Mika Yamamoto Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

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.

Attacks on the Press: On Syria’s Front Lines, Dangers from All Sides

February 14, 2013 12:05 AM EST

A hard slog with low-life smugglers is a small price for avoiding Syrian forces. By Paul Wood

Running Toward Danger, Syria’s Citizens Become Journalists

February 14, 2013 12:05 AM EST

In a country filled with paranoia and fear, citizens learn to be reporters. By Oliver Holmes

Attacks on the Press: Killed in 2012: A Worldwide Roundup

February 14, 2013 12:04 AM EST

Killed in 2012: A Worldwide Roundup The number of journalists killed in the line of duty rose sharply in 2012, as the war in Syria, a record number of shootings in Somalia, continued violence in Pakistan, and a worrying increase in Brazilian murders contributed to a 49 percent increase in deaths from the previous…

Japanese reporter Mika Yamamoto was killed after being caught in gunfire in Aleppo, Syria. (AFP/NHK News)

Yamamoto’s death reflects Japan’s media reach, duty

August 21, 2012 4:39 PM EDT

My colleagues and I were saddened to learn of the death of Mika Yamamoto, a Japan Press video and photo journalist who was killed while covering clashes in Aleppo, Syria, on Monday. The moment was all the more poignant because of the similarities with two other Japanese journalist fatalities: Kenji Nagai of APF News in…

A rebel fighter trains an anti-aircraft machine gun in Aleppo. (Reuters/Zain Karam)

Japanese reporter killed, two missing in Syria

August 20, 2012 9:06 PM EDT

New York, August 20, 2012–A Japanese reporter was killed amid heavy fighting in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo today, while two other journalists were reported missing in the city, news reports said.