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Ecuadoran journalist sentenced to prison

November 28, 2011 5:27 PM EST

New York, November 28, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists is dismayed by reports that an Ecuadoran journalist was sentenced to a six-month prison term after being found guilty of criminal defamation.

Mexican weekly goes offline after cyberattack

November 28, 2011 4:54 PM EST

New York, November 28, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by reports of a cyberattack on Mexican weekly Ríodoce that forced its website offline on Friday. Ríodoce is one of the few publications to cover crime and drug trafficking in Mexico.

Ugandan journalist receives repeated death threats

November 28, 2011 4:42 PM EST

New York, November 28, 2011–Anonymous callers have repeatedly threatened Ugandan radio journalist Robert Ssembuusi over the past week after he aired a story implicating a former local mayor in corruption, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

A Shi'ite cleric speaks to protesters after clashes between religious sects in Karachi November 27. (Reuters)

Pakistani journalist shot, critically injured during riot

November 28, 2011 3:47 PM EST

New York, November 28, 2011–Authorities in Karachi should take stronger measures to protect reporters covering violent incidents, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today after a journalist was critically injured in crossfire on Sunday.

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh speaks to reporters as he leaves a polling station in Banjul November 24. (AFP)

Gambian president vilifies journalists in remarks

November 28, 2011 2:15 PM EST

New York, November 28, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Gambian President Yahya Jammeh’s public remarks on Thursday, in which he vilified members of the press. The following day, Jammeh won his fourth term in office as president.

In Philippines, gunmen shoot radio journalist

November 28, 2011 2:10 PM EST

Bangkok, November 28, 2011–A Philippine radio journalist who reported critically on local corruption and drug trafficking was shot and seriously wounded on November 24, a day after the International Day to End Impunity was commemorated.

Three opposition journalists detained in Ivory Coast

November 28, 2011 2:05 PM EST

New York, November 28, 2011–The administration of Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has detained without charge three journalists from an opposition newspaper since Thursday, in violation of the country’s own press law and constitution, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Egypt detains journalist, assaults another

November 24, 2011 2:11 PM EST

New York, November 24, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Egyptian authorities to release U.S.-Egyptian documentary filmmaker Jehan Nujaim detained in Cairo on Wednesday, and investigate the arrest and beating of columnist Mona Eltahawy.

From safety of New York, reporting on distant home

November 23, 2011 3:44 PM EST

Nigerian journalist and ex-pat Omoyele Sowore is the focus of this New York Times Piece on exiled journalists in New York City. Since 2001 CPJ cites 649 journalists who have been driven into exile, 592 or which still have not returned to their home country. Despite some being thousands of miles from home, the rapid…

What we have learned from fighting impunity

November 23, 2011 11:50 AM EST

Press freedom groups worldwide are banding together today, the International Day to End Impunity, to demand justice for hundreds of journalists murdered for their work. On this day, the Committee to Protect Journalists and dozens of other members of the International Freedom of Information Exchange are remembering journalists killed, and urging governments to take action…