U.S. forces continue these alarming detentions of working journalists without any acceptable explanation, or anything resembling due process.
While we're glad that our colleague has been freed, the coercive circumstances of his release are alarming. Saudi officials must allow him to continue his work without further persecution.
While we were initially pleased that the government had dropped its baseless charge against Zhao, his continued detention shows the government's cavalier attitude toward due process and the rule of law. We call for his immediate release.
We continue to hope that these two journalists make a speedy recovery. What these attacks show is that covering Iraq is fraught with risk. Whether reporters are embedded with military forces or working independently there is no escape from the danger.
Journalists in Nepal have every reason to protest the king's continued campaign of intimidation against the independent press.
We condemn the continued targeting of all innocent civilians, including journalists, and appeal to those holding them to free them at once.