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Journalists attacked by gunmen in Aceh

New York, May 29, 2003—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is alarmed by a recent series of sniper attacks in which unknown gunmen have targeted journalists in Aceh, a conflict-riven province on the northwestern tip of the Indonesian archipelago. We are also gravely concerned by mounting evidence of a systematic effort by Indonesian security forces…

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CPJ RELEASES INVESTIGATIVE REPORT ON PALESTINE HOTEL ATTACK

New York, May 27, 2003—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) released an investigative report today about the April 8 shelling of the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad by U.S. forces, which killed two journalists and wounded three others. CPJ’s investigation, titled “Permission to Fire,” provides new details suggesting that the attack on the journalists, while not…

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Imprisoned journalist released

New York, May 27, 2003—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) welcomes the recent release of Ibrahim Hemaidi, the Damascus bureau chief of the pan-Arab, London-based daily Al-Hayat. Hemaidi, who was released on Sunday, May 25, had been detained since December 23, 2002, when he was arrested for writing an article discussing the Syrian government’s alleged…

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Permission to Fire?

CPJ Investigates the Attack on the Palestine Hotel

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Permission to Fire?

CPJ Investigates the Attack on the Palestine Hotel

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CPJ LAUNCHES WEB RESOURCE ON CRACKDOWN

New York, May 23, 2003—With 28 journalists behind bars in Cuba serving lengthy prison sentences for alleged counterrevolutionary crimes, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) launched a new press freedom information resource on its Web site today titled “Crackdown on the Independent Press in Cuba”.

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Boston Globe correspondent and translator killed in car accident

New York, May 9, 2003—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is deeply saddened by the death of Elizabeth Neuffer, a veteran foreign correspondent for The Boston Globe, and her translator, who were killed today in a car accident while on assignment in Iraq. According to The Boston Globe, the 46-year-old Neuffer died “when the car…

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Al-Jazeera correspondents allowed to return to NYSE

New York, May 1, 2003—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) welcomes the decision by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to restore the press accreditation of two correspondents working with the Qatar-based news channel Al-Jazeera. Correspondents Ammar Shankari and Ramzi Shiber told CPJ they were notified on Tuesday, April 29, that their accreditation to cover…

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Crackdown on the Independent Press in Cuba

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Journalist killed in car accident Security situation for media remains precarious

New York, April 14, 2003—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) mourns the death of Mario Podestá, a veteran free-lance Argentine war correspondent on assignment for the Argentine television station America TV, who was killed today in a car accident on the highway between Amman, Jordan, and Baghdad. Eduardo Cura, the station’s news director, told CPJ…

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