Profiles

Omar Ruiz Hernández, a reporter for the Havana-based independent news agency Grupo de Trabajo Decoro in the province of Villa Clara, was arrested when he was 62 during the massive 2003 crackdown on the island’s dissidents and independent press. He shared quarters with 11 prisoners in a small barracks until he was freed in July…

Rima Marrouch is research associate for CPJ’s Middle East and North Africa Program. She is a former U.N. reporter for the pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat.

Alfredo Felipe Fuentes, an economist by training, began working for the Cuban independent press in 1991. He was given 26 years in prison in 2003 for violating Article 91 of the Cuban penal code and acting against “the independence or the territorial integrity of the state.”

Kavita Menon, Senior Program Officer for CPJ, has reported across South Asia and contributed to news outlets including the Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, and NPR. She previously headed CPJ’s Asia program and led missions to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Follow her on Twitter @kavita718.

Makiko Segawa is a Tokyo-based staff writer for the Shingetsu News Agency.

Linette Lopez is a member of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism’s class of 2011. She covered Russia Today for the school’s Global Media Wars project. Follow her on Twitter: @lopezlinette.

Gypsy Guillén Kaiser is CPJ’s chief global affairs officer. Born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New York, she began her career as a journalist after graduating from New York University. Follow her on LinkedIn.

Greg Fay is CPJ’s executive assistant and board liaison. He was in China on a Fulbright fellowship from 2007-2008.

Noha Atef is an Egyptian blogger and journalist who focuses on human rights, especially police abuses and freedom of expression. Her blog is TortureinEgypt.net.

Nic Bothma is the West Africa chief photographer for European Pressphoto Agency.