Iraq: Media Workers Killed 2003-09
See also: Journalists killed | Journalists abducted | Background reports The war in Iraq illustrated the dangers faced by people who work with journalists in supporting roles–as drivers, interpreters, fixers and guards. Here is a statistical look at media support workers killed in Iraq 2003-09. Capsule reports detailing each death are…
Attacks on the Press 2006: Asia Snapshots: Attacks & Developments
CambodiaEast TimorIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaMaldivesNorth Korea Singapore CAMBODIA • Military police arrested Hem Choun, a reporter with the Khmer-language newspaper Samrek Yutethor, as he reported June 7 on the government’s eviction of squatters in the village of Sombok Chab, 11 miles (18 kilometers) outside Phnom Penh. The Cambodian Center for Human Rights said authorities refused to recognize Choun…
Leading business daily targeted
JULY 21, 2006 Posted July 28, 2006 Nihon Keizai Shimbun ATTACKED An unidentified man hurled a Molotov cocktail at the headquarters of Japan’s largest business daily, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, according to local and international press reports. No one was hurt in the attack, and the office suffered minor damage.
Conflict in Iraq
Media Workers Killed in Iraq Return to “Conflict in Iraq” main page AP The war in Iraq illustrates the dangers faced by people who work with journalists in supporting roles — as drivers, interpreters, fixers and guards. Several of these media workers were killed alongside reporters on assignment. Others may have been singled out for…
Attacks on the Press 2003: North Korea
North Korea’s goal in a global nuclear crisis put the country on the front page of international papers throughout 2003. But the regime’s absolute control over news and information ensured that the world continued to know little about what happened inside the country’s tightly fortified borders.
Attacks on the Press in 2003: Journalists in Prison
There were 138 journalists in prison around the world at the end of 2003 who were jailed for practicing their profession. The number is the same as last year. An analysis of the reasons behind this is contained in the introduction on page 10. At the beginning of 2004, CPJ sent letters of inquiry to…