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Attacks on the Press: Journalism on the World's Front Lines, 2015 Edition
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Attacks on the Press: Journalism on the World's Front Lines, 2015 Edition

by Committee to Protect Journalists
April 2015
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
256 pages
6h 18m
English
Bloomberg Press
Content preview from Attacks on the Press: Journalism on the World's Front Lines, 2015 Edition

Foreword

By Christiane Amanpour

In Pakistan, an unknown gunman shoots a news anchor multiple times. No one is arrested for the crime, though the journalist is—for his reporting.

In Paraguay, a journalist goes into hiding, with bodyguards armed with submachine guns, because of threats to his life made by a smuggling cartel unhappy with his reporting.

In Egypt, three journalists spend a year in prison after being arrested in their Cairo hotel room by a government that disapproves of their coverage of the military’s seizing power.

In Greece, two photojournalists are attacked by right-wing militants outside an Athens courthouse, simply for being there, covering the news.

Somewhere in the Syrian desert, two journalists are brutally executed, not ...

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