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President Wade protected a protege accused of orchestrating anti-press attacks. (AFP/Filippo Montegorte)

Mission Journal: Politics influence justice in Senegal

June 24, 2011 1:52 PM EDT

Senegalese journalists say justice is not on their side when they are victims of abuse by powerful officials or security forces. I met recently in Dakar with journalists targeted with criminal acts in apparent reprisal for their work. In these two high-profile cases, CPJ has found evidence of political influence on the judiciary.

Somali militias shut two radio stations

June 23, 2011 3:45 PM EDT

New York, June 23, 2011–Gunmen from pro- and anti-government militias raided and shuttered two radio stations in Somalia in separate attacks on Wednesday, local journalists reported.

Photojournalist shot in Northern Ireland sectarian violence

June 23, 2011 3:38 PM EDT

New York, June 23, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ulster authorities to investigate the shooting of photographer Niall Carson and ensure the safety of journalists covering sectarian violence in Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland.

Protesters shout slogans against the media in front of the AFP office in Amman after the agency ran a story about the president's motorcade. (Reuters/Ali Jarekji)

In Jordan, attacks on the press go unpunished

June 21, 2011 5:24 PM EDT

New York, June 21, 2011–On the heels of an attack on Agence France-Presse’s Amman offices, the Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the Jordanian government to hold to account those who threaten or attack journalists.

Pakistan reporter beaten for reporting on earlier attack

June 20, 2011 5:22 PM EDT

New York, June 20, 2011–Waqar Kiani, a Pakistani journalist who was assaulted Saturday night by men in police uniforms, told the Committee to Protect Journalists that he fears for his safety and the safety of his wife and two young children. The attack came five days after Kiani, 32, had written a story the U.K.…

In Kenya, hospital staff said to attack journalist

June 20, 2011 12:19 PM EDT

New York, June 20, 2011–Four employees of the Wajir District Hospital attacked journalist Abdi Hassan Hussein at the hospital on Saturday, the reporter told the Committee to Protect Journalists. Hassan, a reporter for the Wajir Community Radio Station in the far northeastern corner of the country, said he visited the hospital with three colleagues to…

The offices of The Mirror, a weekly newspaper in Masvingo, were ransacked Thursday morning. (The Mirror)

In Zimbabwe, break-in at newspaper targets photos

June 17, 2011 3:59 PM EDT

New York, June 17, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Zimbabwean authorities to thoroughly investigate a suspicious break-in at a newspaper’s office on Thursday.

Two foreign reporters brutally assaulted in Azerbaijan

June 16, 2011 3:51 PM EDT

New York, June 16, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the vicious beating in Baku of international journalists Amanda Erickson and Celia Davies, and calls on the authorities to bring their attackers to justice.

Corrective: Journalist reported killed in Peshawar is alive

June 15, 2011 4:43 PM EDT

New York, June 15, 2011–Pakistani journalist Shafiullah Khan is in critical condition after suffering extensive burns in a double bombing in Peshawar on Saturday. CPJ erroneously reported on Monday that Khan had died in the attack.

Colombian journalist escapes being doused in gasoline

June 6, 2011 4:28 PM EDT

New York, June 6, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Colombian authorities today to thoroughly investigate the attempted murder of the director of a provincial television station in Colombia. Mario Esteban López Ortega, known for his criticism of local authorities, escaped an assassination attempt on Tuesday after he was abducted in the city of…