A year into the Arab Spring, the journalists, bloggers and Tweeters who risked so much to speak freely have won only partial victories. The media in Tunisia and Libya are enjoying a break to freedom, but in Egypt journalists are being persecuted harshly and in countries where old regimes remain in power, the formal and informal press continue to be cruelly suppressed. Read more...
On every continent, reporters in 2009 faced appalling dangers and took extraordinary risks. The Mexican journalist who reports on corruption knows he has a good chance of joining 57 journalists murdered since 2000, 12 in 2009 alone. The almost complete impunity enjoyed by criminals, terrorists and police who attack journalists adds to the feeling of hopelessness about the freedom of the press. Read more...
