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AP photographer killed and reporter wounded as attacks on journalists rise in Afghanistan

April 4, 2014 3:07 PM EDT

Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus was killed in Afghanistan. AP reporter Kathy Gannon was wounded in the same attack. The two were shot by an Afghan police officer who approached their car in an election convoy and opened fire on them in the back seat.Michael Calderone of the Huffington Post quoted Asia Program Coordinator Bob…

News from the Committee to Protect Journalists, March 2014

March 31, 2014 4:16 PM EDT

Pakistani PM pledges justice, journalist security to CPJ A CPJ delegation traveled to Pakistan this month and met with high-level Pakistani officials including Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who pledged to continue to expand Pakistan’s media freedoms and address the insecurity plaguing the country’s journalists.

Spanish journalists freed after six months in captivity in Syria

March 30, 2014 2:59 PM EDT

Two Spanish journalists, Javier Espinoza and Ricardo Garcia Vilanova, taken hostage in Syria more than six months ago, were freed. The Los Angeles Times, among many outlets, covered their release. Read the full story here.

Bahrain sentences 28 to prison in protest trial

March 26, 2014 2:54 PM EDT

Photojournalist Ahmed Humaidan was among 28 Bahrainis sentenced in a trial today. Humaidan, who has been imprisoned since December 2012, was sentenced to 10 years in jail, according to news reports. The Associated Press quoted CPJ’s research in their coverage of the trial.Read the full story here.

Journalist deaths highlight deteriorating security in afghanistan

March 25, 2014 2:47 PM EDT

During an attack in Afghanistan, Sardar Ahmad, a senior reporter for Agence France-Presse’s Kabul bureau, was killed. The assailants killed nine, including Ahmad, members of his family including his wife and two children. Mashable quoted CPJ’s MENA program coordinator Sherif Mansour in their article on the attack. Read the full article here.

Turkey VS. Twitter

March 21, 2014 4:58 PM EDT

Turkey banned access to Twitter hours after Prime Minister Erdoğan threatened to shut it down. Internet Advocacy Coordinator Geoff King and Central Asia and Europe Program Coordinator Nina Ognianova, were both interviewed by The New Yorker.Read the full article here.

Pakistan forms commission to protect journalists as reporters routinely face attacks and death

March 19, 2014 5:02 PM EDT

CPJ’s mission to Pakistan and meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif garnered both domestic and international media attention. The Intentional Business Times was one of the many outlets that detailed the positive outcome of the meeting.Read the full article here.

Questions about news photographers in syria arise after freelancer’s death

March 13, 2014 3:22 PM EDT

Following the death of Molhem Barakat last December, The New York Times Lens Blog used CPJ’s data in the discussion of threats to journalists covering Syria.Read the full article here.

Swedish journalist killed in Kabul in broad daylight

March 11, 2014 3:29 PM EDT

After a British-Swedish journalist was killed in Kabul, BuzzFeed quoted Asia Program Coordinator, Bob Dietz, in its coverage of the attack.

Kidnapped journalist in Syria is freed

March 2, 2014 5:28 PM EST

Marc Marginedas, a Spanish journalist kidnapped by militants on September 4, 2013, crossed the border into Turkey on March 2, 2014, the Associated Press reported. The story references CPJ data, specifically the estimated thirty journalists still missing in Syria. Read the full story here.