Susan Forste
Russia’s Journalists
Joel Simon Letter to the Editor International Herald Tribune May 5, 2008 President-elect Dmitri Medvedev of Russia will have many advantages when he takes the reins from Vladimir Putin this week. Bolstered by record oil prices, the country’s economic outlook is fairly upbeat. Popular support for the new government is high, thanks largely to Putin’s…
Getting away with murder
Robert Mahoney Published in the Guardian ‘s Comment is Free blog May 2, 2008 As published in the Guardian ‘s blog In Britain, to silence a bothersome journalist you hire a lawyer. In much of the developing world, you hire an assassin. Killing a reporter in Russia or Mexico costs just a few thousand dollars.…
Press rights group calls for release of jailed Cuban journalists
By Ciaran Giles Associated Press March 18, 2008 MADRID, Spain (AP) –A press advocacy group called Tuesday for the immediate release of some 20 journalists serving jail terms in Cuba, five years after they were rounded up as part of a crackdown against dissidents.
Report says 2007 deadly for journalists; Iraq sees most victims for 5th straight year
By Hannah Allam McClatchy Newspapers February 7, 2008 CAIRO, Egypt: The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists has released its 2007 annual report, “Attacks on the Press.” At least 65 journalists were killed in the past year, the highest death toll in more than a decade.
Arab Bloggers Under Pressure as Bush Visits the Middle East
Joel Campagna Published in The Huffington Post January 11, 2008 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-campagna/arab-bloggers-under-press_b_81096.html Much of the Arab blogosphere is abuzz this week. Not about President Bush’s current Mideast tour which began in Israel on Wednesday, but about a thirty-two year old IT executive-turned-blogger currently in prison in Saudi Arabia.
Killings of Journalists Hit High in 2007
Glenn Kessler The Washington Post December 18, 2007 Reprinted with permission from Washingtonpost.com, Newsweek Interactive Company and The Washington Post The number of journalists killed worldwide spiked to the highest number in more than a decade, with nearly half killed in Iraq, according to an analysis by the Committee to Protect Journalists, a New York-based…
The Year of Reporting Dangerously – Death Toll for Journalists Rises in 2007
Joel Simon Published in The Huffington Post December 18, 2007 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-simon/the-year-of-reporting-dan_b_77208.html Do you know the names Salih Said Aldin, Khalid W. Hassan, or Namir Noor-Eldeen? All three were reporters for international media outlets who were killed in Iraq in the last year.
Case Lays Bare the Media’s Reliance on Iraqi Journalists
By Tim Arango The New York Times December 17, 2007 Bilal Hussein, an Iraqi photographer who had a hand in The Associated Press’s 2005 Pulitzer Prize for photography before being jailed without charges by the United States military, finally had a day in court last week. But his story, which highlights the unprecedented role that…