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Reporter’s assassins remain at large one year on in Iraq

July 20, 2009 2:33 PM EDT

New York, July 20, 2009–Authorities in Kirkuk province must bring to justice those responsible for the 2008 murder of journalist Soran Mama Hama, at left, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on the eve of the anniversary of the reporter’s slaying. On the evening of July 21, 2008, unidentified gunmen murdered the 23-year-old reporter for the…

CPJ mourns Walter Cronkite

July 17, 2009 9:52 PM EDT

New York, July 17, 2009–The Committee to Protect Journalists recalls Walter Cronkite, the CBS News anchor and CPJ honorary co-chairman who died today, as an instrumental leader in the international press freedom movement. Throughout CPJ’s 28-year history, Cronkite was active in efforts to protect local journalists working in dangerous situations around the world.

Journalist beaten in Puntland courtroom

July 17, 2009 3:31 PM EDT

New York, July 17, 2009–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the attack on reporter Aweys Sheikh Nur on Wednesday by security guards during a court session in Bosaso, in Puntland, a semi-autonomous region of Somalia.

Media harassed in Brazzaville after disputed election

July 17, 2009 3:17 PM EDT

New York, July 17, 2009–The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the harassment of international journalists covering this week’s disputed presidential elections in Republic of Congo.On Wednesday, police smashed the camera of videographer Marlène Rabaud of France 24 while she was filming the dispersal of an opposition demonstration in the capital, Brazzaville, according to…

In Yemen, journalist sentenced to 14 months in jail

July 16, 2009 5:16 PM EDT

New York, July 16, 2009–The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on the Yemeni court of appeals to overturn a jail sentence it handed down on Wednesday against journalist Anis Mansour from the suspended independent daily Al-Ayyam.

North Korea should grant amnesty to Ling, Lee

July 16, 2009 3:55 PM EDT

New York, July 16, 2009–North Korea should grant amnesty to U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who have now been jailed four months following their arrest on the North Korean-Chinese border, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Thai distributors block The Economist over article

July 16, 2009 3:03 PM EDT

New York, July 16, 2009–Distributors blocked the July 4-10 edition of The Economist from entering Thailand for an article that covered the mounting threat of lese majeste complaints to the country’s Internet freedom and freedom of expression, according to a local distributor and international news reports.

Al-Jazeera suspended in the West Bank

July 15, 2009 5:56 PM EDT

New York, July 15, 2009–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Palestinian Authority’s decision today to suspend the operations of Al-Jazeera in the West Bank after the satellite channel aired a controversial interview on Tuesday. The suspension, according to a Palestinian Authority Ministry of Information statement, will remain in place until “the judiciary issues a…

Prominent reporter abducted, murdered in Chechnya

July 15, 2009 5:01 PM EDT

New York, July 15, 2009–Today’s brutal murder of prominent journalist and human rights activist Natalya Estemirova, at left, in Chechnya must be thoroughly investigated immediately, the Committee to Protect Journalists said.Estemirova, 50, was abducted this morning in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, as she was leaving her apartment for work, Reuters reported. She was found shot in…

In Zambia, bogus charges filed against Post reporter

July 15, 2009 4:47 PM EDT

New York, July 15, 2009–The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the arrest of Zambian journalist Chansa Kabwela on bogus charges of circulating obscene materials.