Statements

  

CPJ welcomes open trial in Politkovskaya case

In response to the decision today of the Moscow District Military Court to open the trial of three men in the killing of Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya to the public, we issued the following statement…

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Crime reporter gunned down in Mexico

We issued the following statement in response to the murder of Mexican reporter Armando Rodríguez, who covered crime for the Ciudad Juárez-based daily El Diario in the state of Chihuahua. Rodriquez was shot to death this morning by an unidentified gunman, according to local press reports…

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CBC correspondent released

We issued the following statement after learning of the release today of abducted CBC correspondent Mellissa Fung in Kabul…

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In DRC, CPJ welcomes releases

We issued the following statement today after the release of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung journalist Thomas Scheen, interpreter Charles Ntiricya and driver Roger Bangue, who were kidnapped by a pro-government militia last Tuesday in Kiwanja, in the war-torn east of the Democratic Republic of Congo…

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In Afghanistan, CPJ welcomes release

Responding to reports that abducted Dutch journalist Joanie de Rijke has been released by her kidnappers today after she was abducted in Afghanistan on November 1, we issued the following  statement…

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In Argentina, CPJ shocked by release

Gregorio Ríos, sentenced to life in prison in 2000 after being convicted of instigating the 1997 murder of Argentine photographer José Luis Cabezas, was released on parole today. In response, we issued the following statement…

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In Croatia, CPJ shocked by bombing

After learning today that Ivo Pukanic, owner and editorial director, and Niko Franjic, marketing director, of the Zagreb-based political weekly Nacional, were killed when a bomb exploded under Pukanic’s car parked outside the paper’s building, we issued the following statement…

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In Philippines, CPJ welcomes warrants

Responding to reports that a local court in the Philippines has ordered the arrest of Osmeña Montañer and Estrella Sabay, the alleged masterminds in the 2005 killing of investigative journalist Marlene Garcia-Esperat, a day after murder charges were filed against them, we issued the following statement…

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In Afghanistan, CPJ condemns jailing

In response to the 20-year jail sentence for blasphemy handed down to journalist student Parwez Kambakhsh by an appellate court in Afghanistan today, we issued this statement …

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CPJ welcomes charges in Garcia-Esperat murder

In response to reports that murder charges have been filed against the alleged masterminds in the 2005 killing of Philippine journalist Marlene Garcia-Esperat before a local court in Mindanao, we issued this statement today …

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