CPJ Blasts Thai Investigation of Journalists’ Deaths  The
Committee to Protect Journalists has concluded that the Thai
government has "done little to bring anyone to account" for the
deaths of dozens of people and injuries of hundreds at anti-
government protests in Bangkok this past spring.  Among the dead
were freelance photographer Fabio Polenghi of Italy and Reuters
cameraman Hiro Muramoto of Japan. The CPJ called the Thai
government's investigation of those deaths "incomplete and
opaque." The CPJ also accused the Thai government of obstructing
efforts by news organizations, foreign governments, and family
members to investigate the journalists' deaths independently.
CPJ says a Thai government fact-finding committee has stated
publicly that it doesn't intend to assign blame for the deaths,
making it unlikely that security forces will be held accountable
for any abuses.  The violence erupted after government troops
moved in to downtown Bangkok to forcibly remove protesters, who
had occupied sections of the