Car bombers in Beirut, kidnappers in Baghdad, and hit men in Mindanao made 2005 one of the deadliest years for journalists in recent history. Attacks on the Press recounts these slayings while describing self-censorship in Latin America, government persecution in Africa, and widespread imprisonment from China to Cuba.
Compiled annually by the Committee to Protect Journalists, Attacks on the Press is the authoritative reference guide to press freedom, providing unbiased accounts of media conditions in dozens of nations. CPJ, an independent, nonprofit organization, investigates hundreds of cases of journalists murdered, imprisoned, attacked and harassed worldwide.