This week: Mexican Senate passes a bill against impunity, an interview with novelist Ma Jian, and Iran intensifying censorship before presidential election.
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May 3rd is World Press Freedom Day, and WAN-IFRA has released this update on impunity and journalists.
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Sri Lankan journalist Sonali Samarasinghe writes a second letter to President Mahinda Rajapaksa after the details of her husband’s death remain a mystery.
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This week: a Somali rap group performs amid death threats, an Egyptian comedian is arrested, and Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez is greeted by protesters.
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Sri Lankan journalist Sonali Samarasinghe writes an open letter to President Mahinda Rajapakse after her husband was killed as a result of his reporting.
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This week: the arrests of journalists on the rise in Iran, the top 20 books some governments have tried to ban, and two reporters killed in Mexico.
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This week: Turkey labeled the ‘world’s biggest prison’ for media, defining freedom of speech in Egypt, a Cuban blogger embarks on a world tour.
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This week: the case against Aaron Swartz, Somalia’s dangerous reputation for journalists, and Beijing’s propaganda workers to start microblogs.
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Journalists worldwide are targeted or murdered for their work, but the offenders are rarely punished. CPJ is launching an impunity campaign to demand justice.
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This week: Bahraini activist Zanib Alkhawaja profiled, Julian Assange speaks to Democracy Now!, and impacts of government censorship on literary expression.
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