Here Are The 10 Worst Countries for Journalists in 2015

(AP Photo/Andy Wong)

The Committee to Protect Journalists has released a ranking of the ten most-censored countries around the world.

Can you guess the #1 spot??

Read more here: http://qz.com/388248/here-are-the-10-worst-countries-for-journalists-in-2015/

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U.N. says Iraq Government Responsible for Protecting Journalists

The Iraqi government is responsible for protecting foreign and local journalists, the United Nations said on Monday, after the Baghdad bureau chief for Reuters had to leave the country when he was threatened in reaction to a Reuters report.

Read the full article here: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/13/us-mideast-iraq-reuters-idUSKBN0N424420150413

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Turkish Court Drops All Charges Against Dutch Journalist

A Turkish court Monday acquitted the first foreign journalist to be tried in almost two decades on terrorism-related charges, dropping the closely watched case amid mounting international concern over Turkey’s poor press freedom record.

Read the full story here: http://www.wsj.com/articles/turkish-court-drops-all-charges-against-dutch-journalist-1428938043

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Israeli Forces Target Journalists in West Bank

  Mel Frykberg/IPS

KAFR QADDOUM, West Bank, Apr 7 2015 (IPS) – It is becoming increasingly risky to cover clashes and protests between Israeli security forces and Palestinian protesters in the West Bank as the number of journalists injured, in what appears to be deliberate targeting by Israeli security forces, continues to rise.

Read the full story here: http://www.ipsnews.net/2015/04/israeli-forces-target-journalists-in-west-bank/

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Egypt Photojournalist Describes Detention of Over 600 Days

In a letter from prison, an Egyptian photojournalist who spent more than 600 days in detention without any charges said his prison is like a “cemetery” and that he left his “dignity” at its gates. Mahmoud Abou-Zeid, known by his nickname Shawkan, was arrested in August 2013 while taking photographs of the government’s violent dispersal of a sit-in by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. Over 600 people were killed in the dispersal.

Read the full report here: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/egypt-photojournalist-describes-detention-600-days-30137141

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Media Restrictions in Papua Underscore Indonesia’s Wider Problems

 (Reuters/Pius Erlangga)

A rally in Jakarta for the Free Papua Movement. Restricted media access to the Indonesian region has left the ongoing fight for secession under reported. With more than 50 years of restricted media access, one of the least covered armed conflicts in the world is the long-simmering struggle between Indonesia’s military and the secessionist Free Papua Movement.

Read the full story here: http://www.cpj.org/blog/2015/03/media-restrictions-in-papua-underscore-indonesias-.php

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Al-Jazeera Calls for Release of Two Journalists Held in Nigeria

 (EPA)

Ahmed Idris and Ali Mustafa were detained while in Borno state reporting on fighting between government forces and Islamist rebels Boko Haram. Ahmed Idris and producer Ali Mustafa were detained in their hotel rooms in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, last Tuesday, and had equipment seized.

Read the full story here: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/31/al-jazeera-calls-for-release-of-two-journalists-held-in-nigeria

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Under Surveillance in Abu Dhabi: A Reporter’s Saga of Being Followed, Bribed, and Recruited as a Spy

 (via Sean O’Driscoll)

he was tailed for months by pursuit cars, bribed, propositioned to spy on other foreign journalists and possibly traced by way of his cell phone. Here’s the story of what allegedly happens when a journalist tries to report on unflattering activity in the UAE: http://www.newsweek.com/under-surveillance-abu-dhabi-reporters-saga-being-followed-bribed-and-317627

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AP president: Killing of Journalists Should Be A War Crime

 (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Gary Pruitt said a new framework is needed to protect journalists as they cover conflicts in which they are increasingly seen as targets by extremist groups. Globally, 61 journalists were killed in the line of duty in 2014, bringing to more than 1,000 the number who have died since 1992, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

View the full story here: http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/ap-chief-killing-of-journalists-should-be-a-war-crime/

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