Magnus Ag
Assistant Advocacy Director Magnus Ag is a New York-based human rights advocate and journalist. Prior to joining CPJ in 2010, Ag worked as head of section in the Danish Ministry for Science, Technology, and Innovation. He holds a bachelor's and a master's degree in political science from the University of Copenhagen. He speaks English, Danish, and Norwegian. Contact him here or follow him on Twitter @AgMagnus.
Labidi: Jordan, latest enemy of press freedom online?
CPJ Middle East and North Africa consultant Kamel Labidi writes in an article in the Guardian Comment is Free that Jordan’s new provisional law on cyber crimes, has brought the Hashemite kingdom a step closer to Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Egypt, which are considered among the most notorious online oppressors worldwide. On August 17, CPJ sent…
Danny O’Brien podcasts: How RIM shares your e-mail
Jesse Brown, the host of “Search Engine” on TVO.org, interviews CPJ Internet Advocacy Coordinator Danny O’Brien about the Internet’s impact on politics and culture. O’Brien talks about the conflict between Canadian-based Research in Motion (RIM) and several governments in the Middle East over access to BlackBerry users’ e-mails. O’Brien has previously written about “Why governments don’t need RIM…
Reuters covers CPJ’s letter to SA’s President Zuma
On August 16, CPJ sent a letter to South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma to express our concern about legislative proposals that would severely restrict South Africa’s independent press corps. The letter received a great deal of media attention in South Africa and internationally. Please follow this link to read Reuters’ article about the letter.
CPJ Impact
News from the Committee to Protect Journalists, August 2010 Honduras report citing official failures draws a responseIn a few short months, seven journalists were gunned down in Honduras. While the country has been beset by crime and political turmoil, it had not been known as a particularly dangerous place for the press. Is someone targeting…
On Fox News Lauría details Mexico’s press crisis
Watch the latest video at FOXNews.com Carlos Lauría, CPJ’s senior program coordinator for the Americas, appeared on the August 4 edition of Fox News’ “Strategy Room.” The segment details how drug cartels in Mexico are kidnapping and killing journalists to control the flow of information. Lauría also talks about Mexican President Felipe Calderón’s struggle to protect freedom…
Simon on The Kojo Nnamdi Show
CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon was live on “The Kojo Nnamdi Show,” a daily news public radio show in Washington. Simon was joined by Iraqi journalist Haider Hamza, who has covered the war in Iraq for Reuters and ABC News, and Alfredo Corchado, the Mexico bureau chief for The Dallas Morning News, in a discussion…
Lauría in Washington Post
CPJ Senior Americas Program Coordinator Carlos Lauría is quoted in an article in Washington Post about the seventh Honduran journalist killed since March 1. Most of the victims had reported on organized crime in the northern coastal region of Honduras, a key transshipment point for U.S.-bound cocaine. Please follow this link to read the article…