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Reporter Bocar Dieng said an attack by a local leader loyal to President Wade left him with this swollen eye. (Bocar Dieng)

Journalists threatened, assaulted amid Senegal election

February 29, 2012 4:49 PM EST

New York, February 29, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Senegalese authorities today to thoroughly investigate recent attacks on the media and ensure that the press is able to report freely on the country’s presidential election results and potential run-off. CPJ has documented at least 12 incidents of threats and physical harm against journalists…

This screenshot from Sánchez's video is said to show police chasing protesters from the site of a proposed dam. (YouTube)

Threatened after posting video, Colombian journalist flees

February 29, 2012 4:30 PM EST

New York, February 29, 2012–Colombian freelance journalist and activist Bladimir Sánchez Espitia fled his home state today for the capital city after receiving death threats related to a video he posted on YouTube, according to the Bogotá-based Foundation for Freedom of the Press (FLIP). News reports said the video showed anti-riot police forcibly removing protesters…

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.

Kyrgyzstan must drop charges against journalist

February 29, 2012 3:13 PM EST

New York, February 29, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in Kyrgyzstan to drop politically motivated extremism charges against independent journalist Vladimir Farafonov.

Gunmen murder veteran radio journalist in Mogadishu

February 28, 2012 5:15 PM EST

New York, February 28, 2012–Unidentified gunmen today assassinated a veteran journalist who had been trying to relaunch a radio station that extremist group Al-Shabaab had shut down and looted in 2010, local journalists said.

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,…

Journalist Mohamed Abdirahman was arrested and brutally assaulted while in police custody. (Omer Albashiir)

Somaliland reporter arrested, beaten in custody

February 28, 2012 4:34 PM EST

New York, February 28, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns last week’s arrest and brutal assault of Mohamed Abdirahman, a journalist in the semi-autonomous republic of Somaliland.

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.

President Correa tells the nation he is pardoning the executives and journalists he sued for libel. (AFP/Rodrigo Buendia)

Despite pardon, Correa does lasting damage to press

February 27, 2012 5:04 PM EST

New York, February 27, 2012–Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa announced today that he would pardon several news managers and journalists he had sued for libel, but his actions in the cases have done grave damage to free expression in his country, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Correa had won separate libel complaints against executives of…

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.