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By Magnus Ag on December 27, 2012 6:01 PM EST

News from the Committee to Protect Journalists, December 2012 2012: A year of reporting dangerously Over the past several months, we documented in CPJ Impact violations of press freedom around the world and the efforts we made to combat them. This edition features highlights from 2012, when CPJ stepped in and advocated for journalists and…

Journalist deaths spike in 2012 due to Syria, Somalia

December 18, 2012 12:01 AM EST

Syrian violence contributed to a sharp rise in the number of journalists killed for their work in 2012, as did a series of murders in Somalia. The dead include a record proportion of journalists who worked online. A CPJ special report

Conflict and murder drive sharp increase in journalist deaths

December 17, 2012 5:07 PM EST

New York, December 18, 2012–Combat-related deaths in Syria and targeted murders in Somalia, Pakistan, and Brazil are the driving forces behind a sharp rise in press fatalities in 2012, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists’ year-end analysis of journalists killed in the line of duty.

Journalists protest their imprisoned colleagues in Ankara in 2011. (AFP/Adem Altan)

Journalist jailed on terror charges in Turkey

December 17, 2012 4:56 PM EST

Istanbul, December 17, 2012–Authorities in Turkey have arrested another reporter, news reports said, bringing to 50 the number of journalists jailed in Turkey in reprisal for their work.

In Internet freedom fight, why the ITU matters (for now)

By Danny O'Brien/CPJ Internet Advocacy Coordinator on December 14, 2012 12:39 PM EST

For most of its almost-150-year history, the meetings of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations’ communications standards body, have been rather predictable affairs.

A still from the video showing a Sri Lankan soldier about to execute a prisoner. (AFP/Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka)

Integrity vs. authenticity in video journalism

By Rebecca Wexler/CPJ Guest Blogger on December 13, 2012 2:20 PM EST

Back in November 2010, Britain’s Channel 4 broadcast a leaked video that appears to show men in Sri Lankan military uniforms executing bound prisoners, the camera panning across a series of bodies laid out in a ditch. Family and friends identified one of those bodies as that of Tamil Tiger TV newscaster Shoba, also known…

Number of jailed journalists sets global record

December 11, 2012 12:01 AM EST

Worldwide tally reaches highest point since CPJ began surveys in 1990. Governments use charges of terrorism, other anti-state offenses to silence critical voices. Turkey is the world’s worst jailer. A CPJ special report

Journalists call for freedom of the press in a 2011 rally in Ankara. (AFP/Adem Altan)

For Turkey, world’s leading jailer, a path forward

By Joel Simon/CPJ Executive Director on December 11, 2012 12:00 AM EST

Turkey has no business being the world’s leading jailer of journalists. But the numbers don’t lie. With 49 journalists imprisoned for their work, according to CPJ’s annual worldwide prison census, released today, Turkey holds more individuals behind bars than Iran (45), China (32), or Eritrea (28). How did Turkey find itself in this situation? Unlike…

2012 prison census: 232 journalists jailed worldwide

December 10, 2012 5:18 PM EST

232 journalists jailed worldwide As of December 1, 2012 Analysis: A record high | Video: Free the press | Audio: From a Cuban prisonCPJ Blog: Turkey’s path forward | Rwanda’s injustice

Several journalists were reported injured at this explosion near a Shia site in Karachi today. (AFP/Asif Hassan)

Journalists reported injured in Karachi bomb blast

November 21, 2012 12:04 PM EST

New York, November 21, 2012–Several Pakistani journalists were injured in a bomb blast today at a Shia site in Karachi that came just 30 minutes after an earlier explosion, according to news reports.