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3 November 2011
IFEX Digest | 15-19 January 2010
Africa
Angola
World's press condemns killing of sports journalist in Angola (WAN-IFRA)Cameroon
Journalist released from prison after paying heavy fine (JED)+ Editor released from prison after paying fine (RSF)
Guinea
Journalist held incommunicado, released and declared persona non grata (MFWA)Mauritania
Website editor still held three weeks after completing prison sentence (RSF)Namibia
Journalist assaulted for his work (CPJ)+ MISA-Namibia condemns attack on freelance journalist (MISA)
Somalia
Media houses targeted with grenades, three journalists wounded (NUSOJ)Tanzania
MISA-Tanzania condemns closure and suspension of "Leo Tena" and "Kulikoni" newspapers (MISA)Zimbabwe
Freelance journalist arrested once again (MISA)Journalist flees country following death threat (MISA)
+ Journalist flees Zimbabwe after death threat (CPJ)
MISA statement on Zimbabwe Media Commission appointments (MISA)
+ Speaker challenged over media commission nominees (MISA)
Americas
Dominican Republic
Businessman accused of paying two men to murder cameraman 18 months ago (RSF)Ecuador
Two journalists receive death threats (IPYS)Haiti
Three radio stations still operating after Port-au-Prince earthquake (RSF)+ Tragedy in Haiti: IAPA offers solidarity (IAPA)
+ RSF to create centre of operations for Haitian journalists (RSF)
+ Journalist Gaby Saget: "Thanks to good luck or providence, my life was spared" (RSF)
Mexico
Kidnapped journalist's body found in Sinaloa (CEPET)+ Abducted journalist found dead (IPI)
+ Journalist kidnapped in Sinaloa state was tortured and shot (RSF)
Peru
Mayor bursts into radio station, beats journalist (IPYS)+ Peruvian mayor attacks radio broadcaster during live transmission (IPI)
Newspaper editor jailed for defamation (CPJ)
Newspaper editor jailed for defamation (WiPC)
Asia and Pacific
China
Media ordered to censor Google news reports (IFJ)Writer and PEN officer Zhao Shiying detained (PEN American Center)
+ Writer and Independent Chinese PEN officer Zhao Shiying detained (WiPC)
Pakistan
TV cameraman briefly detained by police (PPF)Philippines
Broadcaster shot in Ilocos Sur over personal squabble (CMFR)Sri Lanka
Journalist J. S. Tissainayagam freed (WiPC)Europe and Central Asia
Azerbaijan
Newspaper founder originally jailed for defamation now sentenced to 13 years on additional charges (IRFS)Bulgaria
Radio K2 threatened with closure (IFJ)Chechnya (Russia)
Ombudsman's statements reflect culture of intimidation, says Freedom House (Freedom House)Spain
Spanish journalists appeal conviction for "revealing secrets" (IPI)Uzbekistan
Intimidation campaign against independent journalists heats up, says CPJ (CPJ)Middle East and North Africa
Egypt
Group of bloggers, political party representatives and journalists arrested by government forces (Freedom House)+ EOHR calls for the release of activists in Naga Hammadi (EOHR)
In a workshop on the internet and its role in the movement for democracy Opposing Views Around the Formation of a Law on the Internet and Calls for Bloggers and Internet Activists to Stand Together (ANHRI)
Iran
Prosecute Mortazavi for detention deaths, says Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch)Israel
Editor detained, faces possible deportation (MADA)+ Imminent deportation of US journalist working in West Bank (RSF)
+ Editor of Palestinian News Agency threatened with expulsion from Israel (IPI)
+ Editor-in-chief facing deportation in Israel (CPJ)
+ IFJ condemns deportation move against US journalist in Israel (IFJ)
+ WAN-IFRA letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu (WAN-IFRA)
Jordan
Court ruling poses threat to online free expression (RSF)Kuwait
Draft amendments to press law threaten press freedom (RSF)Tunisia
Journalist sentenced to four years in prison (CPJ)+ IFJ condemns "sham" trial of journalist as European parliament holds hearing on Tunisia (IFJ)
+ Boukadous's appeal on four-year sentence adjourned (ANHRI)
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