As Tunisian elections near, attacks on press mount
October 22, 2009 5:08 PM ET
New York, October 22, 2009—Tunisian authorities must halt harassment of independent journalists, release a journalist jailed for taking photographs, and allow a prominent French reporter to enter the country, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. CPJ has documented...
Russian TV crew threatened, forced to leave Ingushetia
October 15, 2009 5:13 PM ET
New York, October 15, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns threats and an attack on a TV crew from the Moscow-based independent broadcaster REN-TV in the North Caucasian republic of Ingushetia that caused them to flee the region....
Government, media can limit risk to journalists
October 9, 2009 9:29 AM ET
The fighting along the border in Pakistan is a classic counter-insurgency: a large military force trying to oust an entrenched group from its base. Such armed conflict will always be risk-filled—especially for local journalists—but government leaders, military officials, and...
In Pakistan's frontier, echoes of a 2006 murder
October 8, 2009 9:24 AM ET
Local reporters like those in Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Swat, and Mingora are crucial to accurate, fully formed news coverage. Their importance was evident in August, when reports began to emerge that prominent Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud had been...
Value, ‘collateral damage’ as journalists embed
October 7, 2009 7:41 AM ET
During the height of the Pakistani military’s assault on militants, hundreds of local journalists were forced to flee the Swat Valley and neighboring areas. Coverage of the fighting was left in large part to Pakistani reporters from outside the...
As combat raged, local reporting was stifled
October 6, 2009 9:35 AM ET
Yesterday, I reported on the plight of Behroz Khan and Rahman Bunairee, two Pakistani journalists whose homes were destroyed by militants. Many other journalists in the North West Frontier Province, or NWFP, faced grave dangers and were forced to...
In Pakistan conflict, grave risks for reporters
October 5, 2009 9:25 AM ET
The September 30 Daily Times in Pakistan headlined a story “Peace being gradually restored in Swat,” although daily skirmishes continue between the military and militants. A few days earlier, a massive car bomb in the heart of Peshawar killed...
TV crew violently attacked at a protest rally in Ukraine
September 29, 2009 4:41 PM ET
New York, September 29, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the violent attack on the crew of an opposition Russian-language news channel in Odessa, and urges Ukrainian authorities to thoroughly investigate the incident....
CPJ makes headway in cases in Russia, Georgia
September 25, 2009 12:13 PM ET
Amid ongoing attacks on journalists, CPJ advocacy in Europe and Central Asia has generated some positive results. Earlier this month, a CPJ delegation met with Russian and European officials, who promised to revisit 17 journalist murders in Russia since 2000....
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