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4 unusual facts about Committee to Protect Journalists


Censorship in Cuba

In 2006 the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) named Cuba one of the ten most censored countries in the world.

Cuba had 21 journalists in prison in 2008, placing it second only to the People's Republic of China, according to The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an international NGO.

Leon Levy Foundation

The Foundation supports organizations that advance and protect the right to political freedom, blind justice, humane treatment, free speech and international legal standards, including The Committee to Protect Journalists, the American Civil Liberties Union, and Freedom House.

Pius Njawé

In 1991, Njawé was awarded an Internaitonal Press Freedom Award by the US-based Committee to Protect Journalists.


Bilal Hussein

In 2008, Hussein won an International Press Freedom Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists.

Bill Foley

For his efforts to free Hezbollah hostage and Beirut AP colleague Terry A. Anderson, Foley received one of the first International Press Freedom Awards from the Committee to Protect Journalists in 1991, along with his wife Cary Vaughan.

Fatima Tlisova

On 2007-06-28, Tlisova and Bagrov, along with the Committee to Protect Journalists, met the Congressional Human Rights Caucus chaired by Rep. Tom Lantos.

FrontPage Africa

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a US-based press NGO, called on Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to issue Azango protection and guarantee her safety.

Myroslava Gongadze

The activities were supported by Freedom House and the Committee to Protect Journalists, and received letters of support from several members of the United States House of Representatives.

Olance Nogueras Rofes

He was invited for the International Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the Inter Press Association (IAPA) and the regional division of the organization Freedom Forum in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Siglo Veintiuno

In 1995, its staff won the International Press Freedom Awards of the Committee to Protect Journalists, and Zamora won several individual awards for his work with the paper.

In 1995, Zamora and the Siglo Veintiuno staff won International Press Freedom Awards from the Committee to Protect Journalists, which recognize courage in defending press freedom despite facing attacks, threats, or imprisonment.


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