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February 20, 2012 · No comments

Attacks on the Press in 2011: In Mexico, Silence or Death Remains the Choice

The Mexican president promised to protect a besieged press corps with a federal protection program, a special prosecutor and new legislation making anti-press violence a federal crime. But Felipe Calderón Hinojosa has failed at nearly every turn. By Mike O’Connor

Attacks on the Press in 2011: State Media As Anti-Media Tool

February 20, 2012 · No comments

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In some Latin American countries, state-owned media are used not only for propaganda but as platforms to smear critics, including journalists.

Attacks on the Press in 2011: Americas

February 20, 2012 · No comments

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Analyses and data chart press freedom conditions throughout the region. Carlos Lauría describes the rise of state media as a powerful

Attacks on the Press in 2011: Working in Peril

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This video companion to Attacks on the Press recounts the story of Mexican journalist Javier Valdez Cárdenas, who works in one

CPJ mourns the death of journalist Anthony Shadid

February 17, 2012 · Comments Off

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New York, February 16, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply saddened by the death of New York Times foreign correspondent

CPJ urges Kazakhstan to stop repressing media

February 17, 2012 · Comments Off

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) - Dear President Nazarbayev: The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply disturbed by the ongoing crackdown by Kazakhstan's security service, the KNB,

Blog: Ekho Moskvy board shuffled ahead of Russian election

February 14, 2012 · Comments Off

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The Russian blogosphere erupted with comments today following an announcement that the board of directors of the iconic radio station, Ekho

CPJ Internet Channel: Can selective blocking pre-empt wider censorship?

February 8, 2012 · Comments Off

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Last week, Twitter provoked a fierce debate online when it announced a new capability--and related policy--to hide tweets on a country-specific

Gunmen kill Pakistani journalist who reported on Taliban

January 17, 2012 · Comments Off

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New York, January 17, 2012--Unidentified gunmen killed broadcast journalist Mukarram Khan Aatif in a mosque north of Peshawar today, according to

Under pressure at home, Chinese writer chooses exile

January 16, 2012 · Comments Off

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New York, January 13, 2012--The decision of prominent Chinese writer Yu Jie to seek exile in the United States this week is

In Russia, unknown attacker stabs exiled Tajik journalist – CPJ

January 16, 2012 · Comments Off

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New York, January 13, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Thursday's attack in Moscow on Dododzhon Atovulloyev, exiled publisher and editor-in-chief

Blog: What US can’t accept in Belarus, it supports in Uzbekistan – CPJ

January 11, 2012 · Comments Off

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Last week, President Obama signed into law a bill that expands sanctions against Belarus, whose authoritarian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko continues to

In Ethiopia, Swedish journalists handed prison terms – CPJ

January 2, 2012 · Comments Off

New York, December 27, 2011--In a highly politicized trial, two Swedish journalists have been sentenced in an Ethiopian court to 11-year jail terms after being convicted of