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Freed Reporter Describes Syria's Secret Prisons

Kevin Spak — Thu, 19 May 2011 07:48:53 CDT

Dorothy Parvaz emerged from her stay in a Syrian detention center more or less unscathed, mostly because the guards there would not beat or torture women—but others weren’t nearly so lucky. When Parvaz first arrived at the prison, she was taken handcuffed and blindfolded to a courtyard, where she...

Al-Jazeera Journalist Held in Mideast for 19 Days Freed

Kate Schwartz — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:35:05 CDT

An al-Jazeera journalist has safely landed in Qatar, having been released by Iranian officials after being detained in Damascus last month. Al-Jazeera confirms that Dorothy Parvaz is "safe and well and back with us in Doha. She has been in contact with her family, and we are with her now...

Lara Logan on Egypt Assault: They Were 'Merciless'

John Johnson — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:38:26 CDT

CBS reporter Lara Logan is determined that the sexual assault she endured in Egypt's Tahrir Square will not "define" her, she tells the New York Times . She will talk more about the attack on Sunday's 60 Minutes , then stop giving interviews about it. The details are rough: “For an extended...

Logan Has 'Broken That Code of Silence'

Mark Russell — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 05:33:57 CST

Journalist Kim Barker was covering a jubilant demonstration in Pakistan in 2007, with thousands cheering for the country's chief justice, when the crowd turned on her, groping her relentlessly. She only escaped because the chief justice saw and let her take shelter in his car. "I knew other female correspondents...

Why Lara Logan Went Back to Egypt

Rob Quinn — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 07:52:17 CST

CBS correspondent Lara Logan, who was beaten and sexually assaulted by a mob in Cairo last Friday, is recovering and could leave the hospital to be reunited with her two young children as soon as today, sources tell the Daily Beast. Logan, who had been arrested and interrogated by the...

Pregnant al-Jazeera Scribe Rips 'Humiliating' Strip Search

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 07:02:00 CST

A furious pregnant Arab journalist invited to an Israeli foreign press conference is slamming aggressive security guards who made her strip down to her slip, then demanded she take off her bra. The Foreign Press Association is filing a complaint over the incident. "While we appreciate the need for security,...

Ines Sainz Controversy Shouldn't Be One

John Johnson — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:57:13 CDT

The dumb controversy over Mexican reporter Ines Sainz being subjected to the "juvenile conduct" of some New York Jets should have ended when the team owner apologized, writes veteran sports columnist Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post . It didn't, and Sainz—who deserves part of the blame for keeping it...

Female Saudi Journalist Gets 60 Lashes for Sex Show

John Johnson — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:38:08 CDT

A female Saudi journalist has been sentenced to 60 lashes for her involvement in a TV show that featured a man detailing his sexual conquests. The court also banned Rosanna Al-Yami from leaving the country for two years, sources tell CNN. She is believed to be the first Saudi journalist...