21 May 2009

Roxana Sabari free, but what about journalists held by U.S.?

American reporter Roxana Sabari was freed last week from an Iranian prison, where she had been held on charges of espionage.

This is great news, of course.

But it also serves as a reminder of the fact that the U.S. -- so-called land of the free -- has routinely been detaining journalists for weeks or months, some without charges, in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) outlines several such cases in a recent report.

Domestically, journalists aren't exactly safe, either, the CPJ reports. Some have faced legal problems related to protecting their sources. Others were arrested, as you may recall, while trying to document protests at the RNC last summer.

So, in this regard, are we any better than Iran?

>> Read the full report: Attacks on the Press in 2008: United States

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