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U.S. Senate candidate’s security guards handcuff editor

October 18, 2010 4:35 PM EDT

Private security personnel working for Joe Miller, Alaska’s Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, detained and handcuffed a local editor on October 17, 2010, when he persisted in questioning Miller at a town hall event.

Bolivia’s new anti-discrimination law raises concerns

October 18, 2010 12:29 PM EDT

Dear President Morales: We are deeply concerned that provisions in Bolivia’s new anti-discrimination law threaten to stifle press freedom. We call upon you to see that this law is amended to ensure constitutional safeguards for free expression.

Iran must disclose identities of detained Germans

October 12, 2010 4:36 PM EDT

New York, October 12, 2010–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Iranian authorities to immediately disclose the names of two Germans who were arrested on Sunday and described as journalists in several news reports. CPJ also asked Iranian officials to clarify the circumstances surrounding the arrests of the two individuals and to state what, if…

Cuba frees 17th journalist jailed in Black Spring

October 12, 2010 2:46 PM EDT

New York, October 12, 2010–Cuban journalist Alfredo Felipe Fuentes, left, was freed from prison on Friday and exiled to Spain as part of a July agreement between the Havana government and the Catholic Church. Seventeen journalists jailed in the 2003 Black Spring crackdown have now been freed and exiled as part of the agreement. “I feel…

Press freedom deteriorates in pre-election Egypt

October 7, 2010 5:07 PM EDT

New York, October 7, 2010–The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the deterioration of press freedoms in Egypt ahead of November’s parliamentary elections and next year’s presidential vote. In particular, CPJ is concerned over the firing on Tuesday of Ibrahim Eissa, the editor-in-chief and founder of the independent daily Al-Dustour.