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The OPC, which defends press freedom around the world, is deeply concerned by the increasing threat of physical violence against journalists in Bulgaria.

We are most disturbed by the continuing imprisonment of Jean-Claude Kavumbagu, director of the Burundian Net Press news Web site. He was arrested and charged with defamation, “libelous writing and insulting remarks,” on September 11, 2008.

Members of the OPC have been impressed by the moderating influence of the government of Jordan, particularly in matters involving strife and political rivalries in the Middle East. However, we have been dismayed recently by what appears to be indifference, if not hostility, to principles of freedom of information for your country's media.

We write again to protest still more flagrant abuses of press freedom by the government of Azerbaijan. In addition to the many cases of persecution of individual journalists, it appears that the government now targets major international news organizations.

We write to protest and condemn the government’s increasingly brutal treatment of the media in Myanmar. Myanmar has recently increased its threats, harassment, attacks, arrests and imprisonment of your fellow citizens.

The OPC writes to urge swift and decisive action to bring to trial the suspected murderers of the respected Croatian journalist, Ivo Pukanic.

We welcomed Judge Yevgeny Zubov's decision to allow the public to witness the trial in Moscow of the three men accused of complicity in the murder of Anna Politkovskaya. But then the judge reversed himself, but he was right the first time: Only complete transparency can dispel suspicions that the Russia government is concealing crucial facts in this case.

It is rare that the OPC finds it necessary to speak out for freedom of the press in the United States. But the case of Chauncey Bailey, murdered editor of the Oakland Post, demands that we join the voices of so many others in calling for a fresh investigation of his murder.

We write to urge an immediate and transparent investigation into the death of journalist, Qari Muhammad Shoaib, who was shot dead on November 8 at the wheel of his car by soldiers in Mingora in the Swat Valley.

We write to protest the secret sentencing of our colleague, Daniel Kibrom, to five years of hard labor, and to express our revulsion at the vile conditions of the Ala Bazit prison camp where he is being held.