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Philippine editor Vitug receives series of death threats

March 23, 2010 2:19 PM EDT

New York, March 23, 2010—The Philippine government must vigorously pursue its investigation into a series of death threats received by Marites Dañguilan Vitug, editor-in-chief of the online news outlet Newsbreak, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Sri Lankan attorney general assures exiled journalists

March 10, 2010 12:51 PM EST

Colombo, March 10, 2010—In a meeting with a CPJ delegation today, Sri Lankan Attorney General Mohan Peiris said he was prepared to offer protection to any of the nation’s journalists who return to the country from exile.

Nepalese riot police block journalists during a protest against the killing Arun Simhaniya. (AP/Binod Joshi)

Second Nepali media owner murdered in a month

March 3, 2010 2:46 PM EST

New York, March 3, 2010—Police in Nepal must immediately investigate Monday’s fatal shooting of publisher and business owner Arun Singhaniya, the second murder of a media executive in the country in a month, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

CPJ outraged by ruling freeing Yevloyev’s killer in Russia

March 2, 2010 5:27 PM EST

New York, March 2, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns today’s court decision to release Ibragim Yevloyev, the high-ranking security officer who shot and killed independent Ingush publisher Magomed Yevloyev (no relation to the killer) in police custody in August 2008.

Fatullayev isolation prolonged in Azerbaijan

March 1, 2010 3:05 PM EST

New York, March 1, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following statement today in response to Azerbaijani press reports that the isolated detention of imprisoned editor Eynulla Fatullayev, a 2009 recipient of CPJ’s International Press Freedom Award, on a new trumped-up charge of drug possession, has been prolonged by two months.

Garcia-Esperat murder suspects back at work in Philippines

February 25, 2010 4:54 PM EST

On the run for more than a calendar year from court-ordered arrest warrants, Osmeña Montañer and Estrella Sabay, the alleged masterminds in the 2005 murder of Philippine investigative journalist Marlene Garcia-Esperat, at left, are now out of hiding and back at work as senior Department of Agriculture finance officials, according to recent reports in the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

Only man accused in Brad Will murder goes free

February 24, 2010 3:03 PM EST

For those following the case of Bradley Roland Will, left, a U.S. activist-journalist killed while reporting on a protest movement in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca in 2006, a long wait ended on February 18. After 16 months in prison, Juan Manuel Martínez, a grassroots activist from an impoverished neighborhood in Oaxaca, left his cell…

TV journalist shot dead in Pakistan

February 19, 2010 12:15 PM EST

New York, February 19, 2010—Authorities in Pakistan should move swiftly to investigate Wednesday’s shooting murder of journalist Ashiq Ali Mangi in the southern province of Sind, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Across the Philippines, protesters call for justice in Maguindanao massacre. (AP/Bullit Marquez)

Makings of a massacre: Impunity fostered Philippine killings

February 16, 2010 12:53 AM EST

By Shawn W. Crispin Before Henry Araneta and his colleagues set off on the morning of November 23, 2009, on what would be their last assignment, the DZRH reporter sent his wife a text message: There could be trouble.

CPJ calls for an end to impunity following Nepalese murder

February 10, 2010 2:09 PM EST

New York, February 10, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists joins with its colleague in the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) in demanding an end to the impunity surrounding attacks on journalists in Nepal. The FNJ made the demands today in Kathmandu during a protest rally that came two days after the shooting death of Jamim Shah, the chairman of the…