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Wreckage from the July 23 train crash. (Reuters)

Chinese TV producer suspended for crash reportage

August 2, 2011 4:11 PM EDT

New York, August 2, 2011–The suspension of a state television producer for his coverage of last week’s fatal train crash sends a disturbing message to Chinese media outlets, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Information authorities intensified media restrictions at the end of last week in an effort to restrain the unusually probing media treatment of the July…

Puntland frees jailed Somali journalist

August 1, 2011 4:51 PM EDT

New York, August 1, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the decision by authorities in Puntland, Somalia’s northeastern semiautonomous region, to set free reporter Faysal Mohamed Hassan on Sunday. Mohamed, who wrote for the private news site Hiiraan Online, was serving a prison sentence over a story claiming that two murdered men belonged to Puntland’s…

New attempts to rein in train crash coverage in China

August 1, 2011 4:46 PM EDT

New York, August 1, 2011–Chinese propaganda authorities renewed their orders to media groups late Friday not to report on last week’s train crash or its aftermath after their initial bans on coverage were widely disregarded, according to international news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists said today that popular outcry in China at the crash…

News editor arrested in Bangladesh

August 1, 2011 3:06 PM EDT

New York, August 1, 2011–Police in Bangladesh should either charge or release a news editor arrested Sunday, whose detention may be linked to his writing on government corruption, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Guinean soldiers guard President Alpha Condé after a July 19 rocket attack. (AFP)

Guinean president must end media censorship

July 28, 2011 6:06 PM EDT

New York, July 28, 2011–Censorship of the press by the government of Guinean President Alpha Condé threatens the democratic strides made by the country in recent months, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Afghan journalist killed in insurgent attack

July 28, 2011 3:23 PM EDT

New York, July 28, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists mourns the death of Ahmad Omaid Khpalwak, a BBC and Pajhwok Afghan News reporter, in violence between insurgents and security forces in central Afghanistan today.

Editor faces anti-royal charges in Thailand

July 28, 2011 2:12 PM EDT

Bangkok, July 28, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely concerned by the anti-royal charges filed against Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, a political activist and former editor-in-chief of the Voice of Taksin and Red Power partisan newsmagazines.

Political journalist murdered in Brazil

July 27, 2011 3:46 PM EDT

New York, July 27, 2011–Veteran political reporter Auro Ida was shot and killed on Friday in the city of Cuiabá in the central west state of Mato Grosso, according to the local press. The well-known journalist had served as the city government’s press secretary, was a founder of the news site Midianews, and wrote an…

Concerns rise about jailed Vietnamese blogger

July 27, 2011 2:07 PM EDT

Bangkok, July 27, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely concerned about the health of Nguyen Van Hai, a Vietnamese blogger held in government detention since April 2008, and calls for his immediate and unconditional release on humanitarian grounds.

Uganda illegally detains journalist without charge

July 26, 2011 6:30 PM EDT

New York, July 26, 2011–Security services in Uganda are in flagrant violation of a 48-hour constitutional limit on pretrial detention with their imprisonment of a journalist for 13 days without charge, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.