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Afghan
journalists place flowers in front of a photograph of the late Afghan
journalist Abdul Samad Rohani during a silent mourning' gathering in
Kabul on June 12, 2008. The initial findings of a government
investigation indicate the Taliban shot the young BBC reporter who was
found dead. AFP PHOTO/SHAH MARAI
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Pictures of the
arrested journalists Nguyen Viet Chien (L) and Nguyen Van Hai are seen
on the front page of the Thanh Nien daily on May 13, 2008. The two
journalists who led denunciation of a major corruption scandal in the
communist country were arrested for "abuse of power". AFP PHOTO/HOANG
DINH NAM
(courtesy of AFP)
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Relatives
hold pictures of Giga Chikladze, one of the two Georgian journalists
killed during the first days of the South Ossetian conflict, on August
18, 2008. AFP PHOTO/MARCO LONGARI
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Egyptian
photographers hold pictures of colleagues being arrested by policemen
during a protest outside the headquarters of the journalists syndicate
in Cairo on January 25, 2009. The protest was against police
interference in their work. AFP PHOTO/CRIS BOURONCLE
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Lebanese
journalists and photographers take part in a protest in front of the UN
headquarters in Beirut on April 24, 2008, against the killing of
Reuters cameraman Fadel Shana. AFP PHOTO/JOSEPH BARRAK
(courtesy of AFP) |
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Liberation's
director for development Vittorio de Filippis (C) speaks during a
demonstration in front of the Paris Courthouse on December 5, 2008. He
was handcuffed, strip-searched, and detained for five hours in relation
to a libel case. His account of the arrest provoked general outcry in
the media and political world. AFP PHOTO/PATRICK KOVARIK
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Sri
Lankan journalist J. S. Tissanayagam (C), flanked by prison guards,
walks into Colombo's high court to hear terrorism charges filed against
him by the government on November 5, 2008. Tissanayagam, a columnist at
the independent Sunday Times newspaper, was arrested and detained for 9
months on terror charges. AFP PHOTO/ISHARA S. KODIKARA
(courtesy of AFP) |
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Palestinian
journalists light candles a day after they buried their colleague,
Reuters cameraman Fadel Shana, 23, on 18 April 2008, in Gaza City.
Shana was killed on April 16 by a shell fired by an Israeli tank during
a military incursion into Gaza. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMS
(courtesy of AFP) |
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