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In Syria, Al-Jazeera reporter killed in Daraa

January 18, 2013 4:36 PM EST

New York, January 18, 2013–An Al-Jazeera reporter was killed by a sniper in the city of Daraa today, the station reported, the second journalist fatality in Syria in as many days.

Military correspondent Yves Debay killed in Aleppo

January 18, 2013 2:18 PM EST

New York, January 18, 2013–An international journalist was killed by a sniper while covering fighting in Aleppo in Syria on Thursday, according to local and international press reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on all sides of the conflict to stop targeting journalists and allow them to report freely within the country.Debay, a Belgian-born…

Abdihared Osman Aden. (Shabelle Media Network)

Shabelle journalist gunned down in Somalia

January 18, 2013 12:03 PM EST

Nairobi, January 18, 2013–A veteran producer for the Shabelle Media Network was gunned down today in Mogadishu, the fifth Shabelle journalist killed in 13 months. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns this murder and calls on Somali authorities to not only investigate, but to follow up on the investigative task force on journalist murders that…

Unidentified assailants shoot dead a Nigerian editor

January 15, 2013 4:50 PM EST

Abuja, Nigeria, January 15, 2013–Nigerian authorities should determine the motive behind the murder of an editor on Saturday and bring the perpetrators to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Bangladeshi blogger hospitalized after being stabbed

January 15, 2013 2:14 PM EST

New York, January 15, 2013–Authorities in Bangladesh must immediately investigate Monday’s stabbing of a blogger in Dhaka, determine the motive, and bring the perpetrators to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Brazilian police investigating murder of radio host

January 14, 2013 1:23 PM EST

Two unidentified men shot Renato Machado Gonçalves as he was returning home with his family at night on January 8, 2013, in the city of São João da Barra, in northern Rio de Janeiro state, according to news reports. Machado’s six-year-old niece was also injured in the attack, the reports said. Machado died later at…

Third journalist reported killed in twin blasts in Quetta

January 11, 2013 3:25 PM EST

Police, emergency workers, and at least three journalists were killed in a bomb blast on January 10, 2012, that occurred 10 minutes after an initial explosion near a billiards hall in Quetta, capital of Pakistan’s restive Baluchistan province, according to news reports and CPJ sources.

A bomb disposal officer checks the site of today's blast in Quetta, where at least two journalists were killed. (Reuters/Naseer Ahmed)

At least two journalists killed in Quetta blasts

January 10, 2013 4:51 PM EST

New York, January 10, 2013–At least two journalists were killed and two others seriously injured when a bomb went off near a billiards hall in Quetta, capital of Pakistan’s restive Baluchistan province, as the journalists were reporting on an explosion that was set off there just minutes earlier, according to local journalists and news reports.…

Tanzanian journalist found murdered in forest

January 9, 2013 5:32 PM EST

Nairobi, January 9, 2013–A journalist was found murdered in northwestern Tanzania on Tuesday, three days after he went missing from his home, according to local journalists and local reports.

Nepal PM criticizes arrests in Thapa murder

January 8, 2013 4:52 PM EST

New York, January 8, 2013–Nepalese Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai today publicly criticized the arrest of five of his party members who stand accused of the 2004 murder of radio journalist Dekendra Raj Thapa, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the arrests and calls on the prime minister to allow due process…