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Turkey May 26, 2010

Wednesday, 26 May 2010

The OPC joins other organizations in expressing dismay at the extraordinary number of actions taken by the government and the courts in Turkey against journalists.

OPC Asks if US Coast Guard Chain of Command Now Includes BP

Monday, 24 May 2010

The press freedom committee of the OPC has viewed the video clip of a Coast Guard officer earlier this week shooing CBS reporters away from the site of the Gulf Coast oil spill with the explanation, “this is BP’s rules, it’s not ours.” We are amazed.

OPC Contends Modifications to Egypt's Emergency Law Retain Potential for Abuse

Wednesday, 19 May 2010

The OPC is concerned with freedom of expression and human rights in Egypt in protesting recent modifications of the emergency law that, while lifting the enforcement of certain measures, nevertheless retains a host of potential abuses of authority -- including censorship of newspaper and other...

OPC Applauds Obama for Signing Daniel Pearl Media Act

Wednesday, 19 May 2010

The Freedom of the Press Committee of the OPC applauds the Daniel Pearl Act on Freedom of the Media which President Obama signed yesterday, authorizing the Department of State to compile a public list of all nations and states violating that freedom.

Honduras May 18, 2010

Tuesday, 18 May 2010

We wrote to the Honduran government only last month about the catastrophic situation of journalists in Honduras. We write again because, if anything, their situation – and the situation of human rights in general in Honduras – is growing worse.

OPC Dismayed at Declining Press Freedom in Ukraine

Wednesday, 12 May 2010

The press in a free society is an icon, a standard bearer that honors the democratic tradition. It must not be abused or restrained -- yet, we see exactly that happening in Ukraine.

OPC Protests Murder, Disappearances of Mexican Journalists

Thursday, 29 April 2010

Since our last letter to Mexico on March 19, there has been no respite in the appalling level of violence and drug-related gang warfare gripping Mexico. We are especially dismayed that another journalist has been murdered -- at least the fifth so far this year -- and two more have disappeared,...

OPC Protests Persistent Harrassment of Tunisian Journalists

Thursday, 29 April 2010

It is ironic that in the Tunisian police arrested, beat and then held journalist Zouhaier Makhlouf long enough to prevent him from attending a dinner with the head of the Paris Bar who arrived in Tunisia specifically to discuss freedom issues.

China April 15, 2010

Thursday, 15 April 2010

We write to protest recent cases of censorship and cyber-attacks on the Chinese Internet, and to urge the Chinese government to permit freedom of communication in China.

OPC Protests Spree of Bloody Violence Against Honduran Journalists

Tuesday, 13 April 2010

March was a catastrophic month for our Honduran colleagues. The ambush and execution of two journalists on a highway in eastern Honduras brought to five the total of reporters murdered in that month alone.