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Fitting honors for those who risk their lives to do their jobsThe Washington PostNovember 21, 2008 Plainclothes Ugandan police officers descended yesterday on the newsroom of the weekly newsmagazine the Independent, seizing computer documents and attempting to deliver an arrest warrant to managing editor Andrew M. Mwenda. “Unluckily, I was out of Uganda,” Mr. Mwenda…

Joel Simon interviewed on WBGO’s “Conversations with Allan Wolper” podcast about press freedom in Mexico and the increasing threats faced by journalists. November 6, 2008.

In a country where critical journalism is silenced, President Aliyev of Azerbaijan can be sure of his ‘re-election’ guardian.coSeptember 17, 2008Preoccupied with the Georgia-Russia crisis and the old fears it has resurrected, the world risks missing another important story unfolding in the Caucasus – that of Azerbaijan. The oil-rich Caspian Sea nation is going to…

Independent Sources: “Journalists Under Fire”Taped: 07/23/2008CPJ’s Journalist Assistant Coordinator Elisabeth Witchel appears on CUNY TV’s Independent Sources program to discuss the difficulties facing journalists in exile.Watch the full episode at CUNY TV.

By Joel Campagna Published in St. Paul Pioneer Press July 22, 2008 U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum’s recent visit to the North African nation of Tunisia hardly made headlines in Minnesota. But in Tunisia the state-run media hailed her visit as a success for U.S.-Tunisian relations, citing the congresswomen’s praise for Tunisia as a “voice of…

Clarence Page Chicago Tribune June 29, 2008 As if our military didn’t have its hands full in Iraq and Afghanistan, the head of the Minuteman Project border security group seems to think Minutemen might make good narcotics cops.

Tom Rhodes The Guardian June 25, 2008 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jun/25/zimbabwe Zanu-PF’s intimidating grip on national and international media effectively quashed the opposition MDC’s campaign

Bob Dietz Published in The Huffington Post June 10, 2008 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-dietz/covering-the-beijing-game_b_106378.html Despite China’s initial openness to reporters in the days and weeks following the devastating earthquake in Sichuan province, anyone who thinks China is going to be warm and friendly towards the media during the August Olympics should do a reality check. In the last…

June 5, 2008 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Foreign journalists covering the Beijing Olympics must take care to avoid placing Chinese assistants and news sources at risk of arrest when covering sensitive topics, a U.S. watchdog group said on Thursday.

Survey documents a high number of unprosecuted killings of journalists in some unexpected places EditorialHouston Chronicle May 5, 2008, 9:56PM The Committee to Protect Journalists is waging a campaign against what Executive Director Joel Simon calls “the ultimate form of censorship,” the murder of those who work for the world’s news media. The group has…