Committee to Protect Journalists
CPJ promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal.
CPJ promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal.
A Palestinian cameraman was killed in the Gaza City neighborhood of Shijaiyah on Sunday, according to news reports and the journalist’s colleague. More than 60 Palestinians and 13 Israeli soldiers were killed in clashes between Israeli and Hamas forces in Shijaiyah that day, according to news reports.
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The pen and the sword from Delayed Gratification, the Slow Journalism magazine.
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Mexico City, June 5, 2014–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the murder of Mexican columnist and government spokesman Jorge Torres Palacios and calls on authorities to fully investigate the crime and bring those responsible to justice. Torres’ body was found in a bag in an orchard in Guerrero state on Monday, three days after he was abducted by unidentified assailants at his home in Acapulco, according to news reports.
Torres wrote a weekly column on politics and security, called “Nothing Personal,” for the Acapulco newspaper El Dictamen. Some of his articles appeared inLibertad Guerrero Noticias, a local news website. He was also the spokesman for the Acapulco municipal health department in Guerrero state for two years following his time in a similar position for former Guerrero state Gov. Zeferino Torreblanca. Prior to that, he hosted news programs on the Guerrero state radio and TV networks.
No ransom was demanded after his abduction, according to colleagues. Authorities said they were investigating the murder, according to reports.
Some local journalists who asked not to be identified for fear of reprisal told CPJ they did not think Torres’ murder was in relation to his work. But other local journalists criticized official statements and press releases in which, they said, authorities referred only to Torres’ government position and did not acknowledge his work as a journalist, according to the daily La Jornada Guerrero. Torres had written several columns critical of local officials shortly before his death.
26-Year-Old Photojournalist ‘Murdered’ in Central African RepublicA French photographer covering East and Central Africa was killed in the Central African Republic, Reuters reports, citing the president’s office.
Camille Lepage, 26, last posted that she was traveling with the Anti Balaka — a term that refers to Christian militias in the Central African Republic — to Amada Gaza, about 75 miles from Berberati, the third-largest city in the country.
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Lepage’s caption reads: Travelling with the Anti Balaka to Amada Gaza, about 120km from Berberati, we left at 3.30am to avoid the Misca checkpoints and it took us 8 hours by motorbike as there is no proper roads to reach the village. In the region of Amada Gaza, 150 people were killed by the Seleka between March and now. Another attack took place on Sunday killing 6 people, the anti balaka Colonel Rock decides to send his elements there to patrol around and take people who fled to the bush back to their homes safely. Read more…