Ann Cooper
Ann Cooper
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This highlights the range of dangers facing every journalist trying to cover Iraq. Journalists covering Iraq have told us for months that the risks are so great that it has had a huge impact on coverage.
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When my section met (to discuss the air conditioning), we were told that our classrooms would hopefully be redone during the summer.
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Too many journalists have lost their lives just because they were doing their jobs, and unresponsive governments bear responsibility for the toll.
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We're disturbed to see the number of jailed journalists rise, and we're particularly troubled that the list of worst abusers now includes Ethiopia and the United States.
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The government's subversion of parliamentary procedure, in order to get this bill passed, is further evidence of its desperate desire to silence all independent reporting in Zimbabwe,
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The government's heavy-handed attempt to intimidate the independent press and suppress news of the protests and deaths in Addis Ababa is unacceptable. We call on the Ethiopian authorities to release our colleagues immediately and allow the media to report freely.
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Turkey is on the way to removing curbs on the media as it seeks to join the European Union, but cases like this undermine that progress. We urge the court to dismiss all charges against these five journalists when it reconvenes in April.
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Turkey has made important progress in reforming restrictive media laws as it seeks to join the European Union, and the court should not allow hard-liners to take the country backward. We urge the court to dismiss all charges against these journalists.
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Expelling (him), especially in light of other recent attacks on independent journalists in Uganda, puts into question Uganda's commitment to press freedom.
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We welcome this important court decision. The government should withdraw these spurious charges against all of the former Daily News journalists, repeal AIPPA and allow the Daily News to reopen.
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We condemn the continued targeting of all innocent civilians, including journalists, and appeal to those holding them to free them at once.
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Censorship in China is nothing new, but the growing co-operation of U.S. technology companies in China's repressive policies is.
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Shi Tao is being unjustly punished by a government that routinely jails journalists.
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Since the fall of Saddam Hussein, independent news reporting has been offered to Iraqi citizens. This has led to further harassment.