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Attacks on the Press 2002: Table of Contents

By Mick Stern on March 31, 2003 12:41 PM EST

Group of journalists missing in BaghdadAl-Jazeera barred from Nasdaq

March 26, 2003 12:00 PM EST

New York, March 26, 2003—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is concerned about the safety of a group of at least three journalists in Baghdad who have reportedly been expelled from the country. Newsday reporter Matt McAllester and photographer Moises Saman were last heard from Monday evening. Molly Bingham, a freelance photographer, is also missing.…

2002 prison census: 139 journalists jailed

December 3, 2002 7:01 PM EST

There were 139 journalists in prison around the world at the end of 2002 who were jailed for practicing their profession. The number is up significantly from the previous year, when 118 journalists were in jail. An analysis of the reasons behind this increase is contained in the introduction.At the beginning of 2003, CPJ sent…

CPJ sends letter to Pentagon about detained journalist

September 27, 2002 2:55 PM EDT

Dear Secretary Rumsfeld: The Committee to Protect Journalists is writing to express concern about the reported detention without charge of Sami Muhieddine Muhammad al-Haj, a 33-year-old assistant cameraman for the Qatar-based satellite television network Al-Jazeera.

Attacks on the Press 2001: Table of Contents

By Mick Stern on March 26, 2002 12:30 PM EST

Attacks on the Press 2001: Nigeria

March 26, 2002 12:04 PM EST

Mirroring the larger society, the Nigerian media were severely fractured along ethnic and regional lines in 2001, although mainstream news outlets remained economically robust, dynamic, and politically outspoken. Throughout the year, a host of new publications hit newsstands, many of them in local languages. In the Christian-dominated south, private radio and television stations expanded their…

Attacks on the Press 2000: Table of Contents

By Mick Stern on March 19, 2001 12:20 PM EST

Attacks on the Press 2000: Yemen

March 19, 2001 12:00 PM EST

SINCE THE UNIFICATION OF NORTH AND SOUTH YEMEN IN 1990, the Yemeni press has become exceptionally free by Arabian peninsula standards. But in the past six years, authorities have aggressively moved to narrow existing press freedoms via criminal prosecutions, censorship, and intimidation. Taken together, these actions have helped foster an increasing climate of self-censorship in…

Attacks on the Press 1999: Table of Contents

By Mick Stern on March 22, 2000 12:25 PM EST

Attacks on the Press 1999: Sierra Leone

March 22, 2000 12:02 PM EST

In 1999, Sierra Leone became the world’s most dangerous country for journalists, with a total of 10 journalists killed in the line of duty. (See Special Report on Sierra Leone) The combined rebel forces of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) viewed all journalists as “enemies.” During a bloody…