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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.

Ahmed Sharif Hussein was shot dead outside his home on Saturday. (Radio Hiraan)

Veteran Somalia radio technician shot dead in Mogadishu

August 19, 2013 3:33 PM EDT

Nairobi, August 19, 2013–Three assailants killed veteran radio technician Ahmed Sharif Hussein outside of his home in the Shibis neighborhood of Mogadishu on Saturday, according to news reports and local journalists.

An Egyptian citizen walks near fires in Cairo's Ramses square. Clashes between police and supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi have broken out across the country. (AFP/Khaled Kamel)

Al-Jazeera raided, journalists assaulted in Egypt

August 16, 2013 3:38 PM EDT

New York, August 16, 2013–Security forces raided and shut down the Cairo offices of Al-Jazeera Arabic following violent clashes that have swept the country, according to news reports. Multiple local and international journalists have also reported being attacked by security forces and protesters.

A Egyptian citizen walks through the debris at Rabaa Al-Adawiya square. (AFP/Mahmoud Khaled)

In Egypt, two more journalists killed, several injured

August 15, 2013 5:54 PM EDT

New York, August 15, 2013–At least two more journalists have been reported killed and several others injured in Wednesday’s clashes between Egyptian security forces and supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi.