Persecution of Dagestan weekly continues
New York, August 28, 2008–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan to end their month-long offensive against the opposition weekly Chernovik (Rough Draft) in the regional capital, Makhachkala. Investigators with the local prosecutor’s office and officers with the Criminal Investigation (UR) department of Dagestan’s Interior Ministry searched…
Dawit Kebede Award Acceptance Speech
Dawit Kebede Awramba Times, Ethiopia Acceptance Speech CPJ 2010 International Press Freedom Awards Dinner November 23, 2010 Waldorf Astoria, New York I accept this award on behalf of the staff of our weekly newspaper Awramba Times as well as the scores of Ethiopian journalists who have been jailed or forced into exile and the many…
Laureano Márquez Award Acceptance Speech
Laureano Márquez Tal Cual, Venezuela Acceptance Speech CPJ 2010 International Press Freedom Awards Dinner November 23, 2010 Waldorf Astoria, New York I’m honored to receive this award from the Committee to Protect Journalists. This acknowledgement goes beyond my own work. It recognizes all Venezuelan journalists who, faced with multiple difficulties, from persecution to imprisonment, defend…
J.S. Tissainayagam Award Acceptance Speech
J.S. Tissainayagam Acceptance Speech CPJ 2010 International Press Freedom Awards Dinner November 23, 2010 Waldorf Astoria, New York Ladies and gentlemen, my apologies for being late – late by one year that is, to collect my award. Late or not however, it is great honor to be here in New York this evening among you….
Mohammad Davari, Iran
2010 CPJ International Press Freedom Awardee RAHANA Davari, 36, editor-in-chief of the news website Saham News, exposed horrific abuse at the Kahrizak Detention Center, videotaping statements from detainees who said they had been raped, abused, and tortured. The center was closed in July 2009 amid public uproar, but by September of that year the coverage…
Dawit Kebede, Ethiopia
2010 CPJ International Press Freedom Awardee CPJ/Rodney Lamkey Jr. Kebede, 30, was one of the first journalists to be jailed for independent reporting on Ethiopia’s 2005 election violence. And he was among the last to be released under a presidential pardon nearly two years later. Unlike many of his colleagues who went into exile, Kebede…
Laureano Márquez, Venezuela
2010 CPJ International Press Freedom Awardee CPJ/Rodney Lamkey Jr. If there were an Algonquin Round Table in Caracas, Laureano Márquez would have a seat. Journalist, author, actor, and humorist, Márquez has found rich fodder in Venezuela’s idiosyncratic political landscape. He is the scourge of left-wing President Hugo Chávez and other politicians for his biting columns…
Aryeh Neier, United States
2010 CPJ Burton Benjamin Memorial Award OSI CPJ will honor Aryeh Neier with the Burton Benjamin Memorial Award given for a lifetime of distinguished achievement in the cause of press freedom. Neier is a pillar of the U.S. and international human rights community. He spent 15 years with the American Civil Liberties Union, including eight…