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CPJ UpdateThe Committee to Protect JournalistsJanuary 13, 2006

Death toll is 47 worldwide; Iraq becomes deadliest recent conflict

13 Confirmed cases of journalists killed in Iraq by U.S. Forces (March 2003-August 2005)

China, Cuba, two African nations are top jailers of journalists.Ethiopian crackdown fuels worldwide increase; U.S. is 6th among nations.

Colombia may be unique in the extent to which its press censors itself in fear of physical reprisals. Powerful economic factors, though hardly exceptional, add yet more pressure.

The Committee to Protect Journalists interviewed three dozen journalists around the country. Here is a sample of topics they said they’d investigate if not for fear of reprisals.

Since 1995, when the first independent news agencies emerged in Cuba, dozens of journalists have fled the country to escape harassment, threats, detention, or jail. Many have settled in the United States or Spain, where some continue to work as journalists. Manuel Vázquez Portal, who won CPJ’s 2003 International Press Freedom Award, settled in Miami…

Restrictive regimes around the world came out ahead. Many were already taking a cue from a U.S. case involving the leak of a CIA officer’s name when the Supreme Court announced this week that it would not hear an appeal by two journalists. The reporters, Matthew Cooper of Time magazine and Judith Miller of The New York Times, face 18-month jail terms for not revealing their confidential sources.

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

The Five Most Murderous Countries for Journalists