John Emerson

More than three years have passed since journalist Edgar Damalerio was fatally shot on a crowded street in the port city of Pagadian on the southern island of Mindanao.

CPJ Update August 15, 2005 News from the Committee to Protect Journalists Return to front page | See previous Updates

CPJ Update July 15, 2005 News from the Committee to Protect Journalists Return to front page | See previous Updates

CPJ Update June 15, 2005 News from the Committee to Protect Journalists Return to front page | See previous Updates

JUNE 9, 2005 Posted: June 24, 2005 La Verdad CENSORED Police at the airport in Bata, the largest city on Equatorial Guinea’s mainland, seized 200 copies of La Verdad, a publication run by the tiny opposition Convergence for Social Democracy (CPDS) party. La Verdad, which is licensed by the government but appears irregularly, is printed…

Arabic Satellite Channels and Censorship By Joel Campagna Committee to Protect Journalists

CPJ Update May 16, 2005 News from the Committee to Protect Journalists Return to front page | See previous Updates

خطوة بالاتجاه الخاطئ بقلم: هاني صبرا يتعرض الصحفي المستقل، علي المرابط، من جديد لاعتداء السلطات المغربية. فقد أصدرت محكمة في الرباط، في تحرك مروع خلال الاسبوع الماضي، حكماً يحظر عليه ممارسة الصحافة لمدة عشرة أعوام، بعد أن أدانته بتهمة التشهير بحق منظمة مؤيدة للحكومة. إن هذا الحكم المجحف، هو نوع من العقوبة يمكن للمرء أن…

A step in the wrong direction By Hani Sabra Assahifa al-Ousbouiya weekly, Morocco May 5 , 2005

Time for Real Media Reform in Arab World By Joel Campagna Al-Hayat newspaper, London May 3, 2005