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CPJ Insider: September 2023 edition
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Taliban fighters patrol along a street in Kabul on August 31, 2021.
Media repression has worsened in Afghanistan in the two years since
the Taliban returned to power. (AFP/ Hoshang Hashimiarlos)
Afghanistan Two Years Later: An Analysis by CPJ Asia Program
Coordinator Beh Lih Yi and Asia Researcher Waliullah Rahmani
So far in 2023, CPJ has provided crucial assistance to at least 30
journalists from Afghanistan amid continued threats from the
Taliban that have forced many into exile. When the Taliban took over
Afghanistan in 2021, the regime promised to protect press freedom and
women's rights in order to show the world they had moderated
their stance since the last time they ruled Afghanistan in the late
1990s. The Taliban's promises immediately fell flat. So far this
August, authorities have detained six journalists and banned women
from broadcasting. Learn more »
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CPJ travels to Kansas after a shocking police raid of a newsroom
After authorities seized computers and phones, including personal cell
phones, from the Marion County Record, CPJ's U.S. and
Canada Program Coordinator Katherine Jacobsen traveled to Kansas to
offer support to the paper as it worked to publish its first edition
after the raid. Learn more »
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Must-read
CPJ spoke with journalists in Ukraine who lived through a Russian
missile attack on a popular pizza restaurant in June. The Ria Lounge
was a hub for journalists, aid workers, off-duty military, and others
looking for a place to eat before the evening curfew. The bombing
illustrates the risks journalists face even when they're off
duty. "
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While my eyes were closed, I heard a dull thud of the impact,"
British freelance photojournalist Anastasia Taylor-Lind recounted to
CPJ, "and then I heard the sound of everything shattering and
flying, the sound of all the glass breaking, everything coming through
the air."
CPJ participated in a fact-finding and advocacy mission to the
Netherlands in late June and met with journalists, press freedom
advocates, and government officials amid an increasingly hostile media
climate in the region, following the killing of crime reporter Peter
R. de Vries. "
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[De Vries' killing] had a chilling effect on journalists. Experienced
crime reporters continue publishing. I do. But I let the police know
in advance. That's new. I wouldn't do so before,"
crime reporter Paul Vugts told CPJ.
CPJ spoke with Peru's Manuel Calloquispe whose journalism
exposes environmental damage from illegal Amazon mining - and
makes him a target for his work. Journalists who cover the environment
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need courage and willpower to cover this beat," Ricardo
León, an editor who works closely with Calloquispe told CPJ,
"What struck me about Manuel is that he is one of the few
journalists in the region strongly opposed to the industry."
CPJ in the news
"Torture, prison, even murder... the threats faced by our free
press," The Evening Standard
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"Fernando Villavicencio promised to crack down on
Ecuador's 'narco state.' It made him powerful
enemies," CNN
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"Iran Summons British Envoy Over His Social Media Post Calling
For Release Of Detained Journalists," The Associated Press
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"Parliament urged to reconsider anti-press freedom bills,"
Dawn
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"News: CPJ urges immediate release of journalist Bekalu Alamrew,
protection of press freedom in Ethiopia," Addis Standard
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"Kansas paper raid shines light on rising anti-media rhetoric in
US," The Guardian
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"Biden administration warns Guatemala against rejecting
democracy in presidential election," The Los Angeles Times
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"Journalist Group Calls to Probe Alleged Poisoning of Exiled
Russian Journalists Critical of Russian War," Haaretz
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"Advocates Question Whether Reforms Will Offer Bangladesh Media
Greater Protection," VOA
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"Taliban detains Iranian photojournalist, bringing media arrest
tally to 5 in less than a month," Arab News
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