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3 November 2011
Digest 16-20 October 2009
International
Twenty-three IFEX members and other organisations raise concerns about proposed mechanisms to combat racial intolerance (Freedom House)
Africa
Botswana
MISA concerned over withdrawal of broadcasters' code of conduct (MISA)Chad
Cameroonian journalist expelled (RSF)+ Chad expels Cameroonian journalist after Nobel story (CPJ)
Mozambique
Journalist attacked (MISA)Somalia
IFJ calls for unity and condemns Somali attacks on journalism community (IFJ)South Africa
Unlit petrol bomb thrown into editor's home (MISA)Zambia
Independent newspaper editor-in-chief on trial for contempt charges (MISA)+ Defense lawyers urge court to drop charges against independent news editor (MISA)
+ Veteran Zambian editor charged with contempt over op-ed (CPJ)
+ Editor-in-chief pleads "not guilty" to contempt of court charges (IPI)
+ Zambia editor-in-chief and IPI member Fred M'membe in court on 'contempt' charges; trial adjourned for two days (IPI)
Information minister accuses "The Post" newspaper of paying callers to tell lies on Sky FM Radio (MISA)
Zimbabwe
Media lawyer pleads not guilty to contempt of court (MISA)+ Media lawyer's trial lands prosecutor in jail over contempt of court (MISA)
Americas
Colombia
Journalists in Montelíbano, Córdoba, receive death threats in lead up to referendum (FLIP)Honduras
Radio Gualcho threatened with closure for broadcasting programming from another closed radio station (C-Libre)Stop blocking human rights inquiries (Human Rights Watch)
United States
Book groups seek meaningful reader privacy protection in Patriot Act reauthorisation (PEN American Center)Asia and Pacific
Cambodia
New penal code a threat to free expression, say critics (SEAPA)India
Reporter who accused local police of corruption is charged with sedition (RSF)Malaysia
Network of women's rights organisations targeted for questioning Islamic law and its application (CIJ)Europe and Central Asia
Belarus
International media and press freedom organisations demand radical reform of media (IFJ)Georgia
Journalist sentenced to prison for libeling de facto president of Abkhazia (WAN-IFRA)Russia
TV crew threatened, forced to leave Ingushetia (CPJ)Ukraine
Mayor bans newspaper's reporters from municipal council meetings (IMI)Middle East and North Africa
Egypt
Interior Ministry reveals intention to keep blogger in prison (ANHRI)+ Cairo court to rule on jailed blogger’s appeal (RSF)
+ Karim Amer begins his fourth year in prison (ANHRI)
+ Court rejects retrial for jailed blogger Kareem Amer (RSF)
+ Jailed blogger again forbidden visit by lawyer (RSF)
Iran
Journalist Maziar Bahari released on bail (CJFE)+ Canada urged keep up pressure on Tehran after "Newsweek" correspondent's release (RSF)
+ Journalist freed on bail (IPI)
+ Newsweek reporter leaves Tehran; 25 journalists still in jail (CPJ)
Morocco
Editor imprisoned, court upholds decision to close independent paper (CPJ)+ IFJ condemns "injustice" as journalists are jailed in Morocco (IFJ)
+ After dragging "Al Michaal" newspaper editor from office to jail, will press freedom in Morocco become a happy memory? (ANHRI)
+ Demo outside Moroccan embassy in Paris in defence of press freedom (RSF)
+ CPJ calls for end to campaign against independent media in Morocco (CPJ)
Syria
Prominent activist missing (Human Rights Watch)+ Jurist and activist Haitham Al-Maleh should be released at once (ANHRI)
Tunisia
Respected website put up for sale after being blocked by the government (ANHRI)IFJ condemns assault on union activist (IFJ)
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