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Alerts - 1998

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International

1998 survey: fewer journalists killed but still as many in jail

China

At least eighteen individuals sentenced for publishing "politically illegal" items

Turkey

Journalist sentenced to twenty-month prison term

Panama

Police raid "La Prensa", attempt to arrest investigative reporter Herasto Reyes

Madagascar

Two journalists sentenced to three-month prison terms

Serbia / Montenegro

1998 Olof Palme Prize to independent media in former Yugoslavia

Uganda

Journalist arrested, interrogated, and released

Pakistan

Journalist remains under threat

Namibia

Government ministry imposes news blackout on newspaper

Kuwait

Journalist sentenced to three-month prison term

Guinea

Journalist's accreditation revoked

Fiji

Fiji Islands replacing Official Secrets Act with information act

Eritrea

Journalist released

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist arrested

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist and television editor released

China

Imprisoned journalist Gao Yu transferred

Cameroon

Journalist receives death threats, leaves country

Belarus

Positive court ruling for independent newspaper

Kenya

Publisher restrained

Greece

Greek Foreign Minister attacks journalists

Democratic Republic of Congo

CPJ protests recent arrests, continued attacks against journalists

Sierra Leone

Journalist arrested

Pakistan

WAN protests harassment of journalists

Kenya

Newspaper barred from reporting story

International

IFJ and IPI condemn killings of journalists in 1998

Egypt

EOHR resumes activities

Cuba

Journalists detained, barred from covering local events

Croatia

"Feral Tribune" journalists acquitted

China

Writer and pro-democracy activist Xu Wenli sentenced to thirteen years in prison

Burkina Faso

WAN calls for investigation into journalist's death

(WAN/IFEX) - The following is a 22 December 1998 WAN press release:

Palestine

Journalists arrested, some beaten

Palestine

CPJ condemns crackdown on broadcast media

Pakistan

Journalist survives attempted murder

International

Exiled Iranian editor and writer Faraj Sarkoohi wins annual WAN press freedom prize

Serbia / Montenegro

Serbian state-run university censors Internet

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist and television editor arrested

Croatia

Croatian papers under pressure

Uganda

Journalist arrested and charged with "promoting sectarianism"

International

Sean Dorney gets PINA Pacific Freedom of Information award

Peru

Judge accuses nineteen journalists

Nigeria

Government to make libel a criminal offence

Mexico / United States

Journalist Philip True murdered

Kosovo (Serbia) / Montenegro / Serbia

Albanian language media threatened in Kosovo

Tibet (China)

Voice of Tibet radio jammed

Peru

Journalist kidnapped and forced to abandon his work

Peru

Judge asks INTERPOL to detain Baruch Ivcher's wife and daughter

Peru

Journalist fears continual threats in Ica; journalists assaulted during clash at Ica National University, police official takes journalist's camera and orders film exposed

Iran

Iranian writer escapes possible murder attempt; HRW welcomes new committee to probe murder spree

China

Press photographer attacked by police

Pakistan

CPJ protests recent harassment of independent media

Nepal

Journalists imprisoned

Burkina Faso

WAJA suspects foul play in death of journalist Zongo, calls for enquiry

(WAJA/IFEX) - The following is a 16 December 1998 statement by WAJA further

Burkina Faso

IFJ protests killing of journalist Zongo

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 16 December 1998 IFJ press release and

Benin

Two journalists sentenced to six-month prison terms

Azerbaijan

Libel suits proliferate in Azerbaijan

Turkey

Police officers suspected in killing of journalist Göktepe released

Sierra Leone

Journalists appear in court

Pakistan

Newspaper group intimidated and harassed

Burkina Faso

Journalist found dead

(RSF/IFEX) - RSF is expressing concern further to a journalist's death.

Azerbaijan

Journalist charged with slander

Pakistan

Newspaper offices raided

Mexico / United States

Journalist missing

Peru

Director and publisher of Chimbote daily sentenced

Pakistan

Journalists protest mistreatment of newspaper staffer by railway officials

Iran

Translator Mohammad Ja'frar Pouyandeh found dead

Argentina

Cabezas investigation to close on 22 December 1998

(Periodistas/IFEX) - In its 6 December 1998 issue, the daily newspaper "Página/12" noted that the police investigation into the Cabezas case will end on 22 December. According to the daily, Judge José Luis Macchi confirmed this information to one of the lawyers working on the case. "Practically nothing has been done in months. We will conclude without a clear knowledge of the motive behind the crime, the weapon used, or who led the operation to kill the photographer," admitted the magistrate. Every indication is that the trial of the ten suspects will be held in 1999, when the presidential campaign will be in full swing, though there is the ever present danger that authorities will attempt to delay the trial until after the election.

Tanzania

Journalist barred from covering trial

Tanzania

Government bans Swahili tabloid

Iran

WiPC protests recent disappearances of writers in Iran

Iran

Translator Mohammad Ja'frar disappeared

Iran

RSF requests audience with Khatami to discuss deteriorating press freedom situation in Iran

Gabon

Radio Soleil programmes jammed

Cuba

Journalist detained for questioning

Argentina

Four military men who spied on journalists suspended

Sierra Leone

Journalist appears in court

Kenya

Roots of violence in Kenya lie in lack of media freedom, claims ARTICLE 19

International

New election broadcast monitoring guide - for free speech over the next fifty years

Greece

IPI protests Greek libel legislation

Peru

Journalist reports physical attack and closing of programmes

Iran

Another missing Iranian writer dead under suspicious circumstances

South Africa

South African poet Mzwakhe Mbuli, detained for over a year, may have been framed

Sierra Leone

Journalists arrested; journalist goes into hiding, more arrests feared imminient

Sierra Leone

Journalist arrested

Peru

Journalist jailed for making statement supporting terrorism

Israel

Journalist shot during demonstration

Iran

Writer-journalist Mohamad Mokhtari found dead

Serbia / Montenegro

Radio B92 and ANEM accused of being run by the British Embassy in Belgrade

Egypt

EOHR lawyer Mustafa Zidan released on bail

China

CPJ appeals in Chinese Internet case

Peru

Congressman's lawsuit against "El Correo de Piura" newspaper inadmissible

International

CPJ goes to Belarus to present International Press Freedom Award to journalist Pavel Sheremet, banned from traveling to New York

Serbia / Montenegro

Prosecution and censorship continue

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist arrested in Matadi

Peru

Two journalists of "La República" daily attacked in Puno, other journalists also targeted

Liberia

Journalists attacked, printing press vandalised, reporter harassed

Iran

WAN protests disappearances in Iran

Sierra Leone

CPJ warns SLAJ of dangers to press freedom in creation of media council

Peru

Hildebrandt terminates contract with Canal 13

Iran

Writer-journalist Mohamad Mokhtari disappears in Tehran

Egypt

EOHR secretary-general released

Egypt

Fears mount for top Egyptian human rights defender

Egypt

ARTICLE 19 appeals to UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression to assure the safety and immediate release of EOHR Secretary-General

Zimbabwe

Government bans workers' strikes as controversial new law aimed at regulating demonstrations is approved by parliament

Zambia

Newspaper offices stormed by irate readers

Zambia

Journalist briefly detained

Peru

Journalist receives suspended sentence and fine

Pakistan / United States

Five Pakistani journalists barred from entering White House

Lesotho

Further harassment of journalist by South African soldiers

Iran

Journalist disappears in Tehran

Egypt

Fears for the safety of EOHR secretary-general

Egypt

EOHR secretary-general detained

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist still detained

Peru

Campaign against journalists and politicians taken to Internet

Namibia

Further run-ins between journalists and Namibian authorities

Cuba

Legal action launched against journalist

Jordan

New press law highlights dark year for democracy in Jordan

Iran

IFJ welcomes President Khatami's recent comments in favour of greater press freedom

Turkey

Journalist tortured

Russia

Pasko still in custody despite pleas; health deteriorating

Pakistan

Two journalists' homes raided

Pakistan

Freedom House cites press freedom violations in Pakistan

International

Savea Sano Malifa to give Pacific media freedom address

Serbia / Montenegro

Newspaper seized in Belgrade

Iran

Majid Sharif, translator and author, found dead after disappearing for four days

Azerbaijan

Journalists beaten

Turkey

Pro-Kurd newspaper offices searched, journalists detained

South Africa

Student suspended after writing about organisation's political philosophy

Peru

In a strange twist, journalist Isaac García takes back accusations against government minister Gonzales Reategui

Peru

Programmes taken off the air on three Huanta radio stations; mayor threatens, coerces and slanders journalists

Peru

Prosecution asks for life sentence for accused killers of journalist Isabel Chumpitaz

Guatemala

Three cases: government attacks "Prensa Libre", daily "Al Día" threatened, constitutional rights restricted

France / Africa / International

Other Ten political leaders notable for their attacks on free expression to attend twentieth Conference of Heads of State of Africa and France

Azerbaijan

RSF protests recent attacks on press freedom

Argentina

"Clarín" receives bomb threat; military spies on Argentine journalists

International

Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (formerly Canadian Committee to Protect Journalists) bestow 1998 CJFE International Press Freedom Awards; speaker Mary Robinson echoes strong plea for defence of free expression worldwide

South Africa

Student journalist expelled for writing controversial article

International

Newspaper Publishers Association joins WAN

International

CPJ's International Press Freedom Awards honour journalists from five countries

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM condemns information law's repressiveness

Chile

RSF recalls attacks on journalists by the Pinochet regime on eve of House of Lords ruling on his immunity status

Peru

Journalists from several media outlets report harassment and attacks by authorities in region of Ucayali

Lebanon

Publishers ask Lebanese PM to overturn press law

International

WAN urges release of imprisoned journalists and respect for human rights

Namibia

Journalists detained and released, others harassed by soldiers

Macedonia

Greek journalist harassed in court

Cameroon

Journalists still imprisoned

Bangladesh

Taslima Nasrin granted bail

Azerbaijan

Growing concern over harassment of journalists; editors on hunger strike

International

Syrian journalist Nizar Nayyouf wins 1998 Reporters sans frontières-Fondation de France prize

Niger

Newspapers, radio stations threatened with closure

Indonesia

IFJ shocked by recent violence against journalists

Serbia / Montenegro

Newspaper fined, seized

Bangladesh

Two journalists arrested

Peru

Congressional sub-committee summons journalist Isaac García

Peru

Grave threats against journalists in Andahuaylas

Peru

Chiclayo journalist faces legal action, attempt to take radio show off the air

Nigeria

Journalist's family wins lawsuit against SSS, federal government

Ethiopia

International PEN status report on detained writers

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist missing; feared dead

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist detained

Canada

Newspaper publisher killed

Benin

Two journalists receive six month prison sentence

Azerbaijan

Continued repression of independent media; editors on hunger strike

Algeria

Journalist denied accreditation

Peru

Re-elected mayor threatens journalist's life and damages radio station offices

Peru

Journalist threatened, fears for his life

China

German journalist interrogated, deported

Uganda

Journalist severely assaulted

Togo

Journalist arrested, another still detained

Peru

Journalist Romulo Ripa attacked

Italy

Journalists beaten and arrested

Iran

WPFC writes to President Khatemi further to encouraging comments on press freedom

Serbia / Montenegro

RSF urges FRY opposition leader to avoid duplicating government injustice through information law

Fiji

Fiji Television seeks lifting of political advertising ban

Czech Republic

WAN urges investigation of Czech attack

Kenya

Book ban lifted

Italy

Turkish journalists beaten

Azerbaijan

Journalists beaten

International

RSF calls for APEC agreement to include a "democratic clause"

Argentina

Bill in the works would create "fund to take action against journalists"

Serbia / Montenegro

Journalist denied visa

Cameroon

Journalist arrested

Turkey

Journalists arrested

Pakistan

Journalist arrested

Lesotho

Independent newspaper office robbed

Serbia / Montenegro

Journalists still detained; Red Cross denied access to them

Bangladesh

Journalists become target of political violence

Bangladesh

Journalists attacked

Turkey

Göktepe trial eyewitness arrested and beaten

Kazakhstan

Clamp down on private media in run-up to elections

Indonesia

Journalist blacklisted and deported

Indonesia

Four journalists attacked by security forces

France / Mexico

RSF writes to President Chirac on the eve of his trip to Mexico

Peru

CPJ writes to Fujimori concerning attacks on Peruvian journalists

Pakistan

Reporter manhandled by police

Serbia / Montenegro

"Dnevni Telegraf" fined under Serbian Law on Public Information; Radio Index and others still banned

Serbia / Montenegro

ARTICLE 19 sends letter to Milosevic expressing disquiet concerning new information law

Democratic Republic of Congo

"Le Soft" journalists released

Belgium

Radio Campus-Bruxelles transmitter seized

Bangladesh

Newspaper office attacked

International

Southeast Asian Press Alliance formed

International

Deterioration of press freedom to be discussed at upcoming IAPA General Assembly

Peru

High army official threatens journalist César Hildebrandt, accuses him of treason

Peru

Baruch Ivcher receives death threats

Mexico

Gallardo: five years on

Democratic Republic of Congo

"Le Soft" editor goes into hiding

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist arrested

Belize / International

Belize Premier signs Chapultepec Declaration

Azerbaijan

Journalist beaten

Argentina

Court rulings against the press

Turkey

Newspapers seized by police

Peru

Huanuco journalist threatened

Peru

United States representatives Jesse Helms and Benjamin A. Gilman send letter to President Fujimori

Peru

IPYS launches Emergency Network for Journalists

Jordan

Satellite TV station closed

Democratic Republic of Congo

Seven journalists arrested and newspaper closed

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist arrested

Peru

"Fifth of April Commando" threatens "La República" editor-in-chief

Serbia / Montenegro

IFJ appeal for independent media in Serbia

Fiji

Criticism of closed court hearing in Fiji Islands

Algeria

Seven organisations launch an appeal for true press freedom in Algeria

Peru

Highest court confirms sentence in tax evasion trial against Ivcher

Nigeria

Detained journalist's health deteriorates

Mexico

Journalist Fernando Martínez Ochoa killed; IAPA calls for investigations into recent murders in Mexico

Lesotho

Newspaper columnist's house attacked by South African soldiers

Indonesia

Journalist threatened

Serbia / Montenegro

Shipment of "Danas" blocked at Montenegro border

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist Bayard Kabago Mbaya arrested

Belarus

Newspaper offices robbed

Swaziland

Minister calls for tighter controls on foreign journalists; newspaper accuses foreign crew of staging protest

Namibia

Official denies suspending journalist over article

Mexico

Mexican television reporter shot to death

Lesotho

Update on media situation in Lesotho

Serbia / Montenegro

Two journalists sentenced by UCK "military tribunal"

Cameroon

Journalist arrested

Macedonia

Three Bulgarian journalists prohibited from entering Macedonia

Peru

Forced boycott of "La República" and other papers

Peru

Chiclayo newspaper journalists assaulted

Mexico

Journalist killed

Liberia

Star Radio journalists censored, subject to deportation; Ministry of Labour demands journalists, Star Radio pay fines before granting work permits

Iran

All four "Tous" journalists now released

Serbia / Montenegro

Further harrasment of "Evropljanin" journalists

Argentina

Journalists detained

Ethiopia

Two journalists arrested; others still imprisoned

Colombia

Sanciones administrativas aplicadas a Radio Caracol

Cameroon

Detained journalist's health deteriorating

Niger

Worsening of press freedom situation in Niger

Samoa

"Samoa Observer" editor-publisher wins Astor Award

Liberia

Star Radio journalists censored; representatives meet with government official

Liberia

Text of Liberian government press release announcing the revoking of Star Radio frequencies

Serbia / Montenegro

Criminal charges brought against Radio Index's chief editor

Peru

Concern over cancellation of tv programmes

Liberia

Letter from the Ministry of Information demanding the cessation of Internet postings and the submission of program logs

Greece

Journalists acquitted

Peru

Threat Journalist Cecilia Valenzuela threatened

Peru

Harassment of Baruch Ivcher continues as new case opened

Greece

Turkish journalist barred from village

Liberia

Government revokes Star Radio frequencies

India

Two journalists receive death threats

Turkey

Newspaper suspended

Serbia / Montenegro

Magazine first victim of new information law

Palestine

Journalists arrested and released

Peru

Provincial mayor launches intimidation campaign against journalists

Peru

Congresswoman wants newspaper investigated

Pakistan

Newspaper offices ransacked in Islamabad

Turkey

Attacks on press freedom persist in Turkey

Serbia / Montenegro

Journalist summoned for questioning; newspaper charged; independent media protest new information law

Togo

Journalist arrested in Lomé

Iran

One journalist freed; three remain detained

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe broadcasting board farce stresses need for urgent reform, says ARTICLE 19

Russia

Nikitin trial update

Russia

Nikitin trial update: day two

International

Editors criticise proposed World Press Council

India

Two journalists assaulted

Serbia / Montenegro

Serbia adopts restrictive information law

Ethiopia

IPI/IFJ Ethiopia mission: review of situation of detained journalists

Colombia

Journalist killed

Colombia

Periodista asesinado

Algeria

State pressure forces publication stoppage of seven newspapers

Vietnam

Trial set to begin for journalist Nguyen Hoang Linh

International

Sixty French media organizations launch campaign to free detained journalists worldwide

Pakistan

Attempted murder of two Afghan journalists raises fears

Liberia

Government bans internet postings by local media

Kenya

Journalist censored

Kenya

Minister threatens the press

Serbia / Montenegro

Serbian Parliament on verge of passing restrictive information law

Serbia / Montenegro

City Radio - two months off the air

International

Statements from the IPI Board meeting in Istanbul

International

CPJ to present eighth annual International Press Freedom Awards to journalists from five countries; Committee to honour C-SPAN's Brian Lamb for dedication to press freedom

Peru

Harassment of journalist Isaac García continues

Pakistan

Journalist killed in Hyderabad

Malawi

Malawi Report: Communications Reform and Freedom of Expression

Serbia / Montenegro

Journalist and photographer disappear

Serbia / Montenegro

IFJ appeal to Yugoslav President further to sustained harassment of independent media in recent weeks

Ethiopia

Journalists released

Colombia

Open letter to Mary Robinson

International

RSF asks Oporto summit for an end to the harassment of the press

Zimbabwe

Minister orders the resignation of entire state-broadcasting board

Romania

Journalist released

Namibia

Update on media situation in Namibia

Namibia

Minister suspends journalist

Cuba

Journalist detained

Turkey

Three journalists arrested

Turkey

Kurdish-language television transmissions jammed

Rwanda

Update on status of detained journalists

Serbia / Montenegro

Newspaper banned

Russia

Military trial of journalist set to begin

Nigeria

Update on status of detained journalists

Kenya

"Star" editors' case halted

Serbia / Montenegro

Newspapers threatened

Kosovo (Serbia) / Montenegro / Serbia

Belgrade free media to be sacrificed for Kosovo deal?

Solomon Islands

"Solomon Star" protests attempts to swear in ministers in secret

Pakistan

Afghan journalist survives assassination attempt

Lesotho

Minister threatens to fire journalists

Tanzania

Minister threatens paper with legal action

Serbia / Montenegro

State clamp-down on independent media gains force

Cameroon

Journalist released

Turkey

Newspaper offices raided

Namibia

Public Broadcaster drops Press Review radio programme; human rights organisation claims political interference

Israel

Photographer shot in Hebron

Iran

PEN issues open letter to Iranian leader further to sustained attacks on the press; writers questioned

Serbia / Montenegro

Ban on Radio Index begins retaliation against independent media

Malawi

Journalists and privately-owned newspapers harassed

Iran

Three magazines suspended

Iran

Call for release of Iranian journalists

Greece

Greek libel law draws fire

Hungary

Budapest daily suspended

International

Commonwealth asked to censure Malaysia, hold the line on Nigeria

China

Japanese journalist deported

Bangladesh

Foreign Minister calls for a "humanitarian" approach to Nasrin case

Cuba

Periodista detenido

India

New press censorship by government of Manipur

Kosovo (Serbia) / Montenegro / Serbia

Kosovo cameraman beaten by police

Serbia / Montenegro

Serbian Deputy Prime Minister reiterates his threats to independent media

Fiji

Angry Speaker talks of action over "The Fiji Times" reports

Cuba

Independent journalist arrested

China

China signs human rights treaty

Canada

Canadian cryptography policies announced; no breakthrough on international human rights

Cambodia

Newspapers threatened

United Kingdom

Anti-censorship group challenges Lord Chancellor on UK obscenity law

South Africa

Press freedom upheld in court ruling

Paraguay

SPP expresses concern over regulation of alternative radio

Israel

CPJ protests police attacks on journalists

International

Appeal to World Bank to aid independent media

Indonesia

Indonesian weekly reopens

Serbia / Montenegro

Serbian officials threaten media

Serbia / Montenegro

Further details on recent threats to independent and foreign media workers

Serbia / Montenegro

Serbian Information Minister bans foreign news programme rebroadcasts by independent broadcast media in Serbia

China

RSF appeal to British PM on the occasion of his official visit to China; special concern for Gao Yu, Liu Xiaobo and Liu Jingsheng

Brazil

Call to presidential candidates to respect freedom of the press

Iran

Journalists released

Bulgaria

Reaction to draft media law

Turkey

Appeals Court confirms prison sentence

South Korea

Journalists remain jailed

Turkey

Appeals Court confirms prison sentence

Lesotho

Independent newspapers suffer heavy losses as a result of political turmoil; urgent appeal for assistance; public broadcaster forced to close because of political crisis

International

Groups send letter regarding creation of OAS Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression

Peru

Journalist Isaac García harassed

Indonesia

Reporter summoned by police

Indonesia

IFJ calls for further investigation into 1975 killings of journalists in East Timor

Serbia / Montenegro

Authorities force postponment of ANEM conference

Bulgaria

President vetoes proposed radio and tv law; bill goes back to parliament

Croatia

"Feral Tribune" trial postponed again

Vietnam

WAN asks Vietnam to allow exiled journalist to return

Tanzania

High Court challenge to offending broadcasting legislation

Syria

CPJ calls for release of Syrian journalist Nizar Nayyouf; imprisoned editor gravely ill, in desperate need of medical treatment

Lesotho

FXI concerned about protection of journalists

Serbia / Montenegro

Participants refused visas for international conference "Broadcasting for a Democratic Europe"

Turkey

Journalists assaulted at demonstration

Pakistan

Attack on photojournalists

Pakistan

Death threats issued against journalist

Nigeria

CCPJ continues to call for Malaolu's release

Greece

Publisher, editor and journalist sentenced to jail

Democratic Republic of Congo

Seven journalists arrested

Bulgaria

IPI calls on authorities to revoke penal code articles which allow prison for libel and defamation

Malaysia

Government crackdowns on local and foreign media

Guatemala

Guatemala's Constitutional Court to rule on freedom of expression

Georgia

Two more journalists beaten

Belarus

Newspapers in Belarus get advice on becoming more independent

Russia

Trial of Aleksandr Nikitin due to start

United Kingdom / Nigeria

UK Prime Minister urged to press Nigerian leader on human rights agenda

Iran

Clampdown on Iranian media deepens. Two weeklies closed; fourth "Tous" journalist detained

Iran

Two IRNA journalists arrested

Ghana

Publisher dies; libel trial adjourned

Georgia

Two journalists beaten

Slovakia

IPI issues report on Slovakia?s elections and the media

South Africa

Student journalist threatened after publication of an article

Nigeria

IFJ calls on Nigeria to withdraw proposal for Mass Media Commission

Nigeria

Freed journalist Chris Anyanwu calls for democracy

Greece

TV journalists refused visas

Canada

Prime Minister's role in suppressing demonstrators at APEC forum probed

International

IFJ says action needed from those interested in press freedom and freedom of expression to ensure creation of International Criminal Court

France / China

RSF and Human Rights Watch appeal to French PM on the occasion of his official visit to China; special concern for Gao Yu's health

France / Cuba

On the occasion of the Cuban Vice-President's visit to France, RSF calls on French authorities to push for the release of two jailed journalists

China

Campaign intensifies for Chinese journalist release; Gao Yu to mark five years behind bars

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) retreats from previous support of journalists convicted of treason

Samoa

Judge refuses Samoan Prime Minister full claim, but newspaper's costs mount

Iran

Three journalists with suspended daily "Tous" arrested

Serbia / Montenegro

STV Negotin's antennae system forcefully dismantled

International

Controls on encryption technology a threat to free expression, HRW warns Vienna conference

Pakistan

Jammu-Kashmir journalist arrested

Hungary

New media law proposed in Hungary

Greece

Four journalists sentenced to jail

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Harassment of RTV BiH crew in Banja Luka

Bangladesh

Taslima Nasrin faces renewed threats

Syria

Human Rights Watch pushes for prisoner's immediate release

Peru

Supreme Court overturns acquittal in bombing of Channel 13 and Radio Samoa

Democratic Republic of Congo

ARTICLE 19 calls for Kabila genocide probe

Cuba

Journalist detained

Burma

Foreign reporters expelled after interviewing Aung San Suu Kyi

Burma

Ten years of military rule in Burma/ Seven journalists still jailed and press freedom non-existent

Azerbaijan

Newspaper seized; RSF protests crackdown on press in Baku.

Peru

Baruch Ivcher's trial opens

Peru

Prosecutor asks for 12-year sentence for Baruch Ivcher

Palestine

Gaza journalist remains in detention

Kuwait

New draft law threatens right of information

Iran

Daily newspaper "Tous" closed down

International

The 1998 Lorenzo Natali Prize for Journalism

Azerbaijan

Further information on beating and harassment of 34 journalists

Palestine

Journalist detained in Gaza

Nigeria

Journalist released

France

French journalists sentenced

China

Journalist arrested

Azerbaijan

Journalists beaten

Afghanistan

CPJ protests murder of Iranian journalist Mahmoud Saremi; further details

Afghanistan

Concern over Taliban policy concerning delivery of visas for foreign journalists; RSF protests murder

Nigeria

Government may probe Kaltho's death; protest over Kaltho's death;

Kenya

Two Nairobi journalists denied bail

Afghanistan

Iranian journalist killed

France

Journalist charged with having "violated trial secrecy"

Cameroon

Pius Njawé continues legal battle

Burma

ARTICLE 19 Expresses Concern for Detained Opposition Leaders

Yemen

Journalist remains in detention without charges having been laid

Syria

Suffering from cancer and denied treatment, journalist Nizar Nayyouf in danger of dying

Vietnam

Poet released in recent prisoner amnesty

Serbia / Montenegro

Serbian Radio B92 bullied by RTS

Albania

Albanian radio director attacked

Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan FMM files fundamental rights case

Pakistan

Journalist prohibited to leave country

Kenya

Nairobi: Journalist abducted, beaten by doctor

China

Macau bomb blast injures ten journalists

Republic of Congo

Raid on magazine's offices

Ethiopia

Journalists released

Russia

Further details and thoughts around murder of journalist Anatoly Levin-Utkin

South Africa

South Africa: Connection to date hearing

Republic of Congo

Journalist killed

Nigeria

Nigerian government backs police on death of missing journalist

South Africa

Media to defend rights in gang leaders case

Indonesia

Indonesian reforms urged to ensure that Soeharto-era abuses not repeated

Cameroon

Journalist arrested

The Gambia

Gambian newspaper staff detained

China

Chinese journalist arrested in Beijing

Azerbaijan

Newspaper editor beaten in Azerbaijan

Serbia / Montenegro

Independent Radio Index to be silenced

Jordan

New press law ratified

Sri Lanka

Tamil journalist still detained

Peru

Judge says Ivcher defrauded state out of customs income

Nigeria

Police kill publisher in Enugu

Vietnam

Large-scale prisoner amnesty in Vietnam

Fiji

PINA president comments on investigation of New Zealand university lecturers

Bangladesh

CPJ condemns murder of editor Saiful Alam Mukul; further details

Fiji

New Zealand journalists threatened to have work permits revoked

Hong Kong (China)

Hong Kong media organisations jointly condemn attack on radio journalist Albert Cheng

Bangladesh

Further details on killing of Bangladesh editor

Argentina

Supreme Court again grants right of reply

Peru

Journalist detained, accused of terrorism

Peru

Radio station owner Ricardo Palma ordered released

Paraguay

Government pledges to lift restrictions on the press

Liberia

IFJ/WAJA mission report available

Bangladesh

Bangladesh editor killed

Vietnam

WAN welcomes amnesty for Vietnamese dissident Doan Viet Hoat

Sri Lanka

Tamil journalist arrested

Nigeria

Sports journalist beaten by football club staff member

Mexico

International PEN President Homero Aridjis receives death threats

Mexico

Threats made against President of International PEN

Germany / Montenegro / Serbia

WPFC receives response to concern regarding possible expulsion of Serbian journalists

Democratic Republic of Congo

Attacks against foreign journalists

Argentina

Journalist fired from radio programme; censored, says Periodistas

Yemen

Two journalists arrested in separate incidents

Turkey

Radio station ordered closed for 90 days

Sierra Leone

Five Sierra Leonean journalists sentenced to death ARTICLE 19 expresses disquiet

Paraguay

New government in Paraguay restricts work of journalists

Iraq

Iraq asked to produce arrested journalist

Ethiopia

Exiled Ethiopian journalist arrested in Nairobi

Colombia

Colombian journalist Nelson Osorio Patiño killed

Russia

Journalist Anatoly Levin-Utkin killed

Peru

Editor of daily "El Tio" receives death threats

Germany / Montenegro / Serbia

Germany considering expelling Serbian journalists

Kosovo (Serbia) / Montenegro / Serbia

Serbian journalist and driver missing in Kosovo

Serbia / Montenegro

Journalist Musa Kurhasku arrested and beaten

Democratic Republic of Congo

Members of WTN crew detained in Kinshasa released from detention

Sierra Leone

Five journalists sentenced to death for treason

Romania

Journalist sentenced to ten months in prison for defamation

Papua New Guinea

Journalists report from guarded "sex tape" court case

Fiji

Fiji Government official says new Media Council will be "empowered" by law

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalists harassed and detained

Azerbaijan

Journalists harassed and beaten

Peru

Complaint filed against journalist César Hildebrandt; public prosecutor asks police to investigate charges

Israel

Cameramen beaten and arrested in Hebron

Greece

Proposed amendments violate freedom of speech

Greece

Proposed legislation would make broadcasting "slanderous and insulting matter" a crime

Argentina

Journalist sentenced to pay US$50,000 in damages

Peru

Opposition politicians warn of threat to press freedom; proposal to investigate reports on closed session of Congress; concern for journalist César Hildebrandt

Tanzania

MISA protests banning of newspapers by the Zanzibar authorities

Sri Lanka

Government expands censorship regulations

Sri Lanka

Newspapers harassed by Criminal Investigations Department

Pakistan

Journalists attacked for reporting on gang rape

Iraq

Journalist detained incommunicado in Baghdad

Serbia / Montenegro

Journalist released

Papua New Guinea

Armed police keep Papua New Guinea reporters from "sex tape" court case

Kosovo (Serbia) / Montenegro / Serbia

Ethnic Albanian journalist arrested in Kosovo

Jordan

Media freedom groups appeal to King of Jordan to veto new press law

China

Further details on attack on journalist Albert Cheng

China

Radio journalist Albert Cheng attacked

Azerbaijan

Recent harassment of several journalists

Slovakia

Slovak journalist assaulted and detained

Nigeria

Independent Communications Network Limited denies connection to terrorist activity

Kuwait

Offices of newspaper ransacked

Kosovo (Serbia) / Montenegro / Serbia

Ethnic Albanian journalist arrested in Kosovo

Ghana

Welcome ceremony planned upon release of jailed editors

Georgia

Journalist ordered temporarily released from military service

Egypt

Confiscation of first two issues of "Alf Lela" newspaper

Asia and Pacific / International

Asia-Pacific journalism training organisations form council

Nepal

Journalist K.P. Gautam sentenced to five days in prison

Namibia

President and Home Affairs minister serve separate summonses on newspaper

Namibia

Government officials castigate reporter because of story

Pakistan

Newspaper editor Khawaja Danial Salim attacked

Russia

Journalist Sergei Fufaev attacked; persecution of media in Republic of Bashkortostan continues

Peru

Developments in trial against former Frecuencia Latina owner Baruch Ivcher

Kosovo (Serbia) / Montenegro / Serbia

German television crew expelled from Kosovo; authorities carry out campaign to harass foreign media

Serbia / Montenegro

Authorities force closure of CITY Radio

International

Call for stories on corruption

Burma

Journalist Maurizio Giuliano detained; material confiscated

Burma

French journalist Romain Franklin deported

Nigeria

Four journalists assaulted by military security officers

Malaysia

Information Minister announces plans to restrict foreign journalists

Gabon

Three journalists sentenced to eight months' imprisonment for defamation

Gabon

Journalists sentenced; newspaper censored

Bangladesh

Threatened journalists at Dhaka University receive apologies and promise of protection

Bangladesh

Foreign Ministry reverses decision to deny journalists access to Ministry premises

Jordan

Editor Hussein Emoush arrested

Jordan

Editor Nahed Hattar violently assaulted

Ghana

Court to rule on whether or not to allow verbatim reports by journalists of legal proceedings against two journalists and publisher

Burma

Ten years of military repression in Burma: RSF launches campaign to have imprisoned journalists released

Guatemala

Guatemalan Journalists Association presents report on press freedom to Inter American Commission on Human Rights

Colombia

Journalist Luz Amparo Jiménez Pallares killed

Uzbekistan

Prison sentence against journalist Shadi Mardiev confirmed by supreme court

Togo

Three journalists arrested for "attacking the honour" of presidential couple

Nigeria

UK taxpayers' money used for Nigeria trade mission while political prisoners rot

Bangladesh

Two journalists receive death threats

Afghanistan

Disappearance of Iranian journalist Mahmoud Saremi

Israel

Editor and photographer beaten and severely injured

Samoa

Judge reserves decision on "Samoa Observer" criminal libel charges

Romania

Romanian journalists sentenced for libel

Jordan

New press law ratified

Fiji

Fiji Assistant Information Minister says new council will be more regulatory

Turkey

Police officers implicated in assault of journalists granted immunity from prosecution

Nigeria

Seven journalist remain imprisoned

Bangladesh

Journalist Dipak Chowdhury assaulted by police officer

Ukraine

Editor Sergeï Odaritch injured in armed attack

Kenya

"The Star" allowed to publish

Indonesia

IFJ delegation visits Indonesia and celebrates forth anniversary of Alliance of Independent Journalists; excerpts from press conference

Iran

The weekly "Khaneh" banned

Serbia / Montenegro

Authorities deny entry visa to journalist with German television station

Ethiopia

Journalist Bezunesh Debebe arrested; journalist Alemayehu Kifle released, goes into hiding

Kosovo (Serbia) / Montenegro / Serbia

IFJ condemns attacks on journalists in Kosovo

International

Human Rights Watch selects 44 writers from 19 countries to receive Hellman/Hammett grants

Sri Lanka

President says censorship likely to continue

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister criticises international news media

Serbia / Montenegro

Independent media under attack

Ghana

Jailed editors Atta and Baako Jr. denied bail

Chad

Journalists convicted of defamation launch appeal; other journalists await hearing of their appeal

Belarus

New clampdown on press spells further repression

Azerbaijan

President pledges to abolish censorship

Uzbekistan

Two Russian journalists assaulted

Turkey

Cartoonist Dogan Güzel detained, sentenced to prison; journalist Kerem Türk assaulted by police; journalist Cemal Dogan shot at

Romania

Journalists Ovidiu Scultelnicu and Dragos Stangu each sentenced to one year in prison for defamation

Jordan

Draft press law approved by parliamentary committee

Palestine / Israel

Court refuses to give authorisation to Palestinian journalist Taher Shriteh to enter Israel and West Bank

Iran

"Tous" newspaper banned until further notice

Argentina

Authorities refuse to provide information to journalists with "El Día"

Ukraine

Journalist banned from the profession

Kenya

Abducted guard released

Cameroon

Concern for Pius Njawé's safety

Bulgaria

Journalist assaulted and severely beaten

Turkey

Newspaper and staff targets of harassment

Turkey

Human rights leader Akin Birdal sentenced

Tanzania

Journalist Betty Masanja interrogated; pressured into writing a statement against her will

Nigeria

Journalists assaulted by politicians

Nicaragua

Journalists with television station target of lawsuit by Mexican-owned company

Iran

Publisher arrested

Greece

Court censors dictionary

Ghana

Another editor jailed

Ghana

3 incarcerated journalists separated

Ghana

Passports of two editors seized by court order

Bulgaria

Financial harassment of newspaper

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Newspaper offices attacked

Greece

Court censors dictionary

Ethiopia

Journalists arrested

Zimbabwe

Newspaper, journalists and others strike out against President's attack on the press

Tajikistan

Details on revocation of journalist's accreditation

Kenya

Attempt to impound paper as harassment is stepped up

Indonesia

Reaction to news of subsidies on newsprint; call for licensing of journalists

Ghana

Details on conviction of editors; journalists arrested and remanded

Cuba

IAPA protests ouster of newsmen from Cuban legislature

Tajikistan

Journalist's accreditation revoked

Nigeria

Sacked journalists reinstated

Malaysia

Deputy Information Minister threatens media

Bangladesh

Bangladesh journalists harassed

Algeria

The IFJ applauds the resolution in the Hotel Mazafran case

Ghana

Editors jailed

Uzbekistan

WAN protests journalist's sentencing in Uzbekistan

Turkey

Repressed media in a tense state

Turkey

Journalist's trial re-opened

Peru

Torres Lara highlights freedom of the press and freedom of expression

Nigeria

Journalist released

Lebanon

Journalist sentenced

Kenya

ARTICLE 19 protests ban of publications

France

"Foreigners without proper papers": the images the Minister of the Interior no longer wants to see

Chad

Journalists sentenced

Nigeria

Babafemi Ojudu is sick with typhoid, jaundice; writes will in detention

Serbia / Montenegro

Newborn TV in Presidential Family's Media Empire

Zimbabwe

President attacks independent press

Sri Lanka

Recent issues relating to media freedom

Nigeria

Three jailed editors freed ...relive ordeals

Kenya

Threatened publications circulate

Iran

Mohsen Sa'idzadeh: prominent writer, cleric and scholar arrested

India

Editor assaulted

Ethiopia

Writer fined, given suspended sentence

Peru

The Secret Service against the press

South Africa

9 policemen suspended after assault on reporter

Spain

Closure of newspaper and radio station

Spain

Radio station offices burned

Sudan

Newspaper suspended

Indonesia

WPFC letter on licensing of journalists

Pakistan

Journalists harassed by police

Iran

WAN protests newspaper closures in Iran

Serbia / Montenegro

Journalist attacked

Sri Lanka

Journalist arrested

Spain

Radio station offices attacked

Spain

Closure of Basque radio and newspaper

Nigeria

Two more detainees released; three editors freed

Nigeria

Journalists' release from detention announced

Mexico

Open letter to Kofi Annan on the eve of his trip to Mexico

Uzbekistan

Uzbek journalist faces 11 years imprisonment

Sri Lanka

Journalist arrested

Kenya

Magazine impounded

Namibia

Journalists allegedly assaulted, charged with trespassing

India

Two journalists assaulted

Kenya

"Star" editor "clarifies" ban report

Fiji

No censorship, Fiji News Council appeals to Fiji Government

Bulgaria

Bulgarian Constitutional Court upholds libel laws

Serbia / Montenegro

Independent Newspapers Get Distribution Network in Yugoslavia

Sierra Leone

Journalists charged with defamation

Peru

Journalist Jose Arrieta granted political asylum

Nigeria

Journalists released from detention

Iran

Publisher banned

Malaysia

CPJ protests Malaysian editor's resignation

Samoa

Fears for future as "Samoa Observer" ordered to pay $WS50,000, costs mount

Peru

No amicable solution in the case of Ivcher's nationality

Kenya

Magazine and newspapers banned

Kenya

Paper appeals against ban

South Africa

"Viscera" artist charged; art exhibition for all

Mexico

Series of attacks against journalists in recent months

Kenya

Journalist Siad Wabera receives death threats

Kenya

De facto banning of three newspapers

Israel

Israel censorship strikes out debate

Cameroon

Journalist Patrick Tchouwa arrested

Algeria

Four journalists go on hunger strike

Serbia / Montenegro

CPJ protests attacks on journalists

Kenya

Journalist injured by police; newspapers burned

Jordan

Academic leaders and scholars' advocates critique proposed Jordanian press law

Fiji

Fiji Government passes emergency powers legislation

Kenya

Political party threatens to engage in hostilities with newspaper group

Kenya

Journalist Patrick Mayoyo receives death threats

Angola

Journalists detained, accused of spying for opposition forces

Tanzania

Newspaper owner apologises for reviving defunct newspaper

Pakistan

Bomb explosions at the offices of the daily "Dawn"

Russia

Independent radio station forcibly shut down; news director arrested

Nigeria

Life sentence of journalist Niran Malaolu reduced to fifteen years in prison

Kenya

Journalist sought by police; another assaulted

China

Poets reportedly detained and awaiting trial

Syria / France

ARTICLE 19 calls on French president to remind Syria of its international obligation to respect freedom of expression

Lesotho

Journalist's car stolen, believed to be part of harassment campaign against him

Georgia

Journalist Amiran Meskheli apparent target of harassment by military officials

Fiji

Proposed Fiji emergency act called "too dangerous to pass"

South Korea

Journalists jailed

Nigeria

IPI statement on the death of Moshood K.O. Abiola

Kosovo (Serbia) / Montenegro / Serbia

British correspondents roughed up in Kosovo

India

Journalist receives death threats

Ethiopia

Date of journalist's murder established

West Africa

WAJA conference on children's rights and the media

Sierra Leone

Three newspaper journalists arrested

Jordan

Appeal to authorities not to have draft 1998 Press and Publications Law passed into law

Serbia / Montenegro

Independent radio station Radio Kontakt shut down allegedly for not having a broadcasting licence

Sudan

Copies of two independent newspapers confiscated

Fiji

Proposed Fiji emergency laws would allow censorship and suppression of publications

Egypt

Important ruling by the Court of Cassation revoking previous ruling against journalists Magdi Hussein and Mohammed Hilal

Peru

New trial opens for Baruch Ivcher

Peru

Statement on freedom of the press

Kenya

Journalist restrained

Ethiopia

Journalist murdered

Fiji

Judge rules for freedom of expression

Tanzania

Police order investigation into fire at journalist's house

Fiji

Judge rules for freedom of expression

South Africa

Safety Minister apologises for assault

Tanzania

Journalist's house petrol bombed, believed to be linked to previous harassment of journalists

Russia

Editor attacked

Nigeria

Still no date for democracy

Nigeria

Open letter to General Abdulsalam Abubakar

Nepal

New infringements on press freedom

Kenya

Magazine faces injunction; new charges against "The Star"

Serbia / Montenegro

Independent radio station closed

France

Journalist charged

Vietnam

UN Intervenes in Doan Viet Hoat Case

Ukraine

Journalist attacked

Peru

"La Republica" columnist gives testimony before prosecutor investigating telephone tapping

China

WPFC letter to President Jiang

Syria

Stifling free expression adds to political and economic dangers, according to ARTICLE 19 report

South Africa

Journalist Thabo Mabaso reportedly beaten by police

Russia

Newspaper editor Sergei Bachinin attacked

Nigeria

Three journalists assaulted by politician's aides

Nepal

Police carry out series of seizures of newspapers; media given reduced access to government ministries

Kenya

Two newspaper editors charged with publishing an "alarming" publication; photographer assaulted by police

France

Journalist Gilles Millet arrested; documents seized

China

Freedom of expression and journalists organisations among signatories to petition calling for release of imprisoned journalist Gao Yu

Algeria

Journalist Touhami Madjouri released

Zambia

Editor of defunct newspaper detained, released

Vietnam

WAN calls for release of imprisoned journalist and academic Doan Viet Hoat

Uzbekistan

Journalist Shadi Mardiev sentenced to eleven years in prison

Sierra Leone

Government minister warns print media to pay outstanding taxes or risk closure

Nigeria

Wives of detained journalists and media workers call for release of their husbands

Kuwait

Two newspaper journalists each sentenced to six months in prison; newspaper ordered shut down for one week

Turkey

WAN calls for release of journalist Ragip Duran

Suriname

Dutch journalist Armand Snijders abducted

India

Journalist Shivaji Sarkar assaulted by army personnel

Guatemala

Journalist Antonio Castillo Gálvez shot to death

Tonga

Agence France-Presse correspondent cannot enter Tonga

Tanzania

Police confiscate film from photo-journalist

Tanzania

Government to review oppressive media laws

Tanzania

Government bans two more newspapers

Tunisia

Journalist Taoufik Ben Brik questioned over alleged "subversive" article

Tonga

Agence France-Presse correspondent denied permission to visit Tonga

Tajikistan

Journalist Meirkhaim Gavrielov killed

Greece

Teacher found innocent of proselytism charges

France

Three photographers taken in for questioning; police seize equipment of television cameraman

Cameroon

Jailed journalist Pius Njawé suffering from eye ailment

Belarus

HRW report describes rampant abuses under regime of President Aleksander Lukashenka

International

IAPA to meet with Inter-American Human Rights Institute to discuss possibility of incorporating Declaration of Chapultepec into a hemisphere convention

Turkey

Pro-Kurdish newspaper target of bomb attack

Iran

Re-trial reportedly ordered once more for journalist Morteza Firouzi; said to be no longer in danger of imminent execution

Kosovo (Serbia) / Montenegro / Serbia

Danish television crew shot at in Kosovo

Croatia

Bomb explodes at office of weekly "Imperial"

China

Chinese authorities "withdraw" visas from radio journalists to cover visit of U.S. President; two Hong Kong newspapers also prevented from covering event

Azerbaijan

Police search offices of newspaper "Chag"

Pakistan

Journalist beaten for taking photographs of police

Kenya

The Nation media group granted radio and television licences for Nairobi; expects to start broadcasts soon

Democratic Republic of Congo

Security agents reportedly detain two journalists with satirical journal

United States / China

RSF writes open letter to U.S. President Bill Clinton regarding press freedom in China

United States / China

World Association of Newspapers wants jailed journalists on U.S. President Bill Clinton's China agenda

United States / China

Academic leaders and human rights advocates urge U. S. President Bill Clinton to champion academic and political freedoms during his visit to China

Zimbabwe

Civil society groups reject second draft of the Public Order and Security Bill

Tanzania

Journalists come under pressure to reveal source of newspaper article

Sri Lanka

Journalist Lasantha Wickrematunga attacked; two soldiers arrested in regard to February attack on journalist Iqbal Athas

Peru

Meeting to bring together several press freedom groups to express solidarity with journalists who are threatened

Kenya

Government minister accuses newspaper of witch-hunt

Greece

Proselytism charges against teacher dropped

Cuba

Journalist Juan Carlos Recio Martinez starts serving sentence of forced labour

Colombia

RSF circulates open letter to two candidates for President in regard to press freedom

Nigeria

Journalist Christine Anyanwu released from prison in Kaduna

India

Four journalists hospitalised after being attacked

Cuba

Journalist Raul Rivera denied permission to leave country temporarily

Belarus

Independent newspaper threatened with closure

Zambia

Government official accuses certain newspapers of having a "hidden agenda"

Nigeria

Journalist Christine Anyanwu expected to be officially released in the coming days

Nigeria

Journalist Christine Anyanwu released

Georgia

Reporter Georgy Chanya killed in May clashes in breakaway Abkhazia

Nigeria

Release of journalist Christine Anyanwu

Costa Rica

Three journalists with "La Nacion" questioned over article

Canada

Telephone conversations of two newspaper journalists monitored by police

Cambodia

Instructions given by electoral commission fail to respect press freedom

Tanzania

Newspaper executives appeal against ban on their papers, apologise for mistakes

Tanzania

Government to scrap tax exemption on newsprint

Macedonia

Concerns over allocation of broadcasting licences to private electronic media

Nigeria

PEN calls for release of imprisoned writers and journalists

Iran

Director of newspaper "Gozarech-e-Rouz" arrested, released on bail; paper closes

Vietnam

Journalist Nguyen Dan Que marks his eighth year of imprisonment in solitary confinement

Tanzania

Editors of banned newspapers have talks with Minister; defunct paper revived

Sierra Leone

Excessive taxation imposed on press

Russia

More details on murder of journalist Larissa Yudina

Mauritania

"La Tribune" censored by authorities

Belarus

Legislative measures to gag President's critics even further

International

Resolution by Organization of American States on crimes against journalists

Turkey

CPJ protests imminent jailing of Turkish journalist Ragip Duran sentenced for 1994 interview with PKK leader

Nigeria

CCPJ calls for solidarity with Nigerians on Day of Action, 12 June

Iran

Newspapers victims of repressive measures

Indonesia

Harrassment of press freedom by owner of publication

Canada

Journalist object of government surveillance

Zimbabwe

Government's virtual monopoly of mass media allows it to censor information about popular opposition, says ARTICLE 19

Zambia

"The Post" editor-in-chief initiates civil lawsuit following alleged illegal tapping of newspaper's telephones

Nigeria

Open letter to new Nigerian President Abdulsalam Abubakar

France

Journalist Guy Benhamou target of defamatory statements

Ethiopia

Journalist Tesfaye Tadesse murdered

Belarus

News laws to gag critics of President

Angola

Journalist Simaon Roberto killed

Belarus

Government noose tightens on media

Zambia

Woman convicted for possession of pornography

Tanzania

Government bans three newspapers because of alleged pornographic cartoons

Tanzania

Newspaper journalist detained and beaten by police

Sri Lanka

Government institutes censorship of military news

Russia

Journalist Lariss Yudina killed

Nigeria

"Sunday Tribune" editor Femi Adeoti granted bail

Nigeria

Successor to General Sani Abacha appointed

Cambodia

Attempted murder of journalist Thong Uy Pant

Algeria

Freedom of the press is still not respected

Nigeria

Editor suspended; journalists assaulted in court; NUJ orders blackout on police activities; media staff released; others arrested

Nigeria

General Sani Abacha dies

Zambia

Newspaper, editor freed from criminal libel charge

Zambia

State will not initiate contempt proceedings against the "Post"

Fiji

"The Fiji Times" gets a warning in regard to breach of parliamentary privilege

International

WAN calls for abolition of press restrictions in Europe, elsewhere

Turkey

Playwright Esber Yagmurdereli re-imprisoned

Jordan

Newspaper editor Nidal Mansour sentenced to six months in prison

Fiji

British consultant to help develop Fiji media codes

Egypt

Ongoing government harassment of "Cairo Times" magazine

Ecuador

Peruvian newspaper journalist assaulted

Cuba

Journalist ordered to meet with government officials

United States / China

WPFC sends letter to U.S. President Bill Clinton in regard to state of press freedom in China

Belarus

1998 sees further steps to control non-state media

Uruguay

Suspended prison sentence handed down against journalist Carlos Ardaix

Serbia / Montenegro

Reporters' film confiscated by police

Equatorial Guinea

Eight Spanish journalists expelled

Chad

Two journalists charged with defamation

Bulgaria

Court confirms suspended sentence against journalist Yovka Atanassova

Zambia

Court restricts number of journalists covering treason trial

South Korea

Magazine publisher arrested and charged with criminal defamation

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist Albert Bonsange Yema sentenced to one year in prison

Bulgaria

Correction to appeals address

Botswana

Charges dropped against editor and reporter

Peru

Congresswoman questions veracity of photo published in newspaper

Peru

Newspaper accuses Intelligence Service of links to defamation campaign against journalists

Mexico

Message of solidarity from FIP to Mexican journalists on the 14th anniversary of the assassination of Manuel Buendia

Serbia / Montenegro

Open appeal to the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on broadcasting frequency allocation regulation

Fiji

"Warned" newspaper features another report on Fiji's Senate

Cameroon

HRW calls for immediate release of imprisoned Cameroonian journalist

Bangladesh

Newspaper office ransacked

International

The WAN Golden Pen of Freedom

International

Independent press needs more international aid: WAN President

Pakistan

State of emergency declared in Pakistan, freedom of expression affected

Indonesia

HRW urges Indonesian government to dismantle barriers to academic freedom

Ghana

Ghanaian Immigration picks up another journalist

Georgia

Journalist killed

Egypt

Fierce attack on freedom of the press must be stopped

Cameroon

Journalist arrested

Peru

Journalist receives death threat

Peru

Member of Congress asks for a debate on journalists' professional confidentiality

Pakistan

State of emergency declared in Pakistan, freedom of expression affected

Mauritania

Newspaper censored

Iran

Journalist sentenced to death

Indonesia

RSF says the release of imprisoned journalists is only first step towards press freedom

Ghana

Two Nigerian journalists and one other of unknown nationality detained

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist arrested

Colombia

Statement by GAL-FIP on violence in Colombia

Zambia

Appeal against the release of two journalists from indefinite imprisonment adjourned

Turkey

Journalist detained

Somalia

Editor arrested

Russia

Journalist murdered

Peru

Intimidation of journalist Arrieta's family

Fiji

Concern over accreditation moves by Fiji's Assistant Information Minister

Bulgaria

Bulgarian Penal Code articles to be reviewed

Zambia

State gets injunction against "The Post"

Yemen

BBC journalists detained

Vietnam

Free Vietnam Alliance, PEN Canada, and CCPJ appeal for support of freedom of expression in Vietnam

Wallis and Futuna (France)

Television station back on air

Greece

Injunction banning sale of book; teacher charged with proselytism

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalists arrested

Belarus

Government instructions to exclude independent media discovered

Azerbaijan

Journalist harassed

International

Newspapers look to their future at global meeting

Turkey

Journalist assaulted

South Africa

Newspaper offices burnt down

Peru

Sensationalist newspaper prints attacks on journalists

Nicaragua

Statement of the National Union of Nicaraguan Journalists (SNPN) on attacks by President Arnoldo Aleman

Canada

Newspaper harassed by government office

Cameroon

Journalists attacked

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalists detained

Indonesia

Reforms needed after Soeharto's resignation

Indonesia

RSF calls for greater press freedom

Indonesia

CPJ complains about new Minister of Information appointment

Samoa

"Samoa Observer" spurns Government spokesperson's news conferences

Mexico

Journalist victim of threats

Malawi

MISA-Malawi protests government's delay to enact Communications Bill

Malawi

Journalists subpoenaed to testify against MP in court

International

AMARC calls on European Union to recognise community broadcast sector

Russia

Journalist charged

Rwanda

Journalist missing

Iran

Speaker of Iranian Parliament asked to condemn comments endangering women lawyers

Nigeria

Journalist's home raided

Indonesia

Recent violence against the media

Serbia / Montenegro

Flawed tender in Serbia

Ethiopia

Four new arrests bring to twenty-one the number of journalists in jail

Azerbaijan

Journalist harassed

Croatia

Television station closed; licence removed

Spain

Journalists receive death threats

Samoa

Samoan public money to pay for senior officials and Ministers to sue media

Niger

Eleven newspapers shut down

Nigeria

Update on status of detained journalists

Indonesia

Journalists attacked while covering riots

Wallis and Futuna (France)

Wallis and Futuna TV and radio still disrupted

The Gambia

ARTICLE 19 protests harassment of independent press

Nigeria

Journalist arraigned

Niger

Repression against the media continues

Mexico

RSF demands that the "democratic clause" be respected

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist released and deported

India

Journalists arrested

Croatia

"Feral Tribune" trial resumes in Croatia

Colombia

Journalist killed

Peru

WAN protests press freedom abuses in Peru

Zambia

Editor sues for phone tapping

Palestine

Journalist released

Mali

Journalist attacked

Indonesia

CPJ message to press colleagues in Indonesia

Serbia / Montenegro

Open Letter to Prime Minister Radoje Kontic, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Algeria

Open letter to the Algerian Minister of Communication

Nigeria

Three journalists fired

Indonesia

NANBA and WPFC call on Indonesian government to relax visa regulations

Samoa

New threats in Samoa

Peru

Journalists detained

Nigeria

U.K. chance for ethical stance at G8

Malawi

EU concerns over delays to enact Communications Bill

Palestine

Journalist detained and tortured

Malawi

Priest demands arrest of journalist

Malawi

Malawi police may sue newspaper

Jordan

Newspaper banned

Egypt

Egyptian Penal Code hampers free press

Albania

Journalist victim of bombing

Malawi

Malawi government issues two more radio licenses

Niger

Journalist arrested; another released

Peru

Journalist threatened

Albania

Journalist victim of bombing

Azerbaijan

Journalists detained

Wallis and Futuna (France)

Wallis and Futuna TV and radio still disrupted

Russia

Journalist?s jail sentence renewed

Russia

Journalist attacked

Palestine

Journalist detained

Nigeria

Journalist arrested

Nigeria

Journalist attacked

Niger

Repressive measures taken against the media

Israel

CPJ protests Israel's travel ban on Palestinian journalist

Iran

Head of Iran's news agency to face court charges

Bulgaria

Journalist attacked

Bulgaria

Atanassova faces new lawsuit

Vietnam

Campaign intensifies for journalist's release

Niger

Journalist arrested; radio station temporarily ceases operations

Niger

Journalist arrested

Djibouti

Journalists arrested

International

Fifty years of freedom of expression commemorated: freedom of expression examined at conference on the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Indonesia

Canadian journalist arrested and threatened with deportation

Democratic Republic of Congo

RSF protests actions against journalists

Cameroon

Appeal to President Chirac to intervene on behalf of Pius Njawe

Zambia

Reporter faces disciplinary action

Namibia

Cameraman assaulted

Wallis and Futuna (France)

Villagers reported occupying TV station; holding executives

Solomon Islands

"Custom" compensation claim linked to raid on editor's home

Malawi

Molland Nkhata retired from Malawi state broadcaster on ministerial directive

International

Seminar held on press freedom in Latin America

Vanuatu

Independent paper protests awards to politicians

Peru

Journalist receives death threat

Indonesia

AJI's Statement on World Press Freedom Day - 3 May 1998

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister pledges opposition to media laws

International

PINA announces French Polynesia convention dates

Mauritania

Paper banned

Bosnia and Herzegovina / United States

Letter to U.S. Secretary of Defense

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone journalist assistance fund announced to mark World Press Freedom Day on 3 May

Sierra Leone

Journalists threatened

International

Pacific Islands World Press Freedom Day campaign reaches climax

Guatemala

Journalist attacked

International

Freedom House publishes

Hong Kong (China)

Joint statement supports HKJA in calling for press freedom in Hong Kong and China

International

New World Information Order "Dead", says UN Chief

Trinidad and Tobago

Journalist loses work permit

Tanzania

Media workers call for repeal of anti-press laws

Samoa

Samoan media banned from reporting inquiry into Prime Minister's theft file

Nigeria

Journalist's release announced

International

CPJ's 10 Enemies of the Press Named for World Press Freedom Day

International

World Press Freedom Day 1998

Azerbaijan

Journalists harassed; magazine seized

Nigeria

Three journalists released; "The News" staff sue government

Cuba

Journalist assaulted in prison

Eritrea

Journalist remains in detention

The Gambia

Newspaper office raided; staff members detained

Nigeria

Journalist sentenced to life imprisonment

Bosnia and Herzegovina

WPFC protests plan for press censorship panel

Serbia / Montenegro

Television station closed by authorities

Uruguay

Uruguayan Congress debates law against community radio stations

Mexico

Government wants to censor Zapatistas use of the Internet

Ecuador

Journalist investigating government corruption attacked

Turkey

Writer to serve ten-month prison term

Nigeria

Premises of publisher and printer occupied

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia Press Control

Slovakia

Proposed press legislation amendments would undermine press freedom

Nigeria

Crackdown on newspapers continues

Indonesia

Playwright faces up to 12 years imprisonment

Jordan

Journalist released from detention

Cameroon

RSF asks Cameroon Prime Minister for Njawe's release

Colombia

Journalist killed

Belarus

Appeal of journalists Sheremet and Zavadsky denied

Turkey

Journalists evicted from court proceedings; beaten

Thailand

Journalist killed

Niger

Journalist attacked; attempted arson of publishing house

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist arrested

Bangladesh

Journalists arrested

Uruguay

Request for solidarity

Turkmenistan

Letter to Clinton on media violations in Turkmenistan

Nigeria

Journalists arrested; editorial offices raided; printer censored

China

CPJ calls for release of 10 more jailed Chinese journalists in wake of freeing of writer Wang Dan

Nigeria

Two journalists suspended

Liberia

Newspaper granted permit

Croatia

Freedom of expressions groups endorse campaign to reform Croatia's defamation law

The Gambia

Radio owner on trial

Tanzania

Editor detained

Tanzania

Reporter detained

Tanzania

Another Tanzanian editor detained

Nigeria

Government discloses editor's whereabouts; journalist assaulted by military officer

Malawi

Libel suit judgment may shut down weekly paper

Indonesia

Indonesian journalists threatened

Egypt

Article 19 protests prosecutions of the media

Vietnam

Journalist attacked

Philippines

Journalist murdered

Peru

Continued hostility toward journalists attributed to National Intelligence Service

Nigeria

Four journalists severely beaten

Nigeria

"African Concord" editor detained

Kenya

Injunction against "Dispatch"

Mauritania

Newspapers censored

Kenya

Court orders injunction against magazine

Kenya

Warrant to search magazine's office issued

Croatia

Editor faces 8-year sentence

Algeria

Newspaper targeted

Bulgaria

Journalist sentenced for libel

Jordan

Journalist detained; new media blackout imposed

International

Radio B 92, Belgrade, wins IPI "Free Media Pioneer" award

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea Deputy Prime Minister warns "foreign" interests after editorial

Mexico

Foreign journalists attacked

Jordan

House committee asks for arrested journalist?s release

Democratic Republic of Congo

Editor freed

International

WAN meets Kofi Annan

Turkey

Turkey to try Italian reporter over Kurdish links

Turkey

Journalist attacked

Sierra Leone

Journalist killed

Peru

Investigative reporter receives death threat

Peru

Further information on journalists' assassinations

Canada

Landmark free speech judgment in consumer boycott case

Sierra Leone

Journalists charged with treason

Jordan

Groups protest Jordanian press ban

Ethiopia

Journalists arrested

Colombia

Journalists released

Cameroon

Pius Njawe sentence reduced

Brazil

RSF protests journalist's murder

Russia

Cause of journalist's death in question

Palestine

Reuters office closed

Nigeria

Journalist released

Kenya

Government revokes press licenses

China

HRW condemns move to put government above the law

Belarus

Government measures threaten independent media

Zambia

Former editor on trial

Zambia

"The Post" reporter questioned, released

South Africa

Journalist suspended after contributing to article

Indonesia

Journalists beaten and film seized

Fiji

"The Fiji Times" to challenge Senate finding

Zambia

"The Post" reporter picked up by police

Peru

One journalist murdered; another journalist attacked

Colombia

Journalists held by guerrillas

China

HKJA condemns Chinese diplomat's rough treatment of reporter

South Africa

Journalist suspended after contributing to article; ruling party accuses journalists of conspiring against government

Kenya

Magazine sued for libel

Guatemala

Publications deprived of advertising

Egypt

CPJ concerned over disregard for freedom of expression

Moldova

Television director harassed

Nigeria

Journalist assaulted

Kenya

Newspaper staff fend off police raid

Italy

Journalists attacked

Fiji

Senate committee warns media of parliamentary privilege sanctions

Democratic Republic of Congo

HRW calls for more action in the DRC

China

HRW calls for more action against China

China

On occasion of EU-China talks, groups says EU "must not sacrifice human rights and press freedom in China on the altar of economics"

International

News from the No Freedom... No Culture Conference

Tonga

'Akilisi Pohiva convicted of defamation in Tonga

South Africa

Finnish television crew arrested and prevented from interviewing farm workers

South Africa

Civic organization to picket newspaper over alleged malicious reports

Peru

Journalists not obliged to join professional association in order to work legally

Israel

Journalist attacked

Peru

Miguel Bravo Quispe's secretary sentenced to ten years in jail

Greece

Libel conviction upheld

France

Journalists detained

International

WAN President speaks to UNESCO conference

Kenya

Magazine owner threatened

Sierra Leone

Journalist detained and released

Nigeria

Radio manager removed

Nigeria

Two journalists suspended

Kenya

Moi orders crackdown on "The Star"

Nigeria

Administrator proscribes publications

Kenya

Moi orders crackdown on "The Star"

Croatia

Journalists sentenced for libel

Burundi

Burundi clamps down on two publications

Burundi

Burundi clamps down on two publications

Ukraine

Ukraine paper closes after losing suit

Sierra Leone

Journalists appear before Magistrate Court

Nigeria

"Tell" reporter arrested

Nigeria

Journalists arrested

Nigeria

Two journalists arrested

International

UNESCO support helps PINA produce TV, radio and press kits for World Press Freedom Day

Swaziland

Prime Minister berates journalists for "improper" coverage

Sudan

Publisher threatened

Russia

Journalists harassed

Philippines

Journalist killed

International

Irish peacemakers in journalism scoop top international press award

Egypt

Issue of bi-monthly paper confiscated

Uruguay

Legislation would penalize community radio stations operating without permits

Egypt

Journalist apprehended

International

Journalist, writer join freedom conference

Bangladesh

Editor arrested

Zimbabwe

ZCTU urges workers to boycott "The Herald"

International

CPJ Survey Shows 129 Journalists Imprisoned in 24 Countries, 26 Journalists Murdered in 1997; 10 Other Killings Under Investigation; Annual Book Spotlights Abuses in Nigeria, Turkey, Mexico, China

Peru

Judge rejects charge against journalist Jose Arrieta

Libya

Newspaper banned

Sierra Leone

Newspapers banned

International

1998 Map of Press Freedom.

Kenya

Article 19 letter regarding threats posed to NGO's

Turkey

Journalists banned from covering military events

Serbia / Montenegro

Activists jailed; correction to CPJ alert of 23 March 1998

Nigeria

Journalist and media attorney released

Russia

Camera crew assaulted in Daghestan

Kosovo (Serbia) / Montenegro / Serbia

More trouble in Kosovo

Colombia

CPJ issues letter on anniversary of Borrero?s murder

Jordan

CPJ open letter to King Hussein

Turkey

Goktepe verdict: unjust and unacceptable

Pakistan

Urdu daily of Karachi banned

Jordan

CPJ open letter to King Hussein

Guinea

Foreign journalists regularly expelled from Guinea

South Africa

Legislative body bars journalists from tabling questions during its sessions

Slovakia

Concerns for safety of journalist

Russia

Update on Investigation of Kholodov/Listyev Murders

India

Indian journalist released from judicial custody

Algeria

Algerian government promises complete end to press freedom restrictions

Kenya

NDIMA appeals against refusal of registration

Israel

Journalist shot

India

Indian newspaper office attacked

International

Dissident writers, artists at culture meeting

South Africa

Author granted leave to appeal against banning of book

Nigeria

WiPC makes appeal on eve of Pope's visit to Nigeria

Nigeria

Publisher arrested

Nigeria

Journalist severely beaten

Mexico

14-year sentence against army General as an apparent punishment against writings

Israel

CPJ condemns shooting of journalists

Vanuatu

Ombudswoman's reports back on Radio Vanuatu

Somalia

Three journalists arrested; newspaper banned; journalist sentenced

Nigeria

Journalist and media attorney arrested

Kenya

Minister warns press

Lebanon

Three journalists charged with defamation

Ethiopia

Ethiopian government restricts foreign journalists

Cuba

Imprisoned journalist in poor health

Turkey

Fifteenth hearing takes place in Goktepe trial

Nigeria

Update on status of journalists

Liberia

Journalist flees into exile

Indonesia

Journalists arrested

Ghana

Live program ordered cut on Radio GAR

Egypt

Journalists imprisoned

International

CPJ to release annual survey on 26 March 1998

Nigeria

Radio manager fired

Nigeria

Media managers assaulted, suspended

Nigeria

Journalists' trip disrupted

Nigeria

Journalists beaten and arrested

Algeria

Newspaper association set for Algerian mission

Turkey

Journalist sentenced

Sierra Leone

Missing journalist found safe

Samoa

"Samoa Observer" case sent back to Supreme Court for trial

Malawi

Editor of government-owned newspaper dismissed

Serbia / Montenegro

Measures taken against independent media

Indonesia

Journalist arrested

Turkey

Journalists detained

Tonga

Tongan Pro-Democracy parliamentarian, publisher cleared of criminal libel

Rwanda

Andre Sibomana dies following an illness

Zambia

Writer freed from detention

Indonesia

Journalist expelled from country

Indonesia

Editor suspended

Serbia / Montenegro

Serbian attacks on independent media

Botswana

NGO denied media license

Peru

Debate underway over licensing of journalists

Peru

Disciplinary process opened against judges who sentenced journalist

Peru

Journalist Jose Arrieta to be prosecuted

Colombia

CPJ issues details of murder of journalist Aristizabal

Mexico

Government accuses human rights groups of setting up radio stations

Kenya

NDIMA denied registration with Non-Governmental Organisations Bureau

Canada

Journalist threatened

Chad

Criminal sanctions in defamation case

Nigeria

Journalist killed

The Gambia

Continued lockout of radio station

Nigeria

RSF issues open letter to General Abacha

France

Journalists attacked in Paris

Colombia

Journalist killed

Turkey

CPJ, Turkish Press Council Urge Yilmaz to release imprisoned journalists

Nigeria

Journalist killed

Serbia / Montenegro

Albanian journalists attacked

Egypt

Newspaper banned

China

HJKA launches second wave Campaign for Open Government

Algeria

WAN meets with Algerian Minister

Sierra Leone

Journalists possibly in danger

United States

Clinton advisor's testimony breaches international law

Peru

CPJ supports proposed legislation against the licensing of journalists

Gabon

Private radio station suspended

Democratic Republic of Congo

Newspaper editor-in-chief arrested; papers burned; journalists remain in detention

Sri Lanka

Officer taken off duty for alleged beating of journalist

International

Commonwealth should put Kenya on red list; strongarm Nigerian regime

Cape Verde

Suspension of private radio station

Bulgaria

Satirical TV program taken off air

Belarus

TV chief appeals against two-year probation order

Zimbabwe

Concerns rise over freedom of expression implications of new telecommunications bill.

India

Journalist beaten and imprisoned

Egypt

Prison sentence for journalists Magdi Hussein and Mohammed Hilal

Djibouti

Two journalists arrested

Czech Republic

Charges against owner of private TV production house changed on eve of amnesty

Zimbabwe

Media conference campaigns for freedom of expression; looks at bill on broadcasting

South Africa

Current developments in broadcasting

Sri Lanka

Journalist arrested and beaten

Colombia

Journalist killed

China

RSF condemns European leaders

Belarus

Show trial sentences teenagers

Zambia

Editor demands his rights

Zimbabwe

Public order and security bill withdrawn

Russia

Suspect in Kholodov's murder arrested

Nigeria

Army warns journalists again

Namibia

"Observer" editor out on bail pending appeal

Liberia

Government continues to refuse to issue publishing permit

Ethiopia

Details of editor's death

Cuba

Journalist sentenced to one year hard labour

Cameroon

Letter from an African jail

Sri Lanka

Protest over threats made to journalist

The Gambia

Journalist charged; continued closure of radio station

Indonesia

Human Rights Watch protests Indonesian government warning to academics

Belarus

Newspapers threatened

Belarus

Newspapers threatened

Belarus

Newspapers threatened

Belarus

Newspapers threatened

Turkey

20 journalists tortured and more than 250 questioned or detained in 1997

Rwanda

Detained journalists reportedly beaten

International / Iran

Ninth anniversary of fatwa against Salman Rushdie

Liberia

Radio station resumes broadcasting

Bahrain

Writer/religious scholar detained since 1996

Algeria

Journalists victims of violence

Sri Lanka

Journalist's home raided

Mexico

Blancornelas investigation continues

Peru

Journalist released from prison, but prohibited from working

Mexico

Journalist murdered

Kenya

Journalist murdered

Nigeria

Agents disrupt publication

Kenya

5 journalists die in plane crash

Serbia / Montenegro

HRW writes open letter to authorities regarding broadcasting regulations

China

IPI launches report on the media in China one year after the death of Deng Xiaoping

The Gambia

Renewed detention of journalist; continued closure of radio station

Papua New Guinea

Prime Minister won't speak English to foreign journalists

Nigeria

Poet Ogaga Ifowodo still detained in solitary confinement

Namibia

Editor of weekly newspaper jailed

Vanuatu

Vanuatu Ombudswoman says reports being kept off air

Peru

Arrieta faces possible arrest and detention

Democratic Republic of Congo

Editor of "L'Alarme" arrested

Serbia / Montenegro

Government introduces press laws

Zimbabwe

WAN condemns Zimbabwe press crackdown

Zimbabwe

WAN condemns Zimbabwe press crackdown

Zimbabwe

WAN condemns Zimbabwe press crackdown

Zimbabwe

WAN condemns Zimbabwe press crackdown

Peru

Attacks against journalists

Peru

Attacks against journalists

Peru

Attacks against journalists

Peru

Attacks against journalists

Sierra Leone

Three newspapers suspended; one journalist detained

China

HKJA launches campaign for open government

Malawi

Malawi Daily Times Loses Defamation Case

Iran

Editor Morteza Firouzi in imminent danger of execution

Rwanda

Journalist killed; six journalists still in prison

The Gambia

Two journalists arrested; radio station closed

Cuba

Two journalists still detained

Argentina

Journalist threatened

Brazil

Churches reject bill to regulate radio stations

Azerbaijan

Editor Savalan Mamedov released

Tunisia

Human Rights Leader On Trial

Paraguay

Order to close Paraguay radio station suspended

Ukraine

Daily newspaper shut down

International

IAPA Releases Quarterly Report on State of Press Freedom in the Americas

International

IPI Releases World Press Freedom Review

South Africa

Journalist ordered deported

Sierra Leone

Two men detained

Sierra Leone

Journalist still missing; magazine banned

Sierra Leone

Journalist forced into hiding, newspaper suspended

Serbia / Montenegro

Journalist's tapes seized

Cuba

Cuban journalists threatened with imprisonment

Belarus

Press laws amended

Nigeria

Journalists released

Turkey / International

Concern over new law which would curb freedom of religious expression

Fiji

Fiji Government says no licensing but independent regulatory council

Brazil

Community radio is approved in Brazil with restrictive legislation

Argentina

Photojournalist who spoke at commemoration of murder of journalist Cabezas receives threats; other threats against journalists

Zambia

Court drops contempt case; asks Director of Public Prosecutions to take it up

Turkey

Haluk Gerger jailed

Sierra Leone

Campaign to assists Sierra Leonean journalists in distress

Iran

Editor Faraj Sarkuhi reportedly released

Iran

Journalist Morteza Firoozi reportedly sentenced to death; journalist Akbar Gandji reportedly arrested in December

Iran

Additional information on release of Faraj Sarkuhi

France

Journalist attacked

Zambia

Editorial ruled to be in contempt of Parliament

Turkey

Journalist detained for questioning

Pakistan

Journalists freed from charges

Jordan

Supreme Court revokes amendments to press law

Belarus

Documentary maker beaten

Tanzania

Three journalists briefly detained in Zanzibar; journalist goes into hiding

Peru

Acquittal of four accused of bomb attack against Global TV affiliate

Liberia

Radio station shut down

Lesotho

Judge clears editor of contempt of court charges

Cameroon

Journalist sentenced to three years in prison

Nepal

Journalists arrested

Ghana

Editor called in for questioning

Ethiopia

Journalist arrested

Zambia

Mwanza tortured in detention

Zambia

Members of parliament demand "The Post" editor's arrest

Sweden

Wei Jingsheng in Stockholm in March 1998

Panama

Journalists charged with slander

Angola

RSF requests information on results of inquests into journalists' murders

Pakistan

Journalists arrested and released on bail

France

Garaudy's trial is based on racist ideas and is a violation of freedom of opinion and expression

Ethiopia

Five weeklies shut down and 21 journalists imprisoned within less than= six months

Cameroon

Newspaper "Aurore Plus" suspended

Sierra Leone

Two additional "Herald Guardian" journalists reported arrested; "We Yone" journalist arrested; freelance journalist arrested

Cuba

CPJ expresses concern about denial of visas to jounalists and other cases

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnian editor convicted of libel

Zambia

Journalists, human rights activists' court appearance rescheduled

Turkey

ARTICLE 19 condemns banning of politcal party

Sierra Leone

Journalist held at unknown location

Malawi

Newspaper raided

Egypt

Books confiscated

Ethiopia

Newspaper offices burnt down

Burma

Journalist deported

Bulgaria

Journalist facing imprisonment

Pakistan

Journalist released in contempt of court case; other remains in jail

Nigeria

"African Concord" editor arrested; "Omega Weekly" under siege

(IJC Nigeria/IFEX) - The Deputy Editor of "African Concord" magazine, Obi Chukwumba, has

Brazil

Inspectors close down community radio station

Zambia

Journalists and human rights activists summoned to court

Ukraine

Bomb attack on office of newspaper

Armenia / Azerbaijan

Censorship Plagues Press in Armenia, Azerbaijan, CPJ Reports

Romania

Journalist held 24 hours without charges

Cameroon

Pius Njawe sentenced to two years in prison: journalist Michel Michaut Moussala sentenced; magazine must appear in court

Mauritania

Two newspapers censored

Sierra Leone

Journalist arrested

Guinea

Journalist expelled

Zambia

Journalists prevented from covering Kaunda case

Cameroon

"La Plume du Jour" newspaper banned for past four months; Pius Njawe remains in detention

Cambodia

Newspapers suspended

Vanuatu

Vanuatu radio and tv forced off air, reporter assaulted, photographers flee

Liberia

Newspaper banned

Democratic Republic of Congo

Paper's offices occupied; three printing house staffers arrested; journalist Mossi Mwasi remains in detention

International

WAN announces press freedom kit

Zambia

Reporters barred from covering case

Azerbaijan

Editor arrested

Turkey

Still waiting for justice on second anniversary of death of journalist Metin Goktepe; latest hearing held in December

Czech Republic

Owner/director of TV Studio ZZIP detained; released, but charges stand

Algeria

Article 19 letter to The Times regarding journalists in Algeria

South Korea

American journalist released, charges still pending

Peru

Detention of investigative journalist imminent

Zambia

CNN Reporters injured in struggle with police

Azerbaijan

Independent news agency threatened by government

South Africa

Journalist charged with theft of government documents

Pakistan

Journalist harassed

Papua New Guinea

ABC Papua New Guinea reporter tells of intimidation, praises local media

Pakistan

Two journalists sentenced for reporting on stolen court records

Hong Kong (China)

Government attempts to "kill" survey by the Hong Kong Journalists Association