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King Mohammed IV at the United Nations last week. (Reuters/Chip East)

CPJ urges Morocco to improve press conditions

September 26, 2010 9:56 AM EDT

New York, September 26, 2010–On the eve of a high-profile conference on press freedom in Rabat, the Committee to Protect Journalists reiterates its call to King Mohammed VI to use his constitutional prerogatives to bring Moroccan legislation in line with international standards for freedom of expression. CPJ also urged the monarch to end the use…

Police arrest Thai Web editor on anti-crown charge

September 24, 2010 2:41 PM EDT

Bangkok, September 24, 2010–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the arrest today of Chiranuch Premchaiporn, editor of the popular Thailand news website Prachatai, on charges of insulting the royal family.

Algeria harasses two Moroccan journalists

September 24, 2010 2:30 PM EDT

New York, September 24, 2010–The Committee to Protect Journalists denounces Algerian authorities’ harassment of two Moroccan journalists who were effectively detained for four days in the town of Tindouf in southwestern Algeria.

Three journalists freed in Afghanistan

September 24, 2010 2:14 PM EDT

New York, September 24, 2010–The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes today’s release of three journalists detained in Afghanistan over the past week.

Calderón, seen here at recent Independence Day celebrations, says he is "pained" by anti-press violence in Mexico. (AP/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Calderón to support federalization of anti-press crimes

September 22, 2010 5:59 PM EDT

Mexico City, September 22, 2010–Calling the right to free expression a priority of his government, Mexican President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa pledged today to push for legislation that would make attacks on journalists a federal crime. In a lengthy meeting with a delegation from the Committee to Protect Journalists and the Inter American Press Association, the…

Two Afghan journalists seized by ISAF

September 22, 2010 2:40 PM EDT

New York, September 22, 2010–The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by the detention of two Afghan journalists seized by International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in early-morning raids at their homes this week.

Iran convicts 2 journalists; considers death for blogger

September 21, 2010 5:42 PM EDT

New York, September 21, 2010–The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by Iran’s continued persecution of independent journalists. Reporters Shiva Nazar Ahari and Emadeddin Baghi have each been sentenced to six years in prison, while authorities are said to be considering the death penalty for blogger Hossein Derakhshan, according to news reports.

Second journalist killed in a week in Pakistan’s northwest

September 20, 2010 4:34 PM EDT

New York, September 20, 2010–Authorities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa must thoroughly investigate Thursday’s murder of Mujeebur Rehman Siddique, the second killing of a journalist in the province in one week, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Relatives of slain photojournalist Luis Carlos Santiago at the scene of the crime.(AP/Raymundo Ruiz)

Two Mexican photographers shot in Juárez; one killed

September 16, 2010 6:28 PM EDT

New York, September 16, 2010–Two photographers were shot by unidentified gunmen in a brazen attack this afternoon in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juárez, the local press reported. One photographer died, and the other was injured.

Ukraine says late minister ordered Gongadze murder

September 16, 2010 5:04 PM EDT

New York, September 16, 2010–On Tuesday, Ukrainian prosecutors announced that the late Interior Minister Yuri Kravchenko had ordered the 2000 murder of muckraking Internet journalist Georgy Gongadze, left, whose decapitated body was found 10 years ago today in a forest outside Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv.Ukraine’s prosecutor-general’s office said in a statement that investigators have finished their probe. The investigation…