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Saberi joyful about Lee, Ling homecoming

August 5, 2009 11:57 AM EDT

Roxana Saberi, who was imprisoned in Iran for nearly four months, published a statement on her personal Web site to Euna Lee and Laura Ling after their release from North Korea on Tuesday. Saberi had previously expressed her support for the two imprisoned journalists in an interview with CPJ on June 9.

Ling, Lee pardoned in North Korea, reports say

August 4, 2009 4:15 PM EDT

New York, August 4, 2009–The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes media reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has pardoned and ordered the release of imprisoned journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee after former U.S. President Bill Clinton arrived in Pyongyang today.

CPJ welcomes reports that Lee, Ling to be freed

August 4, 2009 3:58 PM EDT

We issued the following statement in response to reports today from the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) that imprisoned U.S. journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling have been pardoned and will be released:

In North Korea, new negotiations for Lee, Ling

August 4, 2009 9:29 AM EDT

The Committee to Protect Journalists is encouraged by news reports that former U.S. President Bill Clinton traveled to North Korea to negotiate the release of two American television journalists, Euna Lee and Laura Ling. They were convicted on June 8 of entering North Korea illegally and planning “hostile acts” and were sentenced to 12 years’…

Learning to read the tea leaves: Reporting in China

July 31, 2009 5:13 PM EDT

While the general trend in China is toward a more open environment, there is a tendency toward “soft harassment” by police, who threaten retribution to sources and news assistants for helping foreign journalists rather than interfering directly with the journalists themselves.

Radio commentator shot dead in the Philippines

July 27, 2009 3:27 PM EDT

New York, July 27, 2009–Police in Mindanao must investigate the motive for today’s shooting murder of radio journalist Godofredo Linao and pursue those responsible, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Political group attacks photojournalist covering Indian elections

July 24, 2009 12:39 PM EDT

A group of political supporters attacked freelance photojournalist Jay Mandal at an election rally in Nandigram, West Bengal, India, on May 5, 2009, according to news reports and the New York-based South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA).

Chinese newspaper appeals Taiwan distribution ban

July 24, 2009 11:54 AM EDT

China Daily filed an appeal on July 2, 2009, challenging the Taiwanese government’s decision to revoke distribution rights of the Beijing-based English-language newspaper in Taiwan, according to international news reports.

Can China contain the microblog?

July 22, 2009 12:43 PM EDT

Social networking sites are under increasing pressure in China. Someone seems to have realized just how difficult they are to monitor when it comes to breaking news.

At Tolo and other Afghan media, pressure from all sides

July 22, 2009 10:19 AM EDT

With elections due on August 20, pressure is mounting on Afghan journalists, and it’s coming from all sides. The International Federation of Journalists helped organize a meeting in Kabul last week to draw the fractious journalists’ community together; there are four or five competing organizations, all vying for recognition, dominance, and funding. In March, the…