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Second journalist killed in three days in Uganda

September 15, 2010 5:28 PM EDT

New York, September 15, 2010–Unidentified assailants beat and killed news presenter Dickson Ssentongo Monday morning on his way to work at Prime Radio in Mukono district, central Uganda. Assailants beat Ssentongo with metal bars and dragged him into a nearby cassava field, local journalists told CPJ. He was the second journalist murdered in three days…

Kyrgyz human rights reporter sentenced to life in prison

September 15, 2010 4:10 PM EDT

New York, September 15, 2010–The Committee to Protect Journalists is disturbed by the conviction and life sentence handed to human rights reporter Azimjon Askarov by a court in Jalal-Abad region, southern Kyrgyzstan, today.

A woman holds a picture of murdered journalist Hrant Dink in 2009. (Reuters)

Turkey must bring justice in Dink murder after ECHR ruling

September 15, 2010 3:14 PM EDT

New York, September 15, 2010–On Tuesday, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) based in Strasbourg, ruled that Turkey failed to protect the life and freedom of expression of murdered Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink. The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the verdict and urges the Turkish authorizes to finally bring the perpetrators of Dink’s 2007 murder to…

Pakistani journalist killed in Afghan-Pakistan border area

September 14, 2010 5:02 PM EDT

New York, September 14, 2010–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for an immediate investigation into today’s shooting death of Misri Khan, president of the Hangu Union of Journalists in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province (formerly known as the North West Frontier Province).

Freelance journalist beaten to death in Uganda

September 13, 2010 6:13 PM EDT

Nairobi, September 13, 2010–Motorcycle taxi drivers beat freelance journalist Paul Kiggundu to death Saturday evening, local journalists told CPJ. The drivers, commonly known as boda-boda, attacked Kiggundu while he was filming some of them demolishing a house in a town outside of Kalisizio, southwest Uganda.

Thailand pressures FCCT to cancel press conference

September 13, 2010 5:05 PM EDT

Bangkok, September 13, 2010–The Thai government acted inappropriately in pressuring the Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT) to cancel a press conference that would have criticized Vietnam, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Authorities have sporadically restricted outlets from covering ongoing demonstrations in the predominantly Muslim region since July. (AP)

India restricts reporters in Jammu-Kashmir

September 13, 2010 4:45 PM EDT

New York, September 13, 2010–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the provincial government of Jammu and Kashmir to allow journalists to cover the widespread civil unrest in the troubled region.

Ledesma was a reporter for the community weekly newspaper Mundo Villa and director of local TV station Mundo Villa. (Perfil)

Journalist stabbed to death in Buenos Aires

September 10, 2010 3:44 PM EDT

New York, September 10, 2010–Unidentified assailants stabbed reporter Adams Ledesma Valenzuela to death in an impoverished neighborhood in Buenos Aires on Saturday, local and international press reported. The Committee to Protect Journalists called on local authorities today to fully investigate the murder and to bring all those responsible to justice.

Playboy Indonesia faced harassment and was able publish only 10 issues. (Reuters/Supri)

CPJ urges Indonesia to reverse Playboy editor’s conviction

September 9, 2010 4:33 PM EDT

New York, September 9, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned about an Indonesian Supreme Court ruling against Erwin Arnada, editor of the now-dormant Playboy Indonesia. Arnada faces up to two years in jail after prosecutors said recently that they would enforce a 2009 Supreme Court ruling that found the magazine’s editor guilty of…

Abducted British journalist freed in Pakistan

September 9, 2010 3:25 PM EDT

New York, September 9, 2010–The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomed the release of British journalist Asad Qureshi from captivity in Pakistan. He was held for more than five months in a tribal area bordering Afghanistan.