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Journalists at work in Globovisión's main studio. Reporters from the station were attacked and threatened at a rally on Sunday. (Reuters/Carlos Garcia Rawlins)

Globovisión journalists attacked in Venezuela

New York, March 6, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Sunday’s attack in Venezuela on Globovisión journalists covering an opposition political rally that came under gunfire. The station reported that assailants, who wore the red shirts associated with supporters of President Hugo Chávez, threatened the journalists and stole their equipment.

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Indian journalist dies after being attacked

New York, March 6, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the murder of Indian journalist Rajesh Mishra in the central state of Madhya Pradesh. Mishra is the second journalist killed in Madhya Pradesh in a month.

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Two men attempted to kill a radio journalist on Friday. Here, reporters and students protest the high number of unsolved journalist murders across the Philippines. (AP/Bullit Marquez)

Radio journalist shot, wounded in the Philippines

New York, March 5, 2012–Philippine authorities must apprehend the assailants in Friday’s attack on radio journalist Fernando Gabio, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

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A group of lawyers attacked journalists outside a courthouse in Bangalore today. Here, a reporter helps an injured police officer. (AP)

In Bangalore, journalists attacked outside courthouse

New York, March 2, 2012–Ten Indian journalists were reported injured today after being attacked by a group of lawyers outside a court in the city of Bangalore, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the attack and calls on authorities to conduct an immediate investigation.

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Relief greets evacuation, but concern over fallen

New York, March, 1, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the news that two French journalists injured in Homs last week have reached safety in Lebanon. “We are relieved that Edith Bouvier and William Daniels are now safe but are concerned that the Syrian government’s assault on Homs has made it impossible to retrieve the…

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Journalist Rashid Aliyev was injured in clashes between protesters and police in the city of Quba yesterday. (Reuters/Abbas Atilay)

Reporters injured while covering clashes in Azerbaijan

New York, March 1, 2012–At least two journalists were injured and another five suffered the effects of tear gas while covering violent clashes between police and residents of the northeastern city of Quba, according to news reports and CPJ sources.

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Two Palestinian television stations raided in Ramallah

New York, February 29, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns today’s early-morning raid by Israeli soldiers on two private Palestinian television stations in Ramallah.

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In Jordan, blogger stabbed after criticizing the royal family

New York, February 29, 2012–Jordan authorities must undertake a serious investigation into the stabbing of a blogger who wrote critically about the Jordanian royal family, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

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Tibetans gather on the side of a street in Nangqian county, China's Qinghai province, to protest Chinese rule. (AP)

Ethnic violence renews information clampdown in China

Two months into 2012, all-too-familiar stories are emerging from China’s troubled minority regions, Tibet and Xinjiang. Following riots against Chinese rule in 2008 and 2009, violence and its corollaries–increased security and censorship–have become commonplace. Independent bloggers and journalists who cover the unrest pay a high price: Over half the 27 journalists documented by CPJ in…

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Journalist Mohamed Abdirahman was arrested and brutally assaulted while in police custody. (Omer Albashiir)

Somaliland reporter arrested, beaten in custody

New York, February 28, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns last week’s arrest and brutal assault of Mohamed Abdirahman, a journalist in the semi-autonomous republic of Somaliland. 

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