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CPJ Update

CPJ Update August 2007 News from the Committee to Protect Journalists

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CPJ Update July 2007 News from the Committee to Protect Journalists

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The world can’t sit idle as journalists are murdered

Terry Anderson USA Today June 25, 2007 A Mighty Heart is the story of the deliberate, horrifying execution of Daniel Pearl, a top Wall Street Journal reporter, by Islamic extremists in Pakistan in 2002. Starkly and dramatically filmed in the chaotic streets where Pearl worked and was kidnapped, the film — which opened nationwide over…

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Journalists in Exile: 243 forced to leave their homelands since 2001

At least three journalists a month flee their home countries to escape threats of violence, imprisonment, or harassment.

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Journalists in Exile: 2007

At least three journalists a month flee their home countries to escape threats of violence, imprisonment, or harassment. By Elisabeth Witchel and Karen Phillips

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CPJ urges New York City to act against newspaper destruction, threats

Dear Mayor Bloomberg: Given your long background in journalism and commitment to press freedom, the Committee to Protect Journalists wants to bring to your attention a serious issue in New York City.

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CPJ Update July 2007 News from the Committee to Protect Journalists

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Journalists threatened by political group

MAY 29, 2007 Posted May 30, 2007 Mazhar Abbas, Agence France Presse Asif Hussain, Agence France Presse Zarrar Khan, Associated Press THREATENED Identical envelopes, each containing a 30mm bullet, were planted on cars belonging to the three journalists and parked outside the Karachi Press Club. They were discovered at around 10 p.m. Days before. the…

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Political group names 12 journalists as “enemies”

MAY 22, 2006 Posted May 30, 2007 Zafar Abbas, Dawn Azhar Abbas, Dawn TV Mazhar Abbas, Agence France-Presse; Aneeq Ahmed, ARY TV Ayaz Amir, Dawn Zahid Hussain, Geo TV Asfar Imam, Aaj TV Zarar Khan, Associated Press

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Panel raises concerns about journalists held without charge by U.S.

Washington, D.C., May 8, 2007—A panel sponsored by the Committee to Protect Journalists and the National Press Club’s Freedom of the Press Committee today expressed concern about the ongoing detentions without charge of two journalists by the U.S. military in Iraq and at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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