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Malaysian news Web site harassed over protest coverage

September 15, 2009 5:31 PM EDT

New York, September 15, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the recent official harassment of Malaysiakini, a widely read online news site that has faced persistent threats from government authorities over its 11-year history.

CPJ writes Karzai: Afghan journalists fear retribution

September 15, 2009 2:52 PM EDT

Dear President Karzai: The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about conditions for journalists in Kandahar. Long destabilized by efforts to defeat the Taliban, the southern province has become even more dangerous since the recent presidential elections. Besides the daily threat of being caught up in an attack by insurgent groups, several local journalists tell CPJ they fear beatings, detentions, or worse in retribution for their reporting.

Afghan journalists call for justice in Munadi’s death

September 14, 2009 4:29 PM EDT

A large group of Afghan journalists met on Sunday in Kabul. They were angry about the death of New York Times journalist Sultan Mohammed Munadi in the September 9 British-led rescue attempt to free him and Times’ reporter Stephen Farrell, who survived unharmed, from kidnappers. After the meeting, they sent me a list of demands…

Thai media owner, editor handed prison sentences

September 14, 2009 10:17 AM EDT

New York, September 14, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a Thai criminal court decision on Thursday to sentence media owner, television commentator, and political activist Sondhi Limthongkul to two years in prison in connection with criminal libel charges filed by a former government minister.

CPJ testifies on China’s media controls

September 10, 2009 3:15 PM EDT

Madeline Earp, CPJ Asia research associate, testified in Washington today before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission at a public hearing on “China’s Media and Information Controls: The Impact in China and the United States.”

Sultan Mohammed Munadi: Shining a light in darkness

September 9, 2009 3:46 PM EDT

On my first trip to Kabul for CPJ in July 2006, I met Sultan Mohammed Munadi at The New York Times bureau. Munadi, who was killed today, was working on a story when I walked in, but he took time to help me find a driver.

CPJ saddened by death of kidnapped translator

September 9, 2009 3:00 PM EDT

We issued the following statement after Afghan journalist Sultan Mohammed Munadi was killed during a raid to free him and his colleague, New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell. The two journalists had been kidnapped in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz on Saturday…

Kambakhsh in a Kabul courtroom in 2008. (AP/Musadeq Sadeq)

Amid woes, Kambakhsh release a moment to celebrate

September 8, 2009 3:51 PM EDT

We received great news that Parwez Kambakhsh, a 24-year-old Afghan journalist and student who was unjustly convicted of blasphemy and serving a 20-year term, was released from prison. But happiness over his release—the product of intensive advocacy by CPJ and others—is tempered by deteriorating press conditions overall in Afghanistan.

CPJ pleased by release of Parwez Kambakhsh

September 8, 2009 2:35 PM EDT

We released this statement today after receiving confirmation from Yaqub Ibrahimi that his brother, Afghan journalism student Parwez Kambakhsh, who was convicted of blasphemy and originally sentenced to death, has been released from a 20-year prison sentence…

Blogger still detained in Vietnam; three released

September 8, 2009 12:28 PM EDT

New York, September 8, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Vietnamese authorities to release immediately and unconditionally Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, a blogger who writes under the pen name Me Nam, or Mother Mushroom.