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Getting Away With Murder

May 2, 2013 12:01 AM EDT

CPJ’s 2013 Impunity Index spotlights countries where journalists are slain and the killers go free

Censorship and power In Iran

April 29, 2013 3:05 PM EDT

Film screening & discussion with Jon Stewart New York, April 26, 2013–As Iran nears elections in June, the government has renewed its assault on the local press with arrests, prosecutions, and harassment, according to research by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

Bangladeshi journalists attacked while covering extortion

April 25, 2013 4:23 PM EDT

At least five journalists reported being attacked on April 13, 2013, while covering alleged extortion by students at Dhaka University in the capital. News accounts said the students had been extorting money from drivers of vehicles in the surrounding area, but did not offer further details.

Kuwaiti prime minister delays draft media law

By Jason Stern/ CPJ Middle East and North Africa Research Associate on April 25, 2013 2:00 PM EDT

In a welcome move Wednesday, Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak al-Sabah offered to shelve Kuwait’s controversial draft media law, according to news reports. The announcement came in what the official Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) called a “candid, frank, and expanded meeting with chief editors of Kuwaiti press.”

Censors ban political documentary in Thailand

April 25, 2013 12:48 PM EDT

Bangkok, April 25, 2013–Thailand’s Ministry of Culture has banned the locally produced documentary Fah Tam Pan Din Soon (Boundary) on grounds that it could “mislead and disrupt public order,” according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the censorship order and calls on ministry officials to reverse the arbitrary decision.

Supporters of Kuwaiti opposition politician Musallam al-Barrak pray in the yard of his house in Andulos, after he was sentenced to jail for insulting the emir, April 15. (Reuters/Stephanie McGehee)

Kuwait should abandon repressive draft media law

By Jason Stern/ CPJ Middle East and North Africa Research Associate on April 24, 2013 10:29 AM EDT

On April 8, the Kuwaiti cabinet approved a draft media law that would severely undermine press freedom in the country. But it is not too late to prevent a bad bill from becoming a bad law.

Nigeria bans film on oil corruption, warns director

April 17, 2013 2:34 PM EDT

Lagos, Nigeria, April 17, 2013–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a recent decision by the Nigerian government to ban the exhibition and distribution of a documentary film on corruption in the state’s management of oil wealth, “Fuelling Poverty.”

European Parliament has chance to take on Vietnam

By Bob Dietz/CPJ Asia Program Coordinator on April 15, 2013 12:28 PM EDT

On Thursday, April 18, the European Parliament will discuss Vietnam’s human rights in a plenary session. At the top of the agenda will be freedom of expression. Over the weekend, CPJ’s Brussels-based Senior Adviser Jean-Paul Marthoz blogged about the issues the parliament must confront in Le Soir.

Four Iraqi newspapers attacked by unknown assailants

April 5, 2013 5:48 PM EDT

The Baghdad offices of at least four independent daily newspapers were attacked on April 1, 2013, with the assailants destroying equipment and injuring several employees.

Azerbaijani court sentences editor to eight years in prison

April 5, 2013 5:17 PM EDT

New York, April 5, 2013–An Azerbaijani court has sentenced the editor of a religious news website to eight years in prison on charges related to his coverage of events involving the Muslim community. The Committee to Protect Journalists considers the charges to be fabricated and calls on the courts to overturn the conviction on appeal.