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3 November 2011
IFEX Digest | 5 - 9 February 2010
International
International PEN celebrates 50th anniversary of Writers in Prison Committee with year-long campaign (WiPC)
Africa
Democratic Republic of Congo
Irregularities and delaying tactics surround establishment of broadcasting council (JED)Ethiopia
Third newspaper editor jailed (WiPC)Ethiopia jails journalist for criticizing PM Zenawi's comments (IPI)
Ghana
ARTICLE 19 recommends changes to proposed access to information law (ARTICLE 19)+ Freedom of Information coalition raises red flag over lack of transparency in the passage of bill (MFWA)
Newspaper reporter attacked (MFWA)
+ Ghana's reputation on media freedom under threat, IPI warns (IPI)
Investigation launched into journalist mistreatment allegation (IPI)
Mauritania
Court imposes new two-year sentence on website editor (RSF)+ Editor held illegally given second prison sentence on same charges (WiPC)
+ Hanafi Ould Dah senteced to two years (ANHRI)
+ MFWA condemns the jailing of a Mauritania online newspaper publisher (MFWA)
Rwanda
Independent weekly threatened with being closed for good (RSF)Americas
Brazil
TV reporters detained for two hours (IPYS)"O Estado de São Paulo" approaching 200th day of ban restricting press freedom (RSF)
Canada
CJFE concerned by reports of political interference in access to information case (CJFE)CJFE troubled that activist denied entry to Canada (CJFE)
Mexico
Bombs thrown at journalist's home in Tabasco (CEPET)Newspaper publisher shot dead (WiPC)
Three journalists murdered in first weeks of 2010 (ARTICLE 19)
Third Mexican journalist killed in 23 days; another beaten and threatened by local mayor (IPI)
Panama
IAPA concerned at bill that would "legalise" media self-regulation (IAPA)Peru
Two journalists attacked in Chimbote (IPYS)Venezuela
Presidential speeches should have to be broadcast by just one station (RSF)Asia and Pacific
Burma
Internet cafes ordered to keep tabs on customers (Mizzima News)WAN-IFRA letter to General Than Shwe (WAN-IFRA)
China
IFJ condemns sentencing of Sichuan writer (IFJ)+ Heavy jail sentences for activists who wrote about plight of Sichuan earthquake victims (RSF)
+ Writer Tan Zuoren sentenced (WiPC)
IFJ Press Freedom in China Campaign Bulletin - February 2010 (IFJ)
Writer and Independent Chinese PEN Officer Zhao Shiying released (WiPC)
Pakistan
Twelve journalists injured in bomb blast (PPF)Philippines
IFJ demands that government protect threatened journalist (IFJ)+ Kidapawan journalist threatened (CMFR)
Ampatuan Massacre victims' families bring case to ASEAN human rights body (SEAPA)
Sri Lanka
Two MTV network journalists assaulted (FMM)International community must condemn attacks on media in Sri Lanka (IFJ)
Thailand
Thai police, soldiers raid Karen media office (Mizzima News)Vietnam
Writer sentenced to three and a half years in prison on trumped-up assault charge (RSF)+ Award-winning writer and journalist Tran Khai Thanh Thuy sentenced (WiPC)
Europe and Central Asia
Azerbaijan
Two journalists released (WiPC)Bulgaria
IPI condemns Molotov cocktail attack on TV SKAT (IPI)Kazakhstan
Court censors media on request of president's son-in-law (CPJ)Kyrgyzstan
Editor of opposition newspaper threatened (CJES)Turkey
Cameraman assaulted while on duty (BIANET)Middle East and North Africa
Bahrain
Authorities prohibit publishing houses from exhibiting books (BCHR)Egypt
Journalist sentenced to 12 months in prison (EOHR)+ Yasser Barakat receives two imprisonment sentences (ANHRI)
Iran
New round of Stalinist-style trials under way, more arrests (RSF)Iraq
New media rules reflect return to authoritarianism (CPJ)+ Suspend restrictive broadcast rules (Human Rights Watch)
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