Crimes Against Journalists


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Crimes Against Journalists

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Chasnan, Alice, ed. (1997) Attacks on the Press in 1997. Committee to Protect Journalists.

This book catalogues all incidences of violence committed towards journalists in 1997. The Committee to Protect Journalists, or CPJ, conducted and published this survey in order to promote freedom of the press and to protect the rights of journalists. The survey contains chronicles of over 2,000 attacks on the press in countries throughout the world.

Trotti, Ricardo, ed. (1997) Unpunished Crimes Against Journalists. Inter American Press Association.

The Inter American Press Association published this book in order to defend freedom of expression and freedom of the press throughout North and South America. The book studies attacks on journalists in the Americas and methods of preventing these attacks.

Snyder, Robert W. and Nancy J. Woodhull, eds. (1998) Journalists in Peril. Transaction Publishers.

This work contains articles concerning wartime journalism. The book describes how journalists should go about reporting from war zones and how journalists can deal with government repression while in these war zones. Several incidences of violence towards journalists are cited, including the murder of George Polk.

Seddon, Catherine. "Letter from Algiers". New Statesman & Society, December 3, 1993.

.Throughout the past century, frequent attacks against reporters have been made in Algeria. Islamic Fundamentalists are responsible for a great deal of this violence. In this article, terrorist attacks by this group are studied as well as the effects of these attacks on freedom of the press.

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. (1999) Online: http://www.rcfp.org/

This website contains information concerning the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, or RCFP. Also, incidences of violence towards journalists are catalogued on the site. The RCFP is dedicated to researching and preventing crimes against the press.

Labbe, J.R. "Counting the Cost of Journalistic Independence". Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service, April 19, 1999.

This newspaper article reviews studies of violent acts committed towards journalists conducted by the Committee to Protect Journalists, or CPJ. In America, truth is perceived as setting a person free. However, in countries like the Congo, Afghanistan, and Colombia, the truth will usually get a person killed.

Henry, William A. "The Treacherous Lure of a Story". Time, July 4, 1983.

This article covers the story of two United States journalists that were killed on a road in Honduras, near the capital of Tegucigalpa. The journalists had placed themselves on the border between Honduras and Nicaragua, where an undeclared war was underway.

"Killing the Messengers". The Economist (US), July 4, 1998.

This brief article presents facts concerning the killings of journalists over the ten-year period from 1988-1998. Four hundred and seventy-four journalists were killed during this period, including some who were targeted for deliberate assassination.

Marz, Larry. "Defending the Most Basic Freedom: the World's Journalists Under Fire". World Press Review, May 1998.

The concept of a free press is reaching more of the world, but journalists continue to be imprisoned and killed for practicing their profession. Twenty-six journalists were killed in 1997, and 129 more were imprisoned. Legal and financial measures are taken by governments to hinder the press.

Husarska, Anna. "The Mean Streets of Algeria: Where Journalists Die By the Dozens". The New Republic, July 29, 1996.

A U.S. journalist is accompanied everywhere by two armed government agents, making real journalism almost impossible. More than sixty journalists have been killed by Islamic terrorists in Algeria since 1992. Those who remain either submit to life in safe government housing or are homeless.

The Committee to Protect Journalists. (1999) Online: http://www.cpj.org

This website is the home of the Committee to Protect Journalists, or CPJ. The CPJ is the most significant organization for protecting the rights of journlists throughout the world. CPJ investigates and reports on crimes committed towards journalists and promotes free speech and the rights of journalists.

Rosen, Marjorie. "Death of a reporter; Veronica Guerin, Ireland's most fearless journalist, waged written war on her nation's drug lords- and paid for it with her life". People Weekly, July 22, 1996.

Investigators believe that Guerin, 36, was killed in retaliation for her efforts to expose organized crime lords and activities in Ireland. The journalist was shot 5 times by a man on a motorcycle as she drove home to Dublin from County Kildare.

Braffman-Miller, Judith. "Journalists at risk: telling the truth can get them killed". USA Today (Magazine), May 1994.

Reporters who expose crime and corruption or work in dangerous locations are often the targets of violence both in the US and abroad. The Committee to Protect Journalists is working to publicize the problem and provide safety advisories to journalists.

Sandridge, Julia. "No Visible Scars". MPLS-St. Paul Magazine, January 1993.

Sandridge was brutally beaten to unconsciousness while covering the Rodney King aftermath riots on May 7, 1992. She describes the incident and her long and painful rehabilitation.

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