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India should investigate journalist murder in Uttar Pradesh

August 28, 2013 4:45 PM EDT

New York, August 28, 2013–Indian authorities must investigate the motives behind the murder of a local journalist in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh last week, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

The parents of Austin Tice hold a press conference in Beirut. Tice has been missing for a year. (AFP/Anwar Amro)

Escapees give hope in cases of journalists missing in Syria

August 28, 2013 1:05 PM EDT

It has now been an entire year since Al-Hurra correspondent Bashar Fahmi, a Jordanian of Palestinian origin, and freelancer Austin Tice, of the United States, went missing in Syria. But the recent liberation of two freelance journalists held for months gives us some reason to hope.

Critical Sri Lankan newspaper editor held at knifepoint

August 26, 2013 3:47 PM EDT

New York, August 26, 2013–Five unidentified men entered the Colombo home of a Sunday Leader associate editor and writer early Saturday morning, held her at knifepoint, and searched her home, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Sri Lankan authorities to conduct a thorough and efficient investigation into the attack on…

Monitoring violence against journalists in Afghanistan

August 23, 2013 4:09 PM EDT

The Afghan Journalist Safety Committee, which works closely with CPJ, has just published a report on media conditions and attacks on journalists for the first six months of 2013.

Missing Baluch journalist found dead in Karachi

August 22, 2013 12:17 PM EDT

New York, August 22, 2013– Authorities in Pakistan should immediately investigate the murder of a Baluch journalist whose body was found in Karachi on Wednesday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Haji Abdul Razzaq Baloch had been missing since March, according to news reports.

The home page of SKeyes' interactive 'Journalist Survival Guide.'

Animated journalist survival guide looks ahead

August 22, 2013 12:01 PM EDT

A new English/Arabic online tool is available for citizen journalists who have no previous journalism experience or training but are reporting dangerous frontline stories. It uses animation–a novelty for such guides–and its arrival is timely.

One journalist murdered, another attacked, in Guatemala

August 20, 2013 5:10 PM EDT

New York, August 20, 2013–Authorities in Guatemala should conduct a full investigation into the murder of a TV and radio journalist who was found on Monday after being reported missing for several hours, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Carlos Alberto Orellana Chávez was killed seven days after another journalist was shot and wounded…

Checkpoints like the one above have been set up all over Egypt. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)

Journalist killed, Turkish outlet raided in Egypt

August 20, 2013 4:04 PM EDT

New York, August 20, 2013–Egyptian security forces killed a journalist and wounded another at a military checkpoint late Monday. Authorities also raided a Turkish news agency and arrested its bureau chief, the reports said.

Magazine editor Narendra Dabholkar shot dead in India

August 20, 2013 1:59 PM EDT

New York, August 20, 2013–Indian authorities should thoroughly investigate today’s murder of an editor of a magazine and bring the perpetrators to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said.

A man runs past a burning vehicle in Ramses Square. (AFP/Virginie Nguyen Hoang)

Journalists detained, attacked amid unrest in Egypt

August 19, 2013 6:39 PM EDT

New York, August 19, 2013–New York, August 19, 2013–Several journalists working for international media said they were assaulted or briefly detained over the weekend. The attacks and harassment came as Egyptian authorities publicly accused international journalists of distorting coverage of recent events.