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Journalists among the dead in leaked Iraq video

April 5, 2010 6:10 PM EDT

The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following statement today after reviewing a classified U.S. military video showing the killing of an unspecified number of individuals, including Reuters photographer Namir Noor-Eldeen and camera assistant Saeed Chmagh, outside Baghdad. The footage was shot in July 2007 and the video was posted on WikiLeaks.

Critical Kuwaiti journalist faces official harassment

April 2, 2010 3:43 PM EDT

New York, April 2, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Kuwaiti authorities to end the judicial harassment of opposition journalist Mohammed Abdulqader al-Jassem.

Jailed Iranian journalists’ health raises alarm

April 1, 2010 4:40 PM EDT

New York, April 1, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed that several Iranian journalists continue to be held in inhumane conditions at the notorious Evin Prison. At least one journalist is reported in deteriorating health, and two are under severe duress to “confess” to charges that could bring execution.

Iranian journalist’s health is deteriorating in jail

March 30, 2010 6:01 PM EDT

New York, March 30, 2010–The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about the health and well-being of Emadeddin Baghi, a prominent Iranian journalist, author, and human rights activist who has been detained without charges in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison since December 2009.

Israeli soldiers attack four journalists in the West Bank

March 26, 2010 4:16 PM EDT

A group of Palestinian journalists were assaulted on January 28, 2010, while reporting on olive tree planting in Burin village, south of Nablus in the West Bank. According to the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA), Israeli forces assaulted Rami Swidan, a photographer for Ma’an News Agency; Ashraf Abu Shawish, a cameraman for Palmedia, and Reuters photographers…

Tunisia blocks journalists from press conferences

March 25, 2010 5:57 PM EDT

New York, March 25, 2010—Tunisian authorities banned journalists from attending two press conferences for the launch of local and international human rights reports this week, and is stepping up harassment of journalists overall, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Muhammad al-Maqaleh released in Yemen

March 25, 2010 4:31 PM EDT

We issued the following statement in response to local and international press reports that Muhammad al-Maqaleh, editor of the Yemeni Socialist Party news Web site Aleshteraki, has been released for what the reports described as “health and humanitarian reasons.” Al-Maqaleh was kidnapped in September 2009 but appeared in government custody in February and alleged that…

Muaid al-Lami at a Baghdad hospital following an attack that wounded his driver. (Reuters)

Journalist Syndicate chief escapes assassination attempt

March 25, 2010 2:45 PM EDT

New York, March 25, 2010—Iraqi authorities must urgently investigate an assassination attempt Sunday against Muaid al-Lami, head of the Iraqi Journalists’ Syndicate, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

CPJ welcomes editor’s release in Yemen

March 24, 2010 4:54 PM EDT

We issued the following statement after learning that Hisham Bashraheel, editor of the daily Al-Ayyam, who has been in custody since January 6, was released today for what colleagues described as “health reasons.” The release comes one week after CPJ called on President Saleh of Yemen to release a number of journalists who are in…

Tunisia must end harassment of independent journalists

March 22, 2010 5:26 PM EDT

New York, March 22, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Tunisian authorities to end the persecution and imprisonment of a critical journalist and to overturn a four-year jail sentence of another.