Attacks on the Press
in 1995
A Worldwide Survey
by the Committee to Protect Journalists
March 1996
Internet Edition
About this edition: In addition to the essays found in this Internet edition, there are more than 700 accounts of attacks on the press (each investigated by CPJ), which are available at CPJ's Website and in the print edition. To order the print edition of Attacks on the Press in 1995,
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Copyright 1996 Commitee to Protect Journalists
Table of Contents
Preface
by Roger Rosenblatt
Executive Summary
Introduction
by William A. Orme, Jr.
Journalists Killed in Past 10 Years
AFRICA
by Kakuna Kerina
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Nigeria: Special Report
"The Retreat of Nigeria's Press: Tactical Withdrawal or Temporary Defeat?"
by a Special Correspondent to CPJ
THE AMERICAS
by Ana Arana
ASIA
by Vikram Parekh
- India: Special Report
"On a Razor's Edge: Local Journalists Targeted by Warring Parties in Kashmir"
by Vikram Parekh
CENTRAL EUROPE AND THE REPUBLICS OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION
by David Satter
THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
by Avner Gidron
Homophobic Attacks on the Press: Special Report
"Double Jeopardy: Homophobic Attacks on the Press"
by Masha Gessen
Journalists in Jail
A record 182 Cases of Reporters Imprisoned Around the World
The Death Toll
51 confirmed cases of journalists killed in the line of duty in 1995
1995 International Press Freedom Awards
How to Report an Attack on the Press