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Hundreds attended the funeral of Oswaldo Payá, a Cuban activist, on Monday. (AFP/Adalberto Roque)

Press loses a friend with death of Cuban Oswaldo Payá

By Oscar Espinosa Chepe and Miriam Leiva/CPJ Guest Bloggers on July 25, 2012 3:58 PM EDT

A friend delivered the shocking news in a telephone call on Sunday. Oswaldo Payá, an activist and a tireless advocate for freedom of expression, had died in a car accident that afternoon.

Ecuadoran journalist sentenced to prison

November 28, 2011 5:27 PM EST

New York, November 28, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists is dismayed by reports that an Ecuadoran journalist was sentenced to a six-month prison term after being found guilty of criminal defamation.

Ecuador must return property seized from newsmagazine

January 18, 2011 12:02 PM EST

New York, January 18, 2011–Ecuadoran authorities have been holding computers and equipment belonging to the critical newsmagazine Vanguardia since a police raid on its offices a month ago. The Committee to Protect Journalists has concluded the seizure was reprisal for the magazine’s editorial positions and calls on authorities to return the property.

U.S. judge says FBI did not use excessive force against reporters

June 14, 2007 12:00 PM EDT

UPDATE June 14, 2007 Original Case: March 27, 2006 Cossette Donalds Brown, Univisión Radio Víctor Fernández, Tele Once Univisión Annette Álvarez, Tu Universo Televisión Normando Valentín, Televicentro