19 June 2009

Report

CPJ special report: Journalists in Exile


(CPJ/IFEX) New York, June 17, 2009 - At least 11 Sri Lankan journalists were driven into exile in the past 12 months amid an intensive government crackdown on critical reporters and editors, the Committee to Protect Journalists says in a new survey. The surge from Sri Lanka accounted for more than a quarter of the journalists worldwide who fled their native countries in the past year after being attacked, harassed, or threatened with violence or imprisonment.

Nearly 400 journalists have been forced into exile worldwide since 2001, when CPJ began compiling detailed data. Illustrating the extraordinary dangers facing these journalists at home, more than 330 of them remain in exile today. CPJ is releasing its annual survey to mark World Refugee Day, June 20.

Special Report: Journalists in Exile 2009


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