Afghanistan / Asia

  

Press freedom in the news 11/21/08

CPJ’s 2008 International Press Freedom awardees, who were officially announced yesterday at a press conference in Washington, are making news today–including editor Andrew Mwenda, who was concurrently issued an arrest warrant in his home country of Uganda.

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Honored in Washington, editor wanted by police back home

Washington, November 20, 2008–On the day Ugandan editor Andrew Mwenda was introduced here as a recipient of a CPJ International Press Freedom Award, police back home summoned the journalist for questioning over his magazine’s hard-hitting political coverage.

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Freed CBC reporter’s assistants still in detention

New York, November 12, 2008–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the Afghan government to release Shokoor Feroz and his brother Quaim Feroz, the translator and driver of kidnapped CBC reporter Mellissa Fung, who was freed on November 8. 

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CBC reporter freed in Afghanistan, two held

New York, November 10, 2008–Two days after the release of CBC journalist Mellissa Fung, contradictory details have begun to emerge about her captivity, according to the Toronto Globe and Mail. Fung was kidnapped 28 days ago while conducting interviews in a Kabul refugee camp. She was apparently held, chained and blindfolded, in Wardak, the province…

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Press freedom in the news 11/10/08

The release of CBC correspondent Mellissa Fung, who had been abducted by a criminal gang in Afghanistan, is the focus of a few stories today. The Associated Press has coverage of her month-long ordeal, and that piece has been picked up by various papers including The Boston Globe and The Baltimore Sun. 

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CBC correspondent released

We issued the following statement after learning of the release today of abducted CBC correspondent Mellissa Fung in Kabul…

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In Afghanistan, CPJ welcomes release

Responding to reports that abducted Dutch journalist Joanie de Rijke has been released by her kidnappers today after she was abducted in Afghanistan on November 1, we issued the following  statement…

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Journalism student given 20-year jail term in Afghanistan

New York, October 21, 2008–The Committee to Protect Journalists is outraged by a Kabul appeal court’s decision to sentence Afghan journalism student Parwez Kambakhsh to 20 years in prison for blasphemy today.

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In Afghanistan, CPJ condemns jailing

In response to the 20-year jail sentence for blasphemy handed down to journalist student Parwez Kambakhsh by an appellate court in Afghanistan today, we issued this statement …

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And then there was one …

Each year, CPJ compiles an annual census of journalists imprisoned around the world, and every year since 2001, the U.S has figured on this list of infamy. During this period, journalists have been imprisoned right here in this country for refusing to reveal their sources; imprisoned by the U.S. military in Iraq for long periods…

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