Mexico: A deadly beat
Since 2006, more than 40 journalists have died or disappeared in Mexico, according to research by the Committee to Protect Journalists. The culprits, are rarely if ever, found or brought to justice. CNN follows the case of journalist Oscar Rivera whose death after reporting on Mexico’s drug wars was never investigated; CPJ’s Mexico Representative, Mike…
Puntland radio station closed, director held
New York, March 5, 2012–Authorities in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland in Somalia shut down an independent radio broadcaster and arrested the station’s director over coverage of fighting between the government and Al-Shabaab militants, local journalists said.Around 10:20 p.m. Saturday, armed police arriving in two vehicles raided Codka Nabadda (Voice of Peace) in the port city of…
Somali journalist killed in Puntland
New York, March 5, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the murder of a former Somali journalist who was shot on Sunday in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland. The victim, Ali Ahmed Abdi, had recently resigned as a manager for a news outlet that has come under attack by Al-Shabaab insurgents.
Kuwaiti daily suspended for ‘creating sectarian strife’
New York, March 5, 2012–Kuwaiti authorities must lift their suspension of the privately owned newspaper Al-Dar and drop antistate charges lodged in connection with articles that sought to defend the country’s Shiite minority, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Journalists in Syria: observers, actors or targets?
With the heavy shelling in the Syrian city of Homs, CPJ’s research has found eight reporters to have been killed within the last four months. The figure for journalists’ death, along with the large scale civilian deaths, has made Homs a dangerous place to report.France 24 hosts a TV panel to explore the question: is Syria too dangerous for…
The global impact of EU media policies
The state of press freedom inside the European Union has a significant effect on press freedom outside the EU. That was the message that CPJ Senior European Adviser Jean-Paul Marthoz and I delivered this week when Brussels’ leading think tank, the European Policy Center (EPC), hosted us for a policy dialogue marking the launch of…
Ahead of elections, Russian media are duly warned
Russia’s leading independent media head into Sunday’s elections–in which Vladimir Putin is expected to be handed his third presidential term–burdened by a series of warnings. Over the past few months, beginning with the parliamentary elections held December 4, Kremlin allies have taken several steps designed to put news outlets on alert for uncensored coverage of…