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Kizza Besigye and his wife, Winnie Byanyima, wave to supporters during the procession. (AP)

Ugandan journalists targeted during Entebbe march

May 13, 2011 5:44 PM EDT

New York, May 13, 2011–Security and military personnel attacked local and foreign journalists and confiscated their equipment on Thursday as they covered the return of opposition leader Kizza Besigye to Uganda. Besigye returned to Uganda Thursday from Nairobi, where he was treated for injuries received when security forces assaulted him and his colleagues during demonstrations…

Masked plainclothes police officers take away an alleged rioter on a motorbike during clashes in Tunis. (AP/Chokri Mahjoub)

More than a dozen journalists assaulted in Tunisia

May 9, 2011 4:56 PM EDT

New York, May 9, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists called on the Tunisian authorities today to restrain from attacking journalists reporting on anti-government demonstrations after plainclothes police physically assaulted 15 local and international journalists on Friday.

Police must investigate attack on Dagestani reporter

May 5, 2011 3:08 PM EDT

New York, May 5, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on local police to investigate a Monday attack on Magomed Khanmagomedov, a southern Dagestan correspondent for the Makhachkala-based independent weekly Chernovik.

Suspicious break-in at Zimbabwe newspaper

April 29, 2011 4:35 PM EDT

New York, April 29, 2011–The Zimbabwe Republic Police should consider all possible leads, including a political motive, in investigating a break-in at the offices of leading independent daily NewsDay on Monday in which computer hard drives of senior editorial staff were stolen, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Honduran radio director ambushed by gunmen

April 29, 2011 4:27 PM EDT

New York, April 29, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Honduran authorities today to offer full protection to Radio Uno Director Arnulfo Aguilar after a group of gunman attempted to enter his home in the northwestern city of San Pedro Sula. The police delayed an hour in responding to Aguilar’s distress call, according to…

Syrian authorities told Al-Jazeera's Syria-based staff not to communicate with the station's headquarters in Doha, seen here. (Reuters/Fadi Al-Assaad)

Al-Jazeera suspends Syria bureau; attacks on Lebanon crew

April 27, 2011 4:51 PM EDT

New York, April 27, 2011–Responding to restrictions and attacks on its staff, Al-Jazeera has suspended its operations inside Syria indefinitely, the Qatar-based news network told the Committee to Protect Journalists today.

Pakistani journalists demonstrated in January after the killing of TV reporter Wali Khan Babar in Karachi. (AP/Shakil Adil)

Another journalist targeted in Karachi as violence surges

April 21, 2011 2:56 PM EDT

New York, April 21, 2011–An outburst of violence took the lives of at least 20 people in a bomb blast and targeted attacks in Karachi on Wednesday and Thursday. The huge port city of more than 13 million people is caught in a gangland-style turf war made worse by sectarian and political conflict, according to…

Iraqi sound engineer killed in car-bomb attack

April 21, 2011 2:24 PM EDT

New York, April 21 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists mourns the death of an Iraqi sound engineer who sustained fatal injuries in a double car-bomb attack Monday in Baghdad.

Journalist held in Yemen; attacks in Kurdistan, West Bank

April 20, 2011 4:21 PM EDT

New York, April 20, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Yemeni authorities today to explain why they have held prominent journalist Ali Salah Ahmed since Tuesday without revealing his location or charging him with a crime.

A police officer manhandles a journalist during a Walk to Work protest. (Joseph Kiggundu/The Monitor)

Ugandan media censored over Walk to Work protests

April 19, 2011 4:33 PM EDT

Freedom of the press in Uganda hit a new low late last week when the government, in response to a decision by opposition figures to demonstrate against the escalating price of food and fuel by walking to work, banned live coverage of the protests and issued a directive to Internet providers to block two popular…