Kazakh journalist in surgery after being shot, stabbed

New
York, April 19, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns today’s
attack on a reporter in Kazakhstan and calls on authorities to immediately
investigate and bring the perpetrators to justice.

Unidentified
assailants shot and stabbed Lukpan Akhmedyarov, a journalist with the
independent newspaper Uralskaya Nedelya, in Uralsk, a city in
western Kazakhstan, as he returned home from work at around 10:30 p.m.,
Akhmedyarov’s chief editor, Tamara Eslyamova, told CPJ today. Eslyamova said
the journalist was in surgery late today.

from Committee to Protect Journalists http://cpj.org/2012/04/kazakh-journalist-in-surgery-after-being-shot-stab.php

Pakistani journalist tortured, killed in Karachi

New York, April 19, 2012–Pakistani authorities must thoroughly
investigate the death of prominent editor and writer Murtaza Razvi, determine a
motive in his killing, and apprehend all those responsible, the Committee to
Protect Journalists said today.

from Committee to Protect Journalists http://cpj.org/2012/04/pakistani-journalist-tortured-killed-in-karachi.php

A follow-up: Two killed in Syria

After the publication of CPJ’s March
27 news
alert on the deaths of Naseem Intriri and Walid Bledi during a Syrian
military attack near the Turkish border, a human rights defender and diplomatic
sources raised questions about the journalistic credentials of the deceased.

from Committee to Protect Journalists http://cpj.org/2012/04/a-followup-two-killed-in-syria.php

CPJ Internet Channel: Pakistani court says website blocking violates constitution

When CPJ covered the Pakistani government’s attempt
to build a massive censorship system for the country’s Internet in
February, we noted a key problem with such huge blocking systems: they are, at
heart, democratically unaccountable.

from Committee to Protect Journalists http://cpj.org/internet/2012/04/pakistani-court-says-website-blocking-violates-con.php