Guatemala’s Cycles of Crime
“With names like the “Brotherhood” (Cofradía) and the “Operators,” the intelligence cliques “developed their own vertical leader-subordinate network of recognition, relationships, and loyalties.”
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Murdering with Impunity: The Rise in Terror Tactics Against News Reporters
/in Harvard International Review/by Frank SmythMore journalists were killed last year than ever before. No doubt the world has become a more dangerous, but not necessarily in ways that people might expect.
In U.S., Dangerous Misconceptions from TSA Poster
/in The Comittee to Protect Journalists/by Frank Smyth“It is one thing for DHS to act when there is probable cause; it is quite another to abuse that discretion to chill free speech.”
Jammeh ‘Award’ Coverage Reflects Chill in Gambian Press
/in The Comittee to Protect Journalists/by Frank SmythPresident 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.
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.