The Freedom of the Press Committee has had a productive month, having written 13 letters to foreign governments protesting violations of press freedom. The bad news is that there were so many cases demanding our attention.
Author: OPC of America
Pakistan June 29, 2009
The OPC has been informed by the Pakistan Press Foundation of a serious incident of abuse of press freedom by members of Pakistani security forces in the Pakistan Northwest frontier area.
Russian Court Orders Retrial in Politkovskaya Murder
Russia’s supreme court has overturned the acquittal of three men charged over the murder of journalist and Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya and ordered a retrial.
News Conference: Iran Post-Election Crackdown
Roxana Saberi, a journalist formerly imprisoned in Iran, along with experts from the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International-USA, will discuss violations of human rights that have taken place in the context of Iran’s recent presidential election. Join us for the news conference at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 30.
OPC Calls for New Birth of Press Freedom in Sri Lanka
The war is over, but Sri Lanka remains one of the three or four most dangerous countries in the world for a journalist to work. Even if the Sri Lankan government is not directly responsible for the attacks on journalists, it has created the conditions for persecution with impunity.
OPC Urges Iran to End Media Crack-down
Whatever the outcome of the current electoral dispute, no good can result from Iran to continue its heavy-handed repression of journalists who are trying to report these events to the world.
OPC Appeals Again for Justice in Philippine Journalists’ Murders
The murder of radio-commentator Crispin Perez is the sixth shooting of a Philippine journalist this year, which is an unprecedented level of violence against the press. We urge the Philippine government to bring the killers to justice.
OPC Condemns Killings of Five Somali Journalists
The OPC writes to condemn the vicious attacks on the media in Somalia. They are the most deadly in all of Africa this year: five journalists have been killed, and others injured, harassed, threatened, or forced to flee the country.
RSF Publishes Reporter Refugee Guide
Reporters Without Borders marked World Refugee Day on June 18 by publishing a guide for journalists driven into exile, to provide them with information about the procedures and potential obstacles in seeking asylum.
NYT Reporter and Interpreter Escape Taliban
New York Times correspondent David Rohde and his interpreter, Afghan reporter Tahir Ludin, were kidnapped by the Taliban last November 10, but they escaped from their captors June 20 and fled to safety.