CPJ annual report released

The Committee to Protect Journalists has issued its annual report on worldwide press conditions, titled, Attacks on the Press. It summarizes the press situation in each country, and also describes worldwide trends. An accompanying press release notes the rise of popularly elected autocrats in Latin America, erosion of nuetral observance status for the press in war coverage, and increased violence in Iraq, "where 32 journalists were killed in the line of duty."