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Thai journalist dies from bomb blast injuries

September 26, 2011 3:09 PM EDT

New York, September 26, 2011–The Thai government must bring to justice the perpetrators of the September 16 bomb attacks that killed a journalist and five other people in the country’s insurgency-plagued southern region, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Sniper fire claims life of Yemeni cameraman

September 26, 2011 2:13 PM EDT

New York, September 26, 2011–A Yemeni cameraman died in a Sana’a hospital on Saturday, five days after being struck by sniper fire while covering an anti-government protest in the capital, according to local and international news reports. Hassan al-Wadhaf, who filmed his own shooting, is the second journalist to be killed in Yemen since demonstrations…

Meron Estefanos was threatened over her coverage of journalist Dawit Isaac. (Sven Lindvall/Expressen)

Journalists face threats in covering Isaac imprisonment

September 26, 2011 1:12 PM EDT

New York, September 26, 2011–A Sweden-based journalist was publicly threatened Friday in connection with her reporting on the case of Dawit Isaac, a Swedish-Eritrean journalist who has been imprisoned in Eritrea for a decade without charge, according to news reports and CPJ interviews. A day earlier in New York, bodyguards for the Eritrean leader Isaias…

Philippine journalist’s daughter kidnapped

September 23, 2011 2:28 PM EDT

Bangkok, September 23, 2011–Philippine authorities should launch an investigation into the abduction of radio commentator Louie Larroza’s daughter, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Larroza told reporters the kidnapping was a “warning” for his radio broadcasts, news reports said. The journalist’s daughter, unharmed, was freed eight hours later.

Iranian journalist dies in Afghanistan

September 22, 2011 4:29 PM EDT

New York, September 22, 2011–Farhad Taqaddosi, a cameraman for Iran’s Press TV, died in a Kabul hospital on Tuesday of injuries he sustained in the Taliban’s September 13 attack on prominent international buildings in Kabul, the station reported.

In India, freelancer charged with antistate activities

September 21, 2011 5:14 PM EDT

New York, September 21, 2011–An Indian journalist who covered police violence in the state of Chhattisgarh was recently arrested on antistate charges that human rights groups say are retaliatory, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Nicaraguan journalist flees country after death threats

September 21, 2011 4:50 PM EDT

New York, September 21, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by reports that Nicaraguan journalist Silvia González fled the country last week after receiving repeated threats that referred to her work, news reports said.

Chinese journalist who probed cooking oil scandal is killed

September 20, 2011 4:07 PM EDT

New York, September 20, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Saturday’s fatal stabbing of a TV journalist and calls on Chinese authorities to conduct a thorough investigation into possible journalism-related motives.

Children march with signs protesting the Protection of Information Bill. (Right2Know)

South Africa’s ruling ANC pulls secrecy bill

September 20, 2011 3:38 PM EDT

New York, September 20, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists is relieved by Monday’s decision by the parliamentary majority of South Africa’s ruling party to withdraw a controversial bill from consideration pending further consultation with public interest groups over its contentious clauses.

Iran arrests six documentary filmmakers

September 19, 2011 6:33 PM EDT

New York, September 19, 2011–Iranian authorities have arrested six independent filmmakers on vague accusations that they engaged in a foreign conspiracy in connection with a critical new documentary about Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to news accounts. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the arrests and calls for the journalists’ immediate release.