PRESS FREEDOM: Attacks on the Press in 2010 - A Worldwide Survey

Submitted by crinadmin on Fri, 18/02/2011 - 04:47

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ has released its 2010 Annual Report entitled, Attacks on the Press in 2010: A Worldwide Survey, which determines that international institutions such as those within the United Nations have failed to protect press freedom in the past year.

The report provides more than 50 country and regional analyses on press freedom violations in 2010. This edition also includes a special feature on the invisible nature of online attacks meant to curb journalists, such as online surveillance and malicious software.

Further Information:

Read CRIN's editorial on children's right to freedom of association [9 February, 2011]
Read CRIN's editorial on children's rights and freedom of expression [4 May 2010]
Article 17 of the CRC: the right to access to appropriate information

pdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/attacks_on_the_press_2010.pdf

Articles:

Article 14: Freedom of thought, conscience and religion

Article 17: Access to appropriate information

Article 13: Freedom of expression

Article 15: Freedom of association

Organisation:

Committee to Protect Journalists - CPJ

Attachment Link:

http://www.crin.org/docs/attacks_on_the_press_2010.pdf

Web:

http://www.cpj.org/2011/02/attacks-on-the-press-2010.php

Link :

Countries

Algeria

Please note that these reports are hosted by CRIN as a resource for Child Rights campaigners, researchers and other interested parties. Unless otherwise stated, they are not the work of CRIN and their inclusion in our database does not necessarily signify endorsement or agreement with their content by CRIN.