3 November 2011
IFEX Digest | 16 - 17 June 2010
International
"Dictator Prize" suspension only a temporary fix, says Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch)
IPI names Turkey's Nedim Sener World Press Freedom Hero (IPI)
Africa
Cameroon
"La Détente Libre" editor freed (RSF)Democratic Republic of Congo
Station manager released after more than a month in jail (JED)Equatorial Guinea
"Dictator Prize" suspension only a temporary fix, says Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch)Americas
Bolivia
Street vendors attack journalists (IPYS)Ecuador
RSF publishes report on media volatility and proposed communications law (RSF)Honduras
CPJ calls on authorities to fully investigate journalist's killing (CPJ)Another journalist killed (C-Libre)
+ Another journalist gunned down, eighth since start of 2010 (RSF)
+ IAPA outraged at murder of seventh journalist in Honduras (IAPA)
Venezuela
Global Coordinating Committee of Press Freedom Organizations repudiates order for arrest of journalist Guillermo Zuloaga (IAPA)Asia and Pacific
Bangladesh
Acting editor of suspended newspaper says he was tortured in police custody (IPI)+ IFJ worried over arrest and mistreatment of publisher in Bangladesh (IFJ)
+ Re-open shuttered newspaper; free editor (Human Rights Watch)
China
As government justifies online censorship, the health of jailed netizens deteriorates (RSF)Pakistan
RSF calls on prime minister to release findings of investigation into journalist's murder four years ago (RSF)Paramilitary Frontier Corps personnel detain, manhandle journalist (PPF)
Philippines
Another radio journalist killed (CPJ)+ Two provincial radio presenters gunned down in space of 24 hours (RSF)
+ Impunity in journalist slayings poses a danger to democracy in Philippines (Freedom House)
+ Two broadcasters killed in separate incidents (CMFR)
Radio broadcaster shot dead (CPJ)
Europe and Central Asia
Turkey
Peace activist sentenced to six years in jail (BIANET)Former politician acquitted in one case, charged in another (BIANET)
ECHR rules against Turkey in book ban case (BIANET)
Author Güler sentenced on behalf of novel characters (BIANET)
Middle East and North Africa
Israel
Weak mandate undermines flotilla inquiry (Human Rights Watch)Morocco
Editor given politicised prison sentence (CPJ)WAN-IFRA condemns sentencing of newspaper director (WAN-IFRA)
Palestine
Two journalists detained by security services (MADA)Saudi Arabia
Rights activist arrested over critical articles (Human Rights Watch)Tunisia
IPI condemns passage of act targeting free flow of information (IPI)Awards
IPI names Turkey's Nedim Sener World Press Freedom Hero (IPI)
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