2005

CPJ Update October 17, 2005 News from the Committee to Protect Journalists Return to front page | See previous Updates

Dear General Casey, The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by recent incidents in which journalists have come under fire from U.S. and Iraqi forces at checkpoints near the International Zone in Baghdad.

OCTOBER 12, 2005 Posted October 18, 2005 Dion Nissenbaum, Knight Ridder Adam Pletts, Knight Ridder ABDUCTED Nissenbaum, a U.S. reporter for the Knight Ridder newspaper chain, and Pletts, a British freelance photographer working for the news organization, were held for several hours and released unharmed in the Gaza Strip. The abductions were part of an…

New York, October 12, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the conviction of a Turkish-Armenian journalist on a charge of “insulting and weakening Turkish identity through the media” An Istanbul court on Friday sentenced Hrant Dink, 52, editor-in-chief of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos, to a six-month suspended term. Dink and his lawyer, Fethiye Cetin,…

New York, October 12, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the abduction of a U.S. journalist and a British colleague who were held for several hours and released unharmed on Wednesday in the Gaza Strip. The abductions are part of an alarming spate of kidnappings of foreign journalists in Gaza, CPJ research shows. Dion Nissenbaum,…

In a new book, filmmaker Micah Garen recounts his captivity in Iraq.

Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists urgently calls on the United Nations Security Council to expand its current probe into the February 2005 murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri to include alarming, unsolved attacks against Lebanese journalists in recent months.

OCTOBER 7, 2005 Posted October 18, 2005 Hrant Dink, Agos LEGAL ACTION A Turkish-Armenian journalist was convicted of “insulting and weakening Turkish identity through the media” An Istanbul court sentenced Dink, 52, editor-in-chief of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos, to a six-month suspended term. Dink and his lawyer, Fethiye Cetin, said they appeal.

The Pentagon is silent as U.S. military imprisons local journalists.

New York, September 30, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists is very concerned about the health of imprisoned Tunisian journalist Hamadi Jebali, who is in the 16th day of a hunger strike protesting 14 years of unjust imprisonment. The journalist did not feel well enough to leave his cell when his wife, Wahida Jebali, went to…