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Photojournalist shot in Northern Ireland sectarian violence

June 23, 2011 3:38 PM EDT

New York, June 23, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ulster authorities to investigate the shooting of photographer Niall Carson and ensure the safety of journalists covering sectarian violence in Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland.

In exile: From a Cameroonian jail to immigration limbo

June 20, 2011 12:01 AM EDT

I was arbitrary and unlawfully arrested and detained in a heavily secured military police detention facility in Cameroon for 40 days. I had to bribe my way out of the country to seek sanctuary and protection. Cameroon is a dictatorship dressed up as a fake democracy, with a leader in power for more than 29 years. As…

After the prelude: Remembering Tim Hetherington

May 17, 2011 10:59 AM EDT

On Friday, May 13, some 500 people gathered at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Mayfair, London, to remember, celebrate, and lay to rest photojournalist and filmmaker Tim Hetherington.