Jammeh ‘Award’ Coverage Reflects Chill in Gambian Press
President Yahyah Jammeh, the former despot of Gambia, claimed to win four awards in the U.S. Only one, a satirical, land-locked Nebraska “admiralship” was real.
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Hollman Morris, Labeled ‘Terrorist,’ Finally Harvard-bound
/in The Comittee to Protect Journalists/by Frank SmythThe Colombian journalist, Hollman Morris, had his request for a U.S. visa to study at Harvard as a prestigious Nieman Fellow denied on grounds relating to alleged terrorist activities as defined by the U.S. Patriot Act.
Global Media Forum Cites Risks of Environmental Reporting
/in The Comittee to Protect Journalists/by Frank SmythEnvironmental journalists in nations from around the world face being silenced whether through being censored or jailed, attacked or murdered outright, or through various forms of harassment.
‘Crude’ Filmmaker’s Raw Footage Subject to Subpoena
/in The Comittee to Protect Journalists/by Frank SmythA filmmaker’s raw footage is much like a photographer’s unedited images or a reporter’s notebooks—a private record of their reporting that is rarely disclosed to others. That is until a federal judge ruled otherwise.
Painting the Maya Red: Military Doctrine and Speech in Guatemala’s Genocidal Acts
/in U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum/by Frank SmythThe bloodshed woven through the fabric of Guatemalan society remains a rarely told story. One reason for the ongoing lack of attention is the impunity that has continues to plague the nation.
FOIA Needs New Muscle Behind It, Not Just Promises
/in The Comittee to Protect Journalists/by Frank SmythWikiLeaks posted a classified U.S. military video showing U.S. forces firing on Iraqi civilians, killing two Reuters journalists as well as wounding children.
El Salvador’s Cold War Martyrs
/in CommonDreams.org/by Frank SmythThe curfew broke after dawn. But the massacre took place in the middle of the night. The high command of the Salvadoran armed forces, who were receiving a million dollars a day in U.S. aid, made their decision near midnight. They had been on the defensive over the past…