Azerbaijan July 14, 2008
It is no small matter that the developing democracy which you head has managed to achieve global notoriety for the increasing repression of freedom of the press and the harassment, jailing, and even murder of journalists. As a member of the... Read more...
Colombia July 8, 2008
The OPC is shocked to learn that six journalists with the community radio station have received death threats, and that the radio station's office has been defiled with pro-paramilitary graffiti.
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Venezuela July 8, 2008
OPC members are shocked and dismayed by the second killing of a prominent Venezuelan journalist within a space of eleven days. The brutal murder of television anchor, Javier Garcia, on June 14 follows the shooting to death of newspaper executive,... Read more...
Mexico July 1, 2008
The OPC joins CPJ and other press freedom groups in praising your expression of support for 'the idea of federalizing crimes against freedom of expression,' as reported by the CPJ after your meeting with them in June.
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Since our last report the committee has continued its watch -- and continued to speak out -- on behalf of our Latin American colleagues. Their situation, which seemed to be bending toward unfettered freedom of expression just a few years ago, now continues to deteriorate from Mexico to Peru.
Freedom of the Press Committee Report to the OPC Board of Governors
Since our last meeting, your committee has written and sent eleven letters protesting press freedom abuses. Four more have been assigned and are being composed now.
Russia Insists Reporter's Death Was SuicideFriday, 01 February 2008
The Russian government wrote a letter to the OPC's Freedom of the Press Committee, providing a typically legalistic and bureaucratic non-response to an urgent question: Was Ivan Safronov, pictured right, the fourteenth journalist to be murdered since Vladimir Putin became president of Russia?
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Committee Meets Heroic Colombian JournalistFriday, 30 November 2007
Hollman Morris was honored by Human Rights Watch for his work. In New York recently, he met with members of the OPC Freedom of the Press Committee to thank them for a recent letter urging Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe to guarantee Morris's safety.
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Foreign Correspondent Training
July 20, 2008 - July 27, 2008
The TOL Foreign Correspondent course offers instructors who are all foreign correspondents for highly-respected media outlets who can offer...
Unity 2008 Convention
July 23, 2008 - July 26, 2008
The UNITY '08 Convention will be the largest gathering of journalists of color. Nearly 10,000 journalists and media executives will meet to discuss...
Press Freedom 
