CPJ seeks investigation into Israeli border case
Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists is writing to express alarm about the treatment of an award-winning Palestinian journalist who said he was abused by Israeli Shin Bet agents at the Allenby Bridge border crossing between Israel and Jordan late last month.
Cameraman shot by Israeli forces while covering Gaza clashes
New York, July 6, 2007—The Committee to Protect Journalists is outraged by Thursday’s shooting of a Palestinian cameraman by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip. Imad Ghanem, a cameraman for the Hamas-affiliated satellite channel Al-Aqsa, was filming paramedics transferring victims of an Israeli tank shell in the eastern part of Bureij refugee camp in central…
BBC correspondent Alan Johnston Freed
New York, July 3, 2007—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomed the release early Wednesday morning local time of BBC correspondent Alan Johnston, who had been held captive for nearly four months in the Gaza Strip. CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon said: “We are relieved that Alan Johnston has finally been freed after this cruel ordeal.…
Journalists Abductedin the Gaza Strip 2004-07 Gaza: Kidnappers release new video of BBC reporter2007200620052004
New York, June 25, 2007—A BBC reporter held for more than 100 days by militants in the Gaza Strip appeared in a newly released videotape warning against attempts to free him by force. In the videotape made public today, Alan Johnston wore what he said was an explosive belt and warned that his captors would…
Journalists Abductedin the Gaza Strip 2004-07 In Gaza, captors release video of abducted BBC reporter2007200620052004
New York, June 1, 2007—The Committee to Protect Journalists today renewed its call for the immediate release of captive BBC reporter Alan Johnston following the disclosure of a videotape showing the journalist alive and in apparent good health. The tape was the first proof of Johnston’s condition that captors have offered since the abduction in…
CPJ alarmed by gunfire outside Gaza news buildings; urges factions to halt
New York, May 16, 2007—The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned that the safety of dozens of journalists was endangered by heavy factional fighting today around two Gaza City buildings housing several news organizations. According to CPJ sources and international news reports, Fatah gunmen took over the roofs of the Shawa and Hosari Tower—which…
Journalist, media worker killed in Gaza City
New York, May 14, 2007—The Committee to Protect Journalist is outraged by the killings of a journalist and a media worker, who were shot on Sunday in Gaza City. Gunmen wearing presidential guard uniforms stopped a taxi carrying Suleiman Abdul-Rahim al-Ashi, 25, an economics editor for the Hamas-affiliated daily Palestine, and Mohammad Matar Abdo, 25,…
Palestinian group claims it’s holding Johnston, makes public demands
New York, May 9, 2007—The Palestinian militant group Jaish al-Islam has issued a recording in which it claims to be holding BBC correspondent Alan Johnston and demands the release of Muslim prisoners held by the United Kingdom in exchange for the journalist’s freedom. The audio and visual recording, published on an extremist Web site and…
Worldwide rallies seek release of BBC correspondent Alan Johnston
New York, May 3, 2007—The Committee to Protect Journalists joined with colleagues at a rally at U.N. headquarters today to call for the release of BBC correspondent Alan Johnston, abducted in Gaza more than seven weeks ago. Journalists in London, China, and Indonesia also rallied today, World Press Freedom Day, in support of Johnston’s release.…