Reports | Afghanistan, Canada, China, Colombia, Cuba, France, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Journalist Assistance, Mexico, Rwanda, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Syria, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Zimbabwe
More than 80 journalists flee their home countries in the last year. Iraq and Somalia are the hardest hit. By Elisbeth Witchel and Karen Phillips
Dangerous Assignments | Algeria, Bosnia, Colombia, Eritrea, Haiti, Honduras, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Rwanda, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe
Dangerous Assignments | Afghanistan, Botswana, Canada, Colombia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Haiti, Iran, Journalist Assistance, Kenya, Liberia, Pakistan, Rwanda, South Africa, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Dangerous Assignments | Argentina, France, Haiti, Mexico
Under Haiti's new transitional government, journalists-especially those who supported former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide-remain at risk in a politically polarized environment.
By Carlos Lauria and Jean-Roland Chery
Nearly five months after the ouster of President Jean Bertrand Aristide, journalists in Haiti still confront great dangers in a country marked by lawlessness. Before the unrest began in September 2003, journalists working for private radio stations were often targeted for their anti-Aristide coverage. But the nature of the threat has shifted, with journalists who supported Aristide now at particular risk, an investigation by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has found.
Dangerous Assignments | Bangladesh, China, Cuba, Eritrea, Haiti, Iraq, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Russia, Turkmenistan, Zimbabwe
Dangerous Assignments | Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Cuba, East Timor, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Myanmar, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Spain, Syria, Togo, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
Dangerous Assignments | Colombia, Haiti
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