This annual report of the CPJ documents worldwide physical and political abuses of journalists. The report provides information on journalists murdered or imprisoned; the ten worst offending political leaders; special reports on the treatment of the press in Nigeria, Latin America, Southeast Asia, Algeria, and the Republics of the former Soviet Union; previous annual reports; an annotated listing of germane CPJ publications; a review of the 1998 International Press Freedom Awards; and a discussion of how CPJ investigates and classifies attacks. "The Committee to Protect Journalists is a nonpartisan organization of journalists dedicated to the defense of press freedom around the world", last discussed in the June 29, 1999 Scout Report for Social Sciences.