Spain / Europe & Central Asia

More than 80 journalists flee their home countries in the last year. Iraq and Somalia are the hardest hit. By Elisbeth Witchel and Karen Phillips

March 2008 News from the Committee to Protect Journalists

Attacks and developments throughout the region

February 2008 News from the Committee to Protect Journalists

The Chavez administration pulls a broadcast license as it asserts media muscle

March 2007 News from the Committee to Protect Journalists

By Kristin JonesWatson sees his contributors vanish. In cyberspace, the most repressive law trumps all.

See updated list of 10 Most Censored Countries at: https://cpj.org/reports/2019/09/10-most-censored-eritrea-north-korea-turkmenistan-journalist.php. North Korea tops CPJ’s list of “10 Most Censored Countries”

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…