To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Washington Representative and Journalist Security Coordinator, Committee to Protect Journalists, +1-301-270-2672, fsmyth@cpj.org
Journalists have become accustomed to being threatened and sometimes hunted by drug lords and gangsters, but now some governments have decided that shooting the messenger is a viable option. The setting at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel last Tuesday represented the height of refinement, but Alan Rusbridger, editor in chief of The Guardian, reminded the black-tie crowd at the annual dinner for the Committee to Protect Journalists of something it knew all too well: In many parts of the globe, its profession is under murderous assault.
LONDON, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The member groups of the Coordinating Committee of Press Freedom Organizations express their deep concern over the continued persecution in Indonesia of Erwin Arnada, who was the editor of the Indonesian edition of Playboy magazine, which has not been published since 2007, over charges that two courts had ruled to be unfounded. This statement is also endorsed by the American Society of Magazine Editors. The Indonesian attorney general's office brushed aside the court findings that there was nothing indecent in the magazine, which we understand did not publish any nude photographs. The South Jakarta District Court ruled in 2007 and an appeals court subsequently confirmed the ruling that Arnada was not guilty of charges of perpetrating indecency. The govern...
In real life, in settings far more inhospitable than rural Virginia, more than 700 journalists have been murdered since 1992, the year that the Committee to Protect Journalists started keeping track of their deaths. On the last day, we walked through the forest and learned how to recognize improvised explosive devices, which could, as one of the instructors told us, "really spoil your day.
To: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor Contact: Abi Wright, 212-465-1004 ext. 105, or Frank Smyth, 202- 352-1736, both for the Committee to Protect Journalists
NEW YORK - The Horn of Africa nation Eritrea leads the world in imposing censorship on the media, followed closely by North Korea, Syria and Iran, a journalism group said Wednesday. The Committee to Protect Journalists said in a report that 10 countries stand out as censors by barring international media, putting "dictatorial controls" on domestic media and imposing other restrictions.
The daily news is a basic part of people's lives - but few realize the terrible price that is paid to gather information and commentary around the world. Nearly 1,000 reporters, photographers, translators, drivers and aides have been killed on the job in the past decade, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. The 10-year death toll is 978. The worst nation is Iraq, where 151 died, followed by the Philippines, 73; Algeria, 60; Russia, 54; Pakistan, 51; Somalia, 49; Colombia, 44; Syria, 36; India, 29; and Mexico, 28.
Around the globe political reporting is the most dangerous beat, and local journalists the mostly likely victims. The Committee to Protect Journalists has named 12 countries -- including Iraq, Russia, the Philippines, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Mexico -- to its annual "impunity index" because they allow deadly violence against the press to go unpunished. The threats to journalists are also highlighted in a welcome, new State Department initiative. From now until World Press Freedom Day, May 3, the department's HumanRights.gov Web site will tell the stories of people who have been killed, jailed or otherwise blocked from reporting the news and exercising the fundamental right to free speech.
Organizations such as Reporters without Borders and the Committee to Protect Journalists rank China high among those states practicing media suppression and censorship. In the state-run press, a number of topics are generally off limits.\n In the China Daily's year-end round-up, it wrote about the scandal, saying: The reasons for the recalls were not just quality defects, behind them were traditional disputes, technical barriers, trade protection and an overhyped media coverage. [...] China was determined to restore the confidence in China-made products and launched a four-month nationwide special campaign to improve product quality and food safety.
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 19 Iraqis working for U.S. and other foreign news outlets have been killed since the beginning of the war.
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