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From the Communiqué


10 August 2011

Dominican Republic

Critical journalist slain

A critical Dominican journalist was kidnapped by gunmen and found dead hours later on 2 August. As the director of a magazine and host of a television programme, José Agustín Silvestre had accused political figures in the city of La Romana of involvement in drug trafficking, report the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
13 April 2011

Cuba

Last jailed journalist released into exile

The last remaining Cuban journalist in prison, Albert Santiago Du Bouchet Hernández, was freed on 7 April and exiled to Spain, report the Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). This ends "a dark, eight-year-long era in which the island nation was one of the world's worst jailers of the press," at one time jailing nearly 30 independent reporters and writers, says CPJ.

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Campaigns and Advocacy


10 February 2011

Cuba / Spain

Spain must press Cuba to keep promises to free journalists, says CPJ

Three months have passed since the November 2010 deadline for Cuban authorities to free the remaining dissidents.
8 September 2010

Cuba

Released journalists interviewed seven years after "Black Spring"

Several recently released journalists appear in an RSF video interview.
23 July 2010

Cuba

Interview with RSF correspondent Ricardo González Alfonso

RSF speaks to the journalist, who was freed after seven years and four months in prison.

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Reports


7 July 2011

Cuba

Independent press still under attack: CPJ report shows new repressive tactics

As Cuba implements economic reforms and prepares to introduce high-speed Internet, freedom of expression continues to be met with a policy of repression that stifles the free flow of information, according to CPJ's report.
14 April 2011

Haiti

Human Rights Watch report underlines importance of investigating grave human rights violations

In one case, over 100 journalists and activists were arrested on November 28, 1980. Several were tortured and many were expelled from the country.


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Alerts

CUBA: Blogger denied travel to Brazil 9 February 2012 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Journalist receives six-month sentence and harsh fine in defamation case 25 January 2012 JAMAICA: IPI endorses Press Association of Jamaica letter to prime minister 14 December 2011 GUYANA: TV station suspension delayed 14 October 2011 CUBA: Hablemos Press journalist to be expelled from Havana yet again in new crackdown 11 October 2011 GUYANA: President orders TV station off the air ahead of elections 5 October 2011 CUBA: IAPA condemns increased harassment of dissidents 30 September 2011 CUBA: Authorities refuse to renew Spanish correspondent's work permit 8 September 2011 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Police identify journalist's alleged killers, confirm reporting was motive 11 August 2011 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: IAPA condemns journalist's murder 3 August 2011 HAITI: Two Petit-Goâve radio journalists arbitrarily detained 4 July 2011 CUBA: Six dissidents sentenced in summary trials 3 June 2011 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Judge jails TV host after defamation trial opens 2 June 2011 HAITI: Radio station destroyed in arson attack 27 April 2011 CUBA: News site journalists face arrest, intimidation during Communist Party Congress 25 April 2011 HAITI: State TV chief fires three journalists, brings criminal defamation suit against them 13 April 2011 CUBA: Ending dark era, Cuba frees last jailed journalist 11 April 2011 CUBA: Last of Black Spring journalists freed; one reporter still jailed 9 March 2011 CUBA: Human Rights Watch urges government to stop arbitrary arrests of dissidents 24 February 2011 CUBA: Two journalists still held after "Black Spring" journalist Iván Hernández's release 23 February 2011 CUBA: Journalist released on parole, allowed to stay in country 15 February 2011 HAITI: Radio journalist gunned down in Port-au-Prince, motive unclear 15 February 2011 CUBA: Jailed journalists begin hunger strikes 7 February 2011 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Reporter wounded while covering funeral procession 3 February 2011 CUBA: Journalist arrested twice in less than 24 hours 28 January 2011 See all alerts: Caribbean
 
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