Non-Governmental or Academic Analyses published by Committee To Protect Journalists
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Press Freedom |
| Title: | In Brazil, awakening 'Rodrigo Neto in each of us' |
| Author/Source: | Sara Rafsky Committee To Protect Journalists |
| Brief: | Ten journalists have been murdered since 2010 with no convictions in any of the cases. The vast majority of the victims covered politics or corruption, and worked outside of the country's urban centers. |
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Press Freedom |
| Title: | CPJ alarmed by threats against Article 19 in Mexico |
| Author/Source: | Committee To Protect Journalists |
| Brief: | The group received a typewritten letter warning that Mexico director Dario Ramirez would be beaten "until his heart stops" |
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Human Rights, Press Freedom |
| Title: | Another Vale do Aço journalist gunned down in Brazil |
| Author/Source: | Committee To Protect Journalists |
| Brief: | Neto had covered police corruption throughout his career, and had frequently received threats, especially for his coverage of cases in which police officers were suspected of being involved in local murders |
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Press Freedom |
| Title: | Local radio journalist shot dead in Brazil |
| Author/Source: | Committee To Protect Journalists |
| Brief: | A local radio reporter who often denounced crime on his show was shot dead on Friday in northern Brazil, according to news reports |
Friday, February 8, 2013
| Location: | Peru |
| Category: | Press Freedom |
| Title: | Peruvian journalist shot after reporting on corruption |
| Author/Source: | Committee To Protect Journalists |
| Brief: | Juan Carlos Yaya Salcedo, 35, who hosts the hour-long "Sin Escape" (Without Escape) news program on Radio Max, told CPJ that he saw a blue car pull up behind him as he drove to the radio station in the town of Imperial |
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Press Freedom |
| Title: | Brazil murders reflect tough reporting, lack of justice |
| Author/Source: | Mauri König Committee To Protect Journalists |
| Brief: | In Brazil, only one in 10 homicides is solved. This low rate is reflected in the impunity for crimes against journalists |
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
| Location: | Venezuela |
| Category: | Press Freedom |
| Title: | Venezuela's private media wither under Chavez assault |
| Author/Source: | Monica Campbell Committee To Protect Journalists |
| Brief: | The Chavez administration has used an array of legislation, threats, and regulatory measures to gradually break down Venezuela's independent press while building up a state media empire. |
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Press Freedom |
| Title: | Mexico's El Norte attacked for the third time this month |
| Author/Source: | Committee To Protect Journalists |
| Brief: | Mexican authorities must immediately investigate an arson attack on the offices of a supplement owned by the daily El Norte, the third attack on an El Norte publication this month. |