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2012

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Veteran Egyptian journalist Ibrahim Eissa. (CPJ)

Egyptian journalists pressured by military, Islamists

March 6, 2012 3:21 PM EST

For a few weeks after the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak, it looked as if Egypt might do the unthinkable and do away with the ministry of information. New publications and TV stations sprouted up, newspaper circulation soared, and a new breed of citizen journalists and bloggers opened a space for reporting and comment that…

Kuwaiti daily suspended for ‘creating sectarian strife’

March 5, 2012 3:29 PM EST

New York, March 5, 2012–Kuwaiti authorities must lift their suspension of the privately owned newspaper Al-Dar and drop antistate charges lodged in connection with articles that sought to defend the country’s Shiite minority, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Relief greets evacuation, but concern over fallen

March 1, 2012 5:44 PM EST

New York, March, 1, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the news that two French journalists injured in Homs last week have reached safety in Lebanon. “We are relieved that Edith Bouvier and William Daniels are now safe but are concerned that the Syrian government’s assault on Homs has made it impossible to retrieve the…

Journalists of the independent al-Tayar newspaper protest the confiscation of its entire edition. (Reuters/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah)

Sudan attempts to silence opposition news coverage

March 1, 2012 4:29 PM EST

New York, March 1, 2012–Sudanese authorities must halt their efforts to silence news coverage of opposition leadership, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Authorities have already closed three newspapers in 2012 and confiscated thousands of copies, CPJ research shows.

Two Palestinian television stations raided in Ramallah

February 29, 2012 5:43 PM EST

New York, February 29, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns today’s early-morning raid by Israeli soldiers on two private Palestinian television stations in Ramallah.

In Jordan, blogger stabbed after criticizing the royal family

February 29, 2012 4:15 PM EST

New York, February 29, 2012–Jordan authorities must undertake a serious investigation into the stabbing of a blogger who wrote critically about the Jordanian royal family, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Ahead of elections, Iran cracks down on press freedom

February 28, 2012 4:56 PM EST

New York, February 28, 2012–The Iranian regime continued its persistent campaign against press freedom days ahead of its parliamentary elections on March 2 by sentencing two journalists to prison and periodically blocking millions of users from accessing the Internet, according to news reports. In addition, two journalists are suffering from deteriorating health conditions in prison,…

British journalist Paul Conroy was evacuated from Homs on Tuesday. (AFP/YouTube)

British journalist evacuated from Syria

February 28, 2012 12:13 PM EST

New York, February 28, 2012–British photographer Paul Conroy, wounded last week during a mortar attack on the central city of Homs, was evacuated on Tuesday, according to his newspaper, The Sunday Times, and news reports.

Smoke rises from a building in a Homs neighborhood. The city has been shelled daily for three weeks. (Reuters)

In Syria, fourth journalist killed in past week

February 27, 2012 3:32 PM EST

New York, February 27, 2012–A Syrian videographer who documented unrest in the besieged city of Homs was killed in a mortar attack on Friday, according to news reports. Anas al-Tarsha is the fourth media fatality in Syria in the past week.

In Libya, two journalists detained without charge

February 27, 2012 3:17 PM EST

New York, February 27, 2012–Libyan authorities must seek the release of two British journalists who have been held in Tripoli by a local militia for the past six days, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.