION The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) opened a civil investigation of journalist and documentary filmmaker Michael Moore following his March 2007 trip to Cuba, according to a May 2 letter sent to Moore by Dale Thompson, chief of general investigations and field…
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…
CPJ welcomes release of freelance journalist Josh Wolf
New York, April 3, 2007—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes today’s news that freelance journalist Josh Wolf, the longest imprisoned journalist in U.S. history, was released from a federal prison in California. “We’re very relieved by news that Josh Wolf was finally released from federal prison, and we are looking forward to speaking with him,”…