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Pakistan must determine motive behind killing of reporter

May 28, 2013 12:19 PM EDT

New York, May 28, 2013–Pakistani authorities should identify the motive behind the fatal shooting of a local crime reporter and bring the perpetrators to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Press freedom: Challenge of changing words into deeds

May 28, 2013 11:53 AM EDT

The Pan African Parliament’s (PAP) launch of a media freedom campaign through a “Dialogue on Media Freedom in Africa” in mid-May marks an important and welcome starting point. For too long, media freedom has been divorced from the debate around development and democratization when it has an integral role to play in promoting transparency, underpinning…

Colombian police display weapons confiscated during a raid on a criminal gang in the town of Tarazá. (Reuters/Fredy Amariles)

In Colombia, ‘bacrim’ pose new press threat

May 24, 2013 11:57 AM EDT

Next to the mayor’s office in the northern Colombian town of Caucasia sits a monument to government dysfunction: a half-built public library with broken windows, a water-stained floor, and rusting reinforcement rods protruding from concrete pillars.

Blogger sentenced to jail for insulting prophet

May 24, 2013 11:10 AM EDT

Istanbul, May 24, 2013–Turkish authorities should reverse on appeal the jail term handed down this week to a Turkish Armenian author and blogger who was convicted of insulting the Prophet Muhammad, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Honduras should investigate attack on two journalists

May 23, 2013 4:20 PM EDT

New York, May 23, 2013–Honduran authorities must conduct a full and thorough investigation into Monday’s attack on two journalists in the northern town of La Ceiba, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

A protester holds up a photo of Turkish-Armenian editor Hrant Dink in Istanbul. (AFP/Bulent Kilic)

Hrant Dink murder to be retried, but concerns remain

May 23, 2013 3:24 PM EDT

A decision last week in the murder case of Hrant Dink will lead to a retrial, but Dink’s supporters are still not satisfied. The ruling on May 15 by Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals in Ankara acknowledged that there was a criminal conspiracy to murder the ethnic Armenian journalist, but stopped short of opening the…

Iraqi sheikh says he is not behind threats to journalist

May 23, 2013 12:32 PM EDT

New York, May 23, 2013–A prominent Iraqi sheikh told CPJ Wednesday he has had nothing to do with threats against a journalist or the recent abduction of the reporter’s brother.

Press must be able to work freely in South Sudan

May 22, 2013 11:15 AM EDT

Dear President Salva Kiir Mayardit: We are writing to express our deep concern about the deteriorating state of press freedom in your country. In the past six months, CPJ has documented several cases of attacks, intimidation, and detention of journalists by security agents in South Sudan and we are concerned that this harassment has led to self-censorship and even exile among the local press corps. We urge you to use the power of your office to ensure that journalists are allowed to work freely without harassment and censure from state security officials.

Iraqi journalist threatened for reporting on corruption

May 21, 2013 9:35 AM EDT

New York, May 21, 2013–Iraqi authorities must launch an investigation into a May 14 episode in which a group of armed men raided the home of a journalist and briefly abducted his brother. The journalist, Azhar Shallal, had recently written about alleged corruption.

Authorities discover plot to kill Colombian journalist

May 15, 2013 3:48 PM EDT

Bogotá, May 15, 2013–Colombian authorities must bring to justice all those responsible for an alleged plot to assassinate a journalist and two political analysts who had been investigating links between local politicians and organized crime, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.