CPJ 2011 Annual Report

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annual report 2011


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joel simonexecutive director, cpj

The tumult of events around the world has tilted us wildly from exhilaration

to despair and back againsometimes within the space of a single day.We are

privileged at CPJ to work with journalists on the frontlines of history, but we

have never worked on so many fronts at once.

From Arab Spring to bloody summer and onward, we have been consumed

this year with events across the Middle East and North Africa. CPJ tracked

attacks against journalists in real-time, reporting on Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain,

Libya, and Syrianot to mention the ongoing crisis in Iran, one of the

worlds leading jailers of journalists.

We did all this while responding to other crisis situationsa renewed

crackdown on dissent in China following calls for a Jasmine Revolution,

a spate of attacks against journalists caught up in the outbreak of civil war in

Ivory Coast, and a spike in the murders of journalists in Pakistan.

CPJ responds to emergencies, but we also mount strategic campaigns over the

long haul. Cuba was once tied with China for holding the largest number of

journalists behind bars. Through our in-depth reporting and tireless advocacy

over the course of eight years, CPJ helped win the release of 32 imprisoned

journalists in Cuba, with the last one freed in April.

With our 30th anniversary in 2011, CPJ enjoys greater inuence and

international reach than ever before. We also serve an exponentially growing

constituency as more journalists today work independe ntly, without

institutional guidance or support in cases of emergency.

Ive thought a lot about how much has changed for journalism over the past

30 years, but am struck by how many things remain the same. Repressive

governments continue to construct systems of information control to shield

themselves from accountability. Journalists continue to risk their lives and

liberty to do their jobs.

Journalism is a manifestation of a basic human urge to know, and to

communicate our knowledge to others. Such an essential impulse is impossibleto fully repress. This is the inspiring lesson weve learned over three decades,

one that was reinforced by events of the past year.

the committee to protect journalistspromotes media freedom worldwide.we take action when journalists are censored, jailed, kidnapped, or killed for their work.

cpj is an independent, nonprofit organization founded in 1981.


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able of contents

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ope and central asia program: belarus 14le east and north africa program: egypt 16

nalists killed in 2011 20bal campaign against impunity 22rnet advocacy 24nalist assistance 26nalist security 28

mpact: eynulla fatullayev freed 29oard and sta 30international press freedom awards 31upporters 32

ute to conict photographers 34ncial report 36

advocacy overeightyears

helped win the release of 32imprisoned

journalists in uba.

Since Iran began its political

crackdown in une 2009, has aided

68 Iranian journalists

whowere forced intohiding orexile

underthreatof arrest.

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brussels

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Russian prosecutors

convicted twopeople in the murderof

journalistAnastasiyaBaburova;

the case nowstands as alandmark in the

battle againstimpunity.

Overthe course of Egypts 18-day

uprising, documented more than 140

attacks againstjournalists.

akistan was among the

deadliestcountries forjournalists in 2011,

alongside Libyaand Iraq.

Overthe pastdecade,

336 journalists have ed intoexile from

African countriesmostly from

Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Rwanda,

and Zimbabwe.

cpj has its headquarters in new york city and representatives sta


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as once prosperous Ivory Coast descended

into civil war or the second time in a decade,opposing orces lashed out against journalists.

Political rivals waged their battles through

partisan media outlets, making their journalists

prime targets. At least one journalist and twomedia workers died in the violence.

Journalists told CPJ they were orced to

choose sides. Here, we are in a situation

where i you are not with one camp, then youare against them, said local photographer

Stphane Gou, who heads the Ivorian

Committee or the Protection o Journalists.

Political tensions erupted ollowing disputedpresidential elections in November 2010.

Incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo reused

to cede power to challenger Alassane Ouattara,

whose electoral victory was supported bythe international community. Political

violence escalated to all-out war by March.

During this volatile period, CPJ helped

support the evacuation o 12 local journalistsacing threats. We appealed to the United

Nations Mission in Ivory Coast to transport

the journalists to the northern city o

Bouak. We provided emergency grants to helpthem survive and continue reporting. Eleven

o them were able to return home by the time

ghting ended in May.

Though violence began to ebb ollowingOuattaras assumption o power in April, his

orces continued to target journalists. In

July, CPJ called on U.N. Secretary-General

Ban Ki-moon to urge President Ouattara to endthe politically motivated persecution

o journalists. Ouattaras government had

detained at least seven current and ormer

journalists on anti-state charges. Pro-OuattaraIvory Coast Republican Forces ghters ille-

gally occupied the premises o two pro-Gbagbo

media outlets or nearly ve months beore

withdrawing in September.Ouattara has launched a truth and reconcili-

ation commission to help the nation conront

recent horrors. CPJ believes that neither

truth nor reconciliation can be achieved withoutmedia reedomincluding or opposition voices.

vory coast

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as its main enemy.

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ecuador

the correaadministration

has declaredthe press

its main enemy.

ecuador

cpj reportconfrontation, repression in correas ecuadorIn September, published an in-depth report detailing the governments tactics to controlnews and informationincluding by pre-empting private news broadcasts, enacting restrictive legalmeasures, smearing critics, and ling debilitating defamation lawsuits.

President Rafael Correa (seen

here speaking to journalists)

is fond of bullying his media

critics. He has filed debilitating

defamation complaints

against independent journalists

and excoriates them publicly.

Correa also routinely pre-empts

broadcast programming

nationwide to deliver

presidential addresses known as

cadenas . Traditionally

used to deliver information in

times of crisis, the cadenas have

become a platform

for political confrontation.

photograph bynatacha pisarenko/ap


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burma

its like fighting with a spearwhile on horseback

to get news published.

burma

The Democratic Voice of Burma,

a news service based in Oslo,

plays a vital role in bringing

Burmas stories to the rest of the

world. DVBs groundbreaking

work includes exclusive footage

(shown here) of a 2007 military

crackdown on Buddhist

monk-led street demonstrations,

during which troops killed at

least 31 peopleincluding

Japanese journalist Kenji Nagai

(top right). Journalists who sent

unsanctioned news outside

of the country have been jailed

for their work, including

many from DVB.

photographs and

video stills by unidentifiedjournalists for thedemocratic voice of burma

cpj reportin burma, transition neglects press freedomIn September, published a detailed report that exposed ongoing censorship,harassment, and arrests of journalists under the new civilian government. Those whoreport for critical, exile-run media remain at great risk.

burmas chief censo

observers in early Oct

an end to state censor

mony with democraticdirector o the power

Registration Departme

press censorship sho

the near uture.How near that utur

guess, as Burma has pr

deliverreorms beo

came one month aterspecial report that des

censored media as am

in the world, despite a

military to democraticOne editor quoted in

transition neglects pre

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arbitrary apushing th

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during a t

like ghtihorseback to get news

o the Burma-based re

spoke with CPJ reque

ears o reprisal.The historically mili

its rst democratic ele

decades in November

a nominally civilian gSo ar, the shit has be

than substantive.

In mid-October, the

than 200 political prisger and comedian Mau

as Zarganar, who was

59 years in prison in 2

such as giving intervieCPJ is calling or the

ditional release o 13 o

remain behind bars at

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mechanisms o contr

have long choked the


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belarusbelarus remains europes most oppressive

country or journalists. CPJs reporting has drawninternational attention to abuses and in 2011 con-

tributed to the early release rom prison o three

journalists threatened with long sentences.

Following a rigged December 2010 presidentialvote, authoritarian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko

launched a campaign to squelch opposition voices.

The KGB and police raided the homes and news-

rooms o independent journalists, and detained atleast 20 or covering election protests.

Starting in late May, opposition activists began

holding weekly rallies calling or revolution

through social networks. The campaign was

organized largely on VKontakte, a social network-ing site popular in Belarus, and via Facebook

and Twitter. Demonstrators attempted creative

orms o protest to avoid arrest. On June 29, upto 1,000 protesters marched in Minsk, clapping

their hands instead o shouting political slogans.

Security agents arrested demonstrators anyway,

and detained and beat more than a dozen journal-ists covering the story.

The government rigidly monitors and restricts

the Internet, the primary source or indepen-

dent news in the country. CPJ has documentedmassive denial o service attacks (DOS) targeting

independent news organizations at politically

sensitive moments.

No news organization has comeunder greater assault than pro-

opposition news website Charter 97.

The site has been hit by a series o

DOS attacks. Authorities have raidedits oces and beaten, arrested, and

threatened its editors. In September

2010, the sites ounder, Aleh Byaben-

in, was ound hanged under suspiciouscircumstances.

In October 2011, CPJ announced

that Natalya Radina, editor-in-chie o

Charter 97, would receive its Interna-tional Press Freedom Award (see page

31). Facing charges o organizing mass

disorder and threatened with up to 15

years in prison, Radina ound it impos-sible to work. Ater every critical article Charter

97 published, a police car used to come to my

parents house and drive me to the local KGB

oce, she wrote, where I was threatened withan immediate return to prison. She now edits

Charter 97 rom exile in Lithuania.

belarus

after everycritical article,

a police carused to come

to my parentshouse and

drive me to thelocal kgb office,

where i wasthreatened

with a returnto prison.

This detainee was among hundreds of people arrested during a July

crackdown on anti-government demonstrations in the Belarusian capital,

and other cities across the country. Police also detained at least 28 journal

who were covering the protest rallies. Opposition activists began holding w

demonstrations in May, calling for revolution through social networks.

photograph by vasily fedosenko/reuters


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egypts 18-day revolution was perhaps the

most extensively documented uprising in history.

The revolution was televisedand YouTubed and

tweeted and blogged. The press played a crucialrole as witness to abuses, and in so doing became

a target itsel.CPJ documented more than 140 violations over

the course o the uprisingincluding the govern-

ments near-total Internet shutdown and a massivecampaign o assaults, detentions, and harassment

directed against journalists. A sniper killed Egyptian

journalist Ahmad Mohamed Mahmoud. Col-

lapsing regimes are willing to unleash whateverpower o destruction they have against journalists

because they still see journalists as a threat, said

Ayman Mohyeldin, ormer Cairo correspondent

or Al-Jazeera English, during a March visit to CPJheadquarters in New York. They still see the power

o inormation as a threat.

CPJ carried out a mission to Cairo in the im-

mediate atermath o the revolution to interviewjournalists about the prospects or accountability

and reorm. When the regime o President

Hosni Mubarak ell on February 11, Egyptian

journalists expected to see an end to decades orepression. Celebrations were short-lived, as the

military transitional authority took steps belying its

pledge to steer the country toward democracy.

In March, the ruling Supreme Council othe Armed Forces sent a letter to editors that eec-

tively established a censorship regime. In July,

the military council reinstated the propaganda-

heavy Inormation Ministry. In September, themilitary announced that it would actively enorce

the Mubarak-era Emergency Law against civilians,

including journalists. A military tribunal sentenced

a blogger to three years in jail or an article hewrote describing his torture in military custody.

In October, cameraman Wael Mikhael was shot

in the head as he lmed violent clashes between

the military and civilians.CPJ will continue its work with local journal-

ists to uphold their right to ree expression, a key

demand o the revolution.

egypt

collapsingwilling to unleas

power of destructioagainst j

Some observers credit the tr

helping to avert wider viol ence from the r

among the legions of journalists in Ta

in Cairo, during the final days of the revoluti

starts tomorrow, Saman said

of President Hosni Mubarak. And its g

ph

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global campaignagainst impunity

Demonstrators hold

portraits of slain reporter

Anastasiya Baburova

and human rights lawyer

Stanislav Markelov

during a January rally in

Moscows Pushkin Square.

In April, a Moscow jury

convicted two radical

nationalists of double-

murder. The case now

stands as a landmark in the

fight against impunity

for attacks against the

press in Russia.

photograph byalexey sazonov/afp

e vast majority of journalists killed in the line of duty are not battle-

d casualtiesthey are hunted down and targeted for murder. CPJ

estigates the motives behind each journalists killing and publicizes

ndings. Through our quest for justice, we prevent the assassins

et from silencing the story.

nce 1992, CPJ has documented the cases of 625 journalists who have

n murdered for their work. In nine out of 10 cases, the killers walked

e. CPJs impunity campaign aims to bring these criminals to justice.

e launched the campaign in 2007 with pilot projects in Russia andPhilippinestwo countries where violence against journalists typi-

y goes unpunished. Our advocacy has drawn international attention

he crisis, pushed forward prosecution eorts, and helped secure

cedent-setting convictions. We have expanded the campaign to in-

de projects in India, Pakistan, Iraqi Kurdistan, and Mexico.

his year, we celebrated a landmark conviction in Russia with the pros-

tion of the killers of Anastasiya Baburova, a young journalist and ac-

st who worked for the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta. (The

er has seen ve of its journalists killed since 2000.)

ussian prosecutors appear keen to demonstrate their credibility after

dging to a CPJ delegation in 2010 that they would pursue justice. In

1, CPJ Europe and Central Asia P rogram Coordinator Nina Ogniano-

ndertook a three-month mission to Russia to follow up with investi-

ors and report on key cases.

creased scrutiny of journalist murders seems to be working to

er new crimes: No journalists have been killed in Russia over thet two years.

cpj reportgetting away with murderIn une, published its third annual Impunity Index, which identies countries where journalists are murderedregularly and governments fail to solve the crimes. The accompanying report describes some progress in Russia and olombia,but none at all among countries with the worst records: Iraq, Somalia, and the hilippines.

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iraq somalia philippines sri lanka colombia afghanistan nepal mexico

the impunity indextop 10 countries


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rnalists have made a seismic shift toward reliance on the Internet

other digital tools. Blogging, video sharing, and text messaging from

phones now bring news from some the most oppressive countries

he rest of the world. Yet the technology used to report the news has

n matched in many ways by the tools used to suppress information.

May, CPJ issued a special report revealing 10 Tools of Online

pressors, which shows how censorship is evolving in the digital

Worst practices included systematic Web blocking in Iran, malware

acks targeting journalists in China, and cyber-attacks on exile-runs about Burma.

While many of these government tactics show increasing technologi-

sophistication, other tools in the oppressors kit are as old as the press

lf. Iran is now one of the worlds leading jailers of journalists after

cking down on dissent online. In Syria, CPJ has received numerous

orts of what computer security types drily call rubber-hose crypt-

lysisthe use of violence to extract passwords and vital login details.

the battles for press freedom move online, CPJ has intensied its re-

ting and outreach. San Francisco-based Internet Advocacy Coordinator

nny OBrien is a leading authority on threats to free expression online.

uly, he traveled to Johannesburg for a workshop organized by Global

ces, Google Africa, and CPJ. African bloggers from across the continent

me to learn how to sharpen their online reporting skills while avoiding

censors.

September, CPJ brought four online media pioneers from around

world to meet with leaders in Silicon Valley. People I know lost

ir lives or were tortured for months as a result of security bugs, said

ian activist Rami Nakhle. If you really can help them here with just

mall investment in their security, you may save many peoples lives.

nternetadvocacy

cpj report10 tools of online oppressorsIn May, published a report examining various tactics of online oppression worldwiderangingfrom hinas sophisticated malware attacks to Syrias brute-force imprisonments.

Young Egyptians

played a leading role in

documenting the

revolution as it unfolded.

Journalists and activists

collected pictures,

videos, and voices from

protesters in the

streets and posted their

material on social

media sites such as

Facebook and Twitter.

Even when the

Egyptian government

switched off much of

the Internet on January 28,

media activists foundinnovative ways

to get information out

and stay connected with

the world.

photographs by ed outhe new york times/redux


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ournalistassistance

cpj reportjournalists in exile 2011uba and Iran each forced at least 18 journalists to ee their homes over the past year,according to our une survey of exiled journalists. At least 649 journalists have gone into exileworldwide since 2001. Most exiled journalists are unable to return to their home countriesor resume work in their profession.

cpj reportafter the black spring, cubas new repressionIn uly, issued a report on the signicant challenges that remain in uba, despite the releaseof journalists and other political prisoners. uban authorities persist in targeting critical journalists with de-tentions, beatings, and social sanctions. The report includes a series of essays written by formerly imprisoned

journalists, recounting their experiences of prison, liberation, and exile.

en advocacy alone is not enough, CPJ provides direct aid to journalists

risis situations. We give emergency grants to help journalists who have

n imprisoned, tortured, assaulted, or forced into exile. We also oer

cial non-nancial assistance, including support for asylum claims.

nce the Journalist Assistance Program was e stablished 10 years ago,

has helped 763 journalists at risk in 54 countries.

PJ often provides a range of services to journalists over the duration

a crisis. For years, we delivered grants and other assistance to the

milies of 26 journalists imprisoned in Cuba, authorized by a specialver from the U.S. Treasury Department. Most of the journalists had

n swept up in the Black Spring crackdown of 2003 and sentenced

rison terms from 14 to 29 years. CPJ funds helped pay for bus tickets

relatives to visit journalists in remote prisons, for urgently needed

dicines, and for basic food staples like rice and beans.

Our combination of relentless reporting and advocacy eventually

ulted in the release of all imprisoned journalists in Cuba, with the last

freed on April 8, 2011. The youngest of the jailed journalists, Lster

s Gonzlez Pentn, sent a message to thank CPJ sta for their con-

nt attention. The support that you provided the entire time I was

ed in Cuba, for more than seven years, was very important, wrote

nzlez Pentn, who is now 32 and making a new life in exile in the

. Thanks to the pressure that you put on the world, I am here free

n if far from my dear Cuba.

owever, the crisis for these journalists has not passed. Most of the

rnalists released were forced into exile, where they are struggling to

ce together their personal and professional lives. CPJ continues

er support as needed.

Laura Polln led Cubas

extraordinary Ladies

in White, a dissident group

that organized weekly

demonstrations to demand

that the Cuban government

release journalists and

other political prisoners.

The Ladies were often

harassed, roughed up, and

detained. But they never

relented. Polln survived

to see the release of all

jailed journalists in Cuba

including her husband,

the award-winning writer

Hctor Maseda Gutirrez.She died in October

from respiratory troubles.

photograph byjavier galeano/ap


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ournalistecurity

urnalists routinely call CPJ for advice on how to approach dangerous assignments,

h as covering crime, corruption, or war. Our sta of regional experts maintains a wide

work of contacts and often has the latest information on local security conditions.

r senior advisor for journalist security, Frank Smyth, is an internationally recognized

hority in the eld.

PJ is preparing to launch an updated journalist security guide in early 2012 to help a

w generation of journalists navigate reporting risks. Today more journalists operate

ependently, without institutional guidance or support. Freelancers, online journalists,

ggers, and citizen journalists are all increasingly targeted for their reporting.

his year, CPJ published a groundbreaking report on sexual violence against journal-

, prompted by the vicious assault on CBS correspondent and CPJ board membera Logan in Cairo in February. Of the dozens of journalists interviewed by CPJ, most had

publicly disclosed their experiences before.

cpj reportthe silencing crime: sexual violence and journalistsFew cases of sexual assault against journalists have ever been documented, a product of powerfulcultural and professional stigmas. In une, published this landmark report based on interviews withmore than 50 journalists from around the world. Many said they had undergone varying degreesof sexual violencefrom rape by multiple attackers to aggressive groping.

Azerbaijani journalist Eynulla Fatullayev was hon

International Press Freedom Award in absentia in

independent editor was imprisoned in 2007 on a se

charges including defamation, terrorism, and tax e

for his searing exposs of the Azerbaijani governme2011, after years of intense advocacy by CPJ and ot

freed by a presidential pardon. CPJ Europe and Ce

Coordinator Nina Ognianova spoke to Fatullayev

immediately following his release.

how do you feel? I am still in disbelie. My re

O course I hoped or it, but I didnt expect it.

tell us about your treatment in prison. Du

years, I was subjected to various provocations t

carried out on the political order o the highest

to solitary connement multiple times under d

pretexts. The conditions were heavy. It was ver

population was ample. I would wake up in the m

invaded by them, and I would have to wrestle m

peace. My health also suered because o that.

tell us about your health. I didnt want to t

while I was in jail, not even to my lawyers, becau

to worry my parents. But, yes, there were proble

unsanitary conditions in the prisons took their t

number o urinary diseases, skin and internal in

ell ill. It was because o the cold. It was always v

did you feel the support of the internatio

from behind prison walls?The act that I amtoday is without any exaggeration due to the re

o the international community to release me. I

grateul to CPJ because you never got tired o

behal, o supporting me and my amily when we

most. Your actions kept the public attention on

in a sense, gave me immunity. I believe it literally

You were the rst organization that declared m

politically motivated. You cannot realize what i

have that kind o support when you are in isolat

realize the level at which it matters.

eynullafatullayevfreed

You were the rstorganization that declared my

imprisonment politicallymotivated. You cannot realize

what it feels like tohave that kind of supportwhen you are in isolation.

You cannot realize the level atwhich it matters.

These journalists in Cairo

had to improvise to stay

safe while reporting in a

highly volatile environment.

CPJ has documented an

increase in the number of

journalists killed while

covering protests and

other non-military events.

The shift began in 2010,

when one in four work-

related fatalities was related

to street demonstrations,

or other non-combat

dangerous assignments.

photograph bygabriele micalizzi/cesuralab


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mmittee to protect journalists board

mmittee to protect journalists staff

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anderson

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ew alexander

z allina

tiane amanpourws

baquetw york times

s. carroll

een carrollsociated press

chandrasekaranashington post

a coronelbia universityate school of journalism

friedman

bia universityate school of journalism

garrelsnal public radio

c. goodaleoise & plimpton

cheryl gouldnbc news

arianna huffingtonaol huffington post media group

charlayne hunter-gault

gwen ifillpbs

jonathan kleingetty images

jane kramerthe new yorker

mhamed krichenal-jazeera

david laventhol

lara logancbs news

rebecca mackinnon

kati marton

michael massing

geraldine fabrikant metzthe new york times

victor navaskythe nation

andres oppenheimerthe miami herald

burl osborne

clarence pagechicago tribune

norman pearlstinebloomberg l.p.

ahmed rashid

gene robertsuniversity of marylandphilip merrill collegeof journalism

mara teresa ronderossemana.com

diane sawyerabc news

david schlesingerthomson reuters

paul c. tashst. petersburg times

jacob weisbergthe slate group

mark whitakercnn worldwide

brian williamsnbc news

matthew winklerbloomberg news

advisory board

tom brokawnbc news

steven l. isenbergpen american center

anthony lewis

david marash

charles l. overbythe freedom forum

erwin potts

dan ratherhdnet

john seigenthalerthe freedom forumfirst amendment center

paul e. steigerpropublica

tive director

simon

y director

rt mahoney

ial director

weeney

or of developmenttreach

weis

or of advocacymmunications

guilln kaiser

or of financeministration

kadejo

program officer

a menon

editor for projects

beiser

y editor for innovation

l singh masuta

y editor for news

deh omari

senior adviserfor journalist security

frank smyth

internet advocacy coordinator

danny obrien

program coordinatorfor journalist assistance and theglobal campaign against impunity

mara salazar-ferro

journalist assistanceprogram associate

sheryl a. mendez

consultant for theglobal campaign against impunity

elisabeth witchel

advocacy andcommunications associate

magnus ag

executive assistantand board liaison

gregory fay

program assistant

alice forbes spear

regional programs

africa advocacy coordinator

mohamed keita

east africa consultant

tom rhodes

west and central africacorrespondent

samboudian kamara

senior americasprogram coordinator

carlos laura

americas research associate

sara rafsky

mexico representative

mike oconnorandean correspondent

john otis

brazil correspondent

claudia duarte

asia program coordinator

bob dietz

senior asiaprogram researcher

madeline earp

senior southeast asiarepresentative

shawn w. crispin

east asia andinternet consultant

sky canaves

europe and central asiaprogram coordinator

nina ognianova

europe and central asiaresearch associate

muzaffar suleymanov

russia correspondent

elena milashina

senior adviser

jean-paul marthozeurope consultant

borja bergareche

middle east and north africaprogram coordinator

mohamed abdel dayem

middle east and north africaresearch associate

dahlia el-zein

turkey correspondent

zgr gret

mansoor al-jamrial-wasat, bahrain

When waves o protests swept

Bahrain in early 2011, al-Jamri

tried to steer a steady course with

his newspaper, the independent

Arabic-language dailyAl-Wasat. The

paper called or moderation rom

the authorities and demonstrators.

In response, armed thugs attacked

and blockaded the dailys presses

in March. In April, government

authorities shut downAl-Wasatoutright. Al-Jamri, the papers

co-ounder and editor-in-chie,

was charged with publishing alse

news intended to incite Shiite

unrest. Al-Jamri resigned in the ace

o intimidation, as did the papers

managing editor and news director.

Al-Wasatwas allowed to reopen

under state control. Al-Jamri still

aces criminal charges, but he was

reinstated as editor-in-chie by the

papers board o directors in August.

natalya radi nacharter 97, belarus

Radina, editor-in-chie o the

independent news website Charter

97, was arrested in December

2010 and indicted on charges o

organizing mass disorder in the

post-election opposition protests

in Minsk. She aced up to 15 years

in prison. In late January, KGB

ocers conditionally released

Radina pending trial ater

international protests. However,she was required to move to the

western town o Kobrin, had her

passport conscated, and was

ordered to check in daily with local

police and appear at regional KGB

headquarters whenever summoned.

In March, earing imminent

imprisonment, she fed to Russia,

where she spent our months in

hiding. Radina was granted political

asylum in Lithuania, rom where she

continues to edit Charter 97.

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umar cheemathe news, pakistan

Unknown attackers abducted

Cheema in September 2010. The

men stripped, beat, and sexually

assaulted the journalist, a reporter

or the infuential English-language

dailyThe News. Soon ater his

release, Cheema went on television

to tell the world what men in

police commando uniorms had

done to him. Cheema said his

captors asked why he continuedwith his critical reportingwas he

trying to discredit the government?

The journalists unwillingness

to stay silent about his abduction

drew wide attention to anti-press

violence in Pakistan. In the months

since his kidnapping, Cheema has

been harassed and threatened or

his persistent coverage o politics,

national security, and corruption.

Even so, Cheemas courage has

rallied colleagues across the nation.

2011 international press freedom aw

We are proud to honor these journalists, whosetenacious reporting continues in deance of severe censorship, assault,

threats, and harassment. These journalists help expose inconvenienttruths and hard realities in their countries. Through their courageous work

they are advancing the frontiers of press freedom.


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cbs news

rajiv chandrasekaran

chubb & son

connie chung & maury povich

lisa church

citigroup

cnbc, inc.

cnn

stephen collins

timothy collins

columbia college chicago

ronald and roberta columbus

comcast corporation

community counseling service co.

cond nast

continental airlines

ann k. cooper

sheila coronel

david corvo

credit suisse

crowell & moring llp

cutts foundation

daedalus foundation

debevoise & plimpton

trista delamere

discovery communications, inc.

disney worldwide

patrick dolan

dow chemical

dow jones company

dow jones foundation

drue heinz trust

richard and gail elden

ernst & young, llp

joni evans & bob perkins

elizabeth f. farnsworth

fred faust & ruth mckinney

jeremy feigelson

fidelity charitable gift fund

financial times

flora family foundation

forbes inc.

the ford foundation

ford motor company

fox news

max frankel & joyce purnick

friends of national journalism library

anthony and beth galban

anne garrels

ge foundation

stephen j. geimann

john gellert

getty images

thomas h. glocer

goldman sachs & co.

james and toni goodale

google, inc.

cheryl a. gould

allen j. & deborah grubman

jos luis gutirrez surez

paul haahr & susan karp

ian hague

keith hammonds

victoria harmon

harpercollins publishers

harvard university

laurie hays & fen montaigne

hearst newspapers

sharon held

cherie henderson & david poppe

michael j. hirschhorn & jimena martinez

ellen hume

gwen ifill

imax corporation

the inner circle

interpublic group

steven and barbara isenberg

italian foreign press association

janklow foundation

jewish communal fund

r. larry jinks

joan & james shapiro foundation

john s. & james l. knight foundation

the johnson foundation

mario kaiser

donald kimelman

jonathan klein

jane kramer

the kresge foundation

steve kroft

the lafetra foundation

james m. larowe

david and esther laventhol

sarah le sueur

richard ledes

carole & richard a. leibner

the leo model foundation

the leon levy foundation

frankie f. leung

michael lewis

steve and amy lipin

lara logan

jane k. lombard

macandrews and forbes holdings inc.

john r. macarthur

robert and donna macneil

madigan family foundation

the marc haas foundation

benjamin marks

kati marton

marjorie massing

mastercard

harold j. matthies

the mcclatchy company

robert r. mccormick foundation

andrew d. mcgregor

geraldine fabrikant metz & t. robert metz

faye moore

ann l. morfogen

morgan stanley

the morton k. & jane blaustein foundation, inc.

the mosaic foundation of r. & p. heydon

walter s. mossberg

matthew j. murray

victor and anne navasky

nbc news

the new york times company

the new yorker

newhouse newspapers

newmark knight frank

news corporation

the nicholas b. ottaway foundation

the nieman foundation for journalism

the oak foundation

elizabeth oleary

open society foundations

william a. orme & deborah sontag

maureen a. orth

burl osborne

peter and susan osnos

the overbrook foundation

darragh paradiso

dipesh patel

norman pearlstine

barry r. petersen

peter g. peterson

pew charitable trusts

the pittman family foundation

erwin and silvia potts

pricewaterhousecoopers

providence equity partners llc

prudential financial

dan and jean rather

realnetworks foundation

research in motion

r. bruce & melissa rich

gene and susan roberts

johnathan & royal kennedy rodgers

richard m. roth

gerard and sandra m. rowe

samuel i. newhouse foundation inc.

schwab charitable fund

the seattle foundation

philip shenon

stephen shepard

the sigrid rausing trust

joel simon & ingrid abramovitch

randi singer

harry smith

sony corporation of america foundation

carl & barbaralee spielvogel

st. petersburg times fund

paul e. steiger

sophie stenbeck

richard a. stengel

sir howard stringer

paul c. tash

the thiel foundation

thomas & carolyn lang

mary j. thompson

robert thomson

thomson reuters

time inc.

richard j. tofel

laurel touby

ubs

verizon foundation

viacom

cristina von bargen

thomas j. wallace

the washington post

weil, gotshal & manges

john d. weis

alan weisman

jann s. wenner

david westphal

bill wheatley

brian williams

michael williams

wolfensohn family fou

robert c. wright

wunderman

yahoo! inc.

laurence zuckerman &

mortimer b. zuckerma

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in-kind contribs work is made possible

the in-kind services provided

individuals and organization

agence france-presse

the associated press

bloomberg

continental airlines

debevoise & plimpton

factiva

getty images

thomson reuters

ommunications, llc

adler

nce publications

m alaghband

a

and arlene alda

alexander

& company

and marcia allina

a group inc.

tiane amanpour

can express company

cas business council foundation

a. andelman & pamela s. title

s media inc. /petroleum argus

ssociated press

uletta & amanda urban

barrett

y family foundation

berlow & susan blaustein

& christine bernstein

buy

bierstedt

billard & barry cooper

y c. bingham

lackstone charitable foundation

ael r. bloomberg

mberg

d. boccardi

, schiller & flexner, llp

olm borg

ock family foundation

ewood fieldwater foundation

aw family foundation

ey brown

swick group llc

ubble lounge

ew l. butters

vision systems corporation

rinha foundation

music

caplan

capus

pporters of press freedomCommittee to Protect Journalists is extremely grateful to the individuals, corporations, and foundations

e generosity makes our work possible. We also extend our gratitude to the many contributors who supportedwith gifts under $500, not listed here due to space limitations. This list includes donors who made giftsng the period from January 1 to December 31, 2010.


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Covering war is among the most dangerous

assignments a journalist can take on. And of those

who report on conflict, photographers and

camera operators are often the most vulnerable.

They put their lives at risk so that the rest of

us may witness, from a safe distance, battles

being waged around the worldfor control, for

independence, for land, for human rights.

In 2011, Libya became deadly for journalists,

with reporters coming under heavy fire amid

ever-shifting front lines. All five journalists

killed in Libya this year were photographers or

video journalists: Ali Hassan al-Jaber,

Mohammed al-Nabbous, Anton Hammerl,

Chris Hondros, and Tim Hetherington.

These photographs are among the final images

Hetherington took during his last reporting

trip to Libya. Widely admired by friends and

colleagues as a humanitarian journalist,

he experimented across mediums to capture

life and death in its varied forms.

CPJ was deeply honored when the Hetherington

family named us among the organizations

that mattered most to Tim. We received an

outpouring of condolence messages and

donationsall of which helps strengthen ourwork to defend brave journalists worldwide.

photographs by tim hetheringtoncourtesy of magnum photos


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cpj would like to thank the following individualsand organizations for their generous contributions to this report.

Sara McKay

ph c Amy Pereira

xcv Kavita Menon

Lauren Wole

p-pc Pter Grdi

marcus bleasdale

vasilyfedosenko

javiergaleano

alexmajoli

gabriele micalizzi

hamadi mohammed

benjamin moldenhauer

john moore

additional photo credits

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nd cash equivalents $1,312,312

restricted 1,907

es receivable 1,053,713

d expenses and other receivable 0

ments 11,047,309

assets (net of accumulated depreciation) 57, 516

ty deposit 81,567

$13,554,324

nts payable and accrued expenses $272,931

red rent 307,790

b 580,721

tricted $558,982

rarily restricted 2,914,621nently restricted 9,500,000

12,973,603

b $13,554,324

pm vc mm xp 12/31/10

es $1,108,284 $177,325 $192,102 $1,477,711

ll taxes & benefits 251,658 40,265 43,621 335,544

ancy 258,799 41,408 44,858 345,065

l 114,338 1,155 115,493

ssional fees 123,190 23,000 3,000 149,190

am expenses 576,456 576,456

s 85,015 85,015

ment fees 49,888 49,888

expenses 3,797 3,797

supplies & maintenance 12,419 40,363 9,315 62,097

hone & internet 57,499 3,194 3,194 63,887

ations, printing & postage 36,940 2,309 6,926 46,175

nce 22,562 22,562

ciation and amortization 8,818 1,411 1,528 11,757

xpenses 145,245 145,245

bt expense 78,600 78,600

32, 777 3, 642 36, 419

$2,669,990 $483,967 $450,944 $3,604,901

tement of nancial position as of december 31, 2010

tement of functional expenses for the year ended december 31, 2010

te audited financial statements are available at our website, cpj.org

Three-quarters of every dollar

spent by CPJ goes directly to program activities

fundraising

program services

general & administrative

13%

13%

74%


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