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November 30, 2012 11:42 AM EST

News from the Committee to Protect Journalists, November 2012 Journalists honored at IPFA Thanks to David Boies, chairman of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, who chaired CPJ’s 2012 International Press Freedom Awards dinner on November 20, the organization raised a record-breaking $1.57 million to support persecuted journalists. The nearly 900 distinguished guests at the event…

Syria must restore Internet access immediately

November 29, 2012 4:54 PM EST

New York, November 29, 2012 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the Internet and cell phone shutdown in Syria today which disconnects Syrians from the world as they endure conflict.

A newspaper stand displays Argentina's largest newspaper, Clarín. President Kirchner's government has given Clarín a December 7 deadline to sell off some of its holdings. (AP/Victor R. Caivano)

In battle with Argentine president, a misstep by Clarín

November 29, 2012 3:41 PM EST

The debut of the HD version of Grupo Clarín’s cable news station TN could not have come at a worse time for the Argentine media conglomerate. Conspicuously missing from Monday’s premiere was coverage of a new criminal complaint in which Clarín’s lawyers accused the government of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of inciting violence against the…

In UK, Leveson recommendations undermine free press

November 29, 2012 2:40 PM EST

New York, November 29, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned by recommendations to adopt government regulation of the press resulting from the United Kingdom’s Leveson inquiry report issued today.

In Kazakhstan, news outlets face charges of extremism

November 28, 2012 5:33 PM EST

New York, November 28, 2012–The politicized prosecution of dozens of independent news outlets in Kazakhstan is at odds with the country’s commitment to press freedom and deeply stains its recent election to the U.N. Human Rights Council, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. CPJ calls on Kazakh authorities to dismiss the case and allow…

Solange Lusiku and Baudry Aluma have been threatened after running editorials in this October issue of Le Souverain. (Le Souverain)

In DRC, journalists report being threatened in Bukavu

November 27, 2012 4:18 PM EST

New York, November 27, 2012–Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo should investigate threats against at least four journalists in the eastern city of Bukavu and bring the perpetrators to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Security agents assault journalists in Chad

November 27, 2012 10:34 AM EST

Armed agents from the National Security Agency in N’Djamena, the capital, beat two reporters on November 16, 2012, and detained them in handcuffs on the premises of a private hospital, according to local journalists.

Brazilian journalist killed in Campo Grande

November 26, 2012 5:46 PM EST

New York, November 26, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the murder of Brazilian journalist Eduardo Carvalho in Campo Grande, the capital of Mato Grosso do Sul state, which borders Paraguay and Bolivia. Carvalho was the editor and owner of news website Última Hora News, which frequently denounced local corruption, according to news reports.

Two more journalists killed in Syria

November 26, 2012 5:45 PM EST

New York, November 26, 2012–At least two journalists have been killed over the past five days while documenting unrest in Syria, according to news reports.

BBC correspondent Ibrahim Mohamed Adan has been held for nearly a week without charge. (Somalia Witness)

In Somalia, BBC journalist held without charge

November 26, 2012 5:00 PM EST

Nairobi, November 26, 2012–Somali authorities must immediately release Ibrahim Mohamed Adan, a correspondent for the Somali service of the BBC, who has been held for nearly a week in Mogadishu without charge, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.