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Sri Lanka’s woeful January way-points

January 9, 2012 4:28 PM EST

For Sri Lankan journalists, January might be the cruelest month. In January 2011, Sonali Samarasinghe wrote about the death of her husband Lasantha Wickramatunga two years earlier on January 8, 2009. In January 2010 I reported in “Sri Lanka: A year later, still failing to fight media attacks” about the government’s inactivity in investigating Wickramatunga’s…

Chinese online critic Chen Xi was sentenced to 10 months in prison in December. (Reuters)

Online writer imprisoned in China

January 9, 2012 4:02 PM EST

New York, January 9, 2012–A 10-year prison term given to online critic Chen Xi last month is the latest severe sentence targeting dissenters in China, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Independent reporter jailed in Belarus

January 9, 2012 3:40 PM EST

New York, January 9, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns today’s prison sentence in Minsk of independent journalist Aleksandr Borozenko, who reported on a one-person vigil this weekend for the Poland-based satellite broadcaster Belsat.

Samuel Kiendrebeogo (Courtesy Voice of America)

Samuel Kiendrebeogo: 1949-2012

January 6, 2012 5:12 PM EST

The African media community lost a central voice this week with the passing of Samuel Kiendrebeogo, the veteran host of weekly media magazine Médias d’Afrique et D’Ailleurs on Voice of America’s French service. Sam, as he was known, died while vacationing in his native Burkina Faso. He was 63.

Philippine journalist shot, killed in front of wife, daughter

January 6, 2012 10:59 AM EST

Bangkok, January 6, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the shooting death of Philippine radio commentator and community newspaper publisher Christopher Guarin and calls on authorities to bring the perpetrators to justice quickly.

CPJ welcomes Ivory Coast’s release of Hermann Aboa

January 5, 2012 5:08 PM EST

New York, January 5, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes Friday’s decision by a judge in Abidjan to release on bail former Ivorian state television presenter Hermann Aboa and calls on prosecutors to drop the politicized charges against him.

Puntland must explain detention of journalists

January 5, 2012 4:57 PM EST

New York, January 5, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the semi-autonomous Somali region of Puntland to explain why they have held two journalists without charge since Monday.

Opposition leader André Mba Obame addressed the nation Sunday via his broadcaster TV+. (CPJ)

Two Gabon outlets suspended for opposition coverage

January 5, 2012 4:15 PM EST

New York, January 5, 2012–The government of Gabon, led by President Ali Bongo, on Tuesday imposed suspensions on a TV station and a newspaper for coverage of opposition leader André Mba Obame, according to local journalists and news reports.

Newsprint manufacturer Papel Prensa is the recent focus of an ongoing battle between two dailies and Argentina's government. (AP/Natacha Pisarenko)

Both sides cry ‘press freedom!’ in Argentine newsprint battle

January 5, 2012 1:11 PM EST

Argentine Secretary of Commerce Guillermo Moreno made headlines in August 2010 when, at a meeting with the directors of newsprint manufacturer Papel Prensa, he whipped out a pair of boxing gloves, told the women present to clear out of the way, and after dimming the lights, challenged the men to a fight. Moreno’s invitation to…

Radio France Internationale broadcasts were suspended after the station covered the aftermath of the presidential elections between incumbent Kabila (left) and opposition leader Tshisekedi. (AFP)

In DRC, RFI suspended over elections coverage

January 4, 2012 4:24 PM EST

New York, January 4, 2012–Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo shut down broadcasts of the French government-funded Radio France Internationale over its coverage of the aftermath of the November 2011 presidential elections, news reports said.