Dozens of journalists who have fled Iran to avoid prison face a tense and lengthy process toward resettlement and an uncertain financial and professional future. Most of all, they fear that the Iranian government will catch up with them.
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Analyses and data track press freedom conditions throughout the region. Mohamed Abdel Dayem examines five trends to watch from the Arab uprisings. María Salazar and Sheryl Mendez describe the fear and uncertainty facing doens of Iranian exiled journalists. And Robert Mahoney details Turkey’s assault on free expression.
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This is the story of Iranian journalist Javad Moghimi Parsa. TIME magazine published one of the photos he took during his off-duty coverage of the unrest which came after the 2009 elections. Called a spy, he fled into exile. [View a larger version of the video here.]
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Emerging trends favor free expression, but they are filled with ambiguity. Much depends on the political configurations to rise from the revolutionary dust.
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Turkish authorities are waging a war on free expression by subjecting journalists to endless court proceedings and severe legal consequences.
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Sexual violence against journalists is discussed more openly, but few concrete changes have been made in training.
Middle East & North Africa
Deaths by Type in 2011
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| 5 | Combat/Crossfire | ||
| 1 | Murder |
Regional Data
19
Journalists Killed in 2011
144
Journalists In Exile 2001-11
271
Journalists Killed Since 1992
77
Imprisoned on December 1, 2011
174
Unsolved Journalist Murders Since 1992
5
Missing as of December 31, 2011
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5 Detentions of journalists aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
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Jordan
70 Attacks on the press during an intense five-month period of political unrest.
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Morocco
2 Imprisoned in December 2011 as authorities persisted in using judicial retaliation.
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Saudi Arabia
5th Worst nation for bloggers due to restrictive laws and pervasive blocking.
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Sudan
19 Confiscations of newspaper editions. Authorities practiced widespread censorship.
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Syria
8 Imprisoned in December 2011 as the regime used detentions to silence news coverage.
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Tunisia
0 Imprisoned in December 2011 as the new government turned away from retaliatory detentions.
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Yemen
8 International journalists expelled in March as the regime sought to block global coverage.
Country reports in this chapter were researched and written by Dahlia El-Zein, research associate for CPJ’s Middle East and North Africa program, with reporting from CPJ Program Coordinator Mohamed Abdel Dayem.
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