2010
Danny O’Brien podcasts: How RIM shares your e-mail
Jesse Brown, the host of “Search Engine” on TVO.org, interviews CPJ Internet Advocacy Coordinator Danny O’Brien about the Internet’s impact on politics and culture. O’Brien talks about the conflict between Canadian-based Research in Motion (RIM) and several governments in the Middle East over access to BlackBerry users’ e-mails. O’Brien has previously written about “Why governments don’t need RIM…
Venezuelan censorship over morgue photos is selective
A controversial ruling by a Venezuelan court banning print media from publishing images of violence was partially reversed on Thursday following an international outcry from media, rights groups, and United Nations and Organization of American States officials.
Reuters covers CPJ’s letter to SA’s President Zuma
On August 16, CPJ sent a letter to South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma to express our concern about legislative proposals that would severely restrict South Africa’s independent press corps. The letter received a great deal of media attention in South Africa and internationally. Please follow this link to read Reuters’ article about the letter.
2 Cuban reporters freed, arrive in Madrid; 13 now released
New York, August 19, 2010–Formerly imprisoned Cuban journalists Fabio Prieto Llorente and Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta arrived in Spain today, bringing to 13 the number of imprisoned reporters who were freed this year as part of an agreement between the Cuban Catholic Church and the government of President Raúl Castro.
Assault, vandalism reported at Awramba Times
On August 17, 2010, two men barged into the offices of the Awramba Times, the independent Amharic-language weekly in the capital, Addis Ababa, and assaulted Moges Tikuye, a security guard, the paper reported. Tikuye suffered minor injuries. Early the next morning, assailants smashed the windows and doors of the office.
CPJ Impact
News from the Committee to Protect Journalists, August 2010 Honduras report citing official failures draws a responseIn a few short months, seven journalists were gunned down in Honduras. While the country has been beset by crime and political turmoil, it had not been known as a particularly dangerous place for the press. Is someone targeting…
Iranian journalist Badressadat Mofidi gets six years in jail
New York, August 18, 2010–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Iranian authorities to reverse a six-year prison sentence against Iranian journalist Badressadat Mofidi.Mofidi was formerly the secretary-general of the Association of Iranian Journalists in Tehran, an organization that was established by prominent journalists in 1997 and shut down by the authorities in 2009.