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3 November 2011
Digest 6-10 November 2009
International
ICTY convicts French journalist of contempt of court for disclosing confidential information (ARTICLE 19)
Africa
Burkina Faso
Media regulatory body suspends television station (MFWA)Ghana
Soccer fans attack radio commentator (MFWA)The Gambia
Government backtracks in case of tortured journalist (MFWA)+ Musa Saidykhan torture case adjourned (MFWA)
+ Update on Musa Saidykhan torture case (MFWA)
+ Musa Saidykhan torture case adjourned to 27 April 2010 (MFWA)
Togo
Parliament passes amendment to strengthen powers of broadcast authority (MFWA)+ Broadcast authority should not be used as media police, president told in open letter (RSF)
+ Authorities in favour of withdrawal of repressive media regulatory law (MFWA)
Zimbabwe
State broadcaster suspends employees for leaking information (MISA)Americas
Cuba
Prominent blogger abducted, beaten (Human Rights Watch)+ CPJ condemns assault, harassment of Cuban bloggers (CPJ)
+ Internet writers detained and beaten (WiPC)
Honduras
Canal 36 television station reports that its employees are being harassed, prevented from entering the presidential palace (C-Libre)Radio station hit by grenade; two persons injured (IPI)
United States
PEN calls on President Obama to stand up for free expression in China (PEN American Center)+ Obama should press Chinese for release of jailed journalists (CPJ)
+ Ten questions for Barack Obama to put to Hu Jintao (RSF)
+ IFJ open letter to President Obama (IFJ)
+ United States president touches upon human rights concerns during official visit to China (IPI)
+ IAPA highlights the significance of President Obama’s appeal in China and backs his call for greater freedom of expression (IAPA)
Venezuela
Community radio station programme cancelled; police briefly detain photojournalist (IPYS)Asia and Pacific
Cambodia
Freelance journalist sentenced to two years' imprisonment (SEAPA)+ Cambodia urged to use civil law for media complaints (IFJ)
China
PEN calls on President Obama to stand up for free expression in China (PEN American Center)+ Obama should press Chinese for release of jailed journalists (CPJ)
+ Ten questions for Barack Obama to put to Hu Jintao (RSF)
+ IFJ open letter to President Obama (IFJ)
+ United States president touches upon human rights concerns during official visit to China (IPI)
+ IAPA highlights the significance of President Obama’s appeal in China and backs his call for greater freedom of expression (IAPA)
IFJ Press Freedom in China Campaign bulletin - November 2009 (IFJ)
Letter to President Obama ahead of his visit to China (Human Rights Watch)
India
Journalists seek check on "cash for coverage" abuse (IFJ)India: Protect civilians in anti-Maoist drive (Human Rights Watch)
Malaysia
CIJ criticises seizure of Bibles in Kuching (CIJ)North Korea
RSF calls for greater support for exiled journalists as director of Free North Korea Radio wins award (RSF)Pakistan
Local police manhandle and detain journalist (PPF)Electronic media managers prepare coverage guidelines (PPF)
Thailand
Government directions on "rumor-mongering" growing out of proportion, says SEAPA (SEAPA)Europe and Central Asia
Stand up for journalism: campaigning for change in Europe (IFJ)
Georgia
IFJ endorses joint Russian and Georgian demand to end media restrictions (IFJ)Russia
IFJ endorses joint Russian and Georgian demand to end media restrictions (IFJ)Middle East and North Africa
Egypt
"AlAlam" channel transmission cut by Arabsat and Nilesat, seizing the right to know and information exchange (ANHRI)After stopping the broadcast of Al Alam channel, EOHR calls for enacting a bill on freedom of information (EOHR)
Karim Amer begins his fourth year in prison (ANHRI)
Church heads should neither play politics nor use state muscles to bully secular Copts (ANHRI)
Case of Qemany and Hanafi adjourned (ANHRI)
Iran
IFJ concerned for safety of Danish journalism student in Iran (IFJ)Arrests of journalists since disputed June election now top 100 (RSF)
Iraq
Journalist brutally assaulted in Kurdistan (RSF)Israel
Israeli forces assault two photographers in Nablus (MADA)Palestine
Officials in Gaza prevent journalists' meeting from taking place (IFJ)+ Media conference prevented in Gaza, Aqsa TV correspondent arrested in West Bank (MADA)
+ Defiant journalists back ethical campaign for Palestinian media (IFJ)
Israeli forces assault two photographers in Nablus (MADA)
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