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Alerts - 1999 - January-March

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Serbia / Montenegro

Increased repression against Radio B92 feared

Zambia

Two more journalists charged with espionage

Jordan

Press law to be reviewed

Serbia / Montenegro

PEN letter to Serbia on confusion surrounding reported killings

Syria

Syrian journalist may die in prison

Israel

CPJ protests closure of Palestine news agency

Serbia / Montenegro

Accuracy of Nato reports of killings of writers under question

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist sentenced to four-year prison term; two other journalists released

Russia

CPJ protests the kidnapping of Said Isayev

Burma

Writers released

Turkey

Journalist dies of torture; safety concerns for another journalist

Serbia / Montenegro

Editor Baton Haxhiu and writers Teki Dervishi and Din Mehmeti executed

Kosovo (Serbia) / Montenegro / Serbia

IFJ condemns Kosovo media murders: "Senseless attack on democracy and human rights"

Serbia / Montenegro

IFJ plans urgent mission to Belgrade to support journalists and to monitor media crisis

Russia

Journalist kidnapped

United Kingdom / Turkey

IPI expresses concern regarding suspension of Med TV

Serbia / Montenegro

CPJ news alert on the crackdown on the independent media in Yugoslavia

Peru

Eight journalists threatened in Jaen

Peru

Journalist receives death threats

Pakistan

Journalists allege harassment

Paraguay

Media equipment damaged during human hunt

East Timor

AJI protests terror against journalists

Serbia / Montenegro

Editor killed

Serbia / Montenegro

Sniper kills journalists' driver, TV Soko banned

Serbia / Montenegro

Albanian journalists go into hiding as foreign media expelled from Pristina

Zambia

Albanian journalists go into hiding as foreign media expelled from Pristina

Zambia

Police deny permit for demonstration in support of journalists

Zambia

Police question civic leader and editor over "Post" statement

Serbia / Montenegro

Serbian government expels foreign journalists, closes media outlets

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalists still detained, one faces four-year jail term

Cuba

WPFC protests crackdown on independent journalists

International

CPJ's report on attacks on the press in 1998

Zambia

Newspaper censored

Democratic Republic of Congo

RSF protests decision to refer two journalists to military court

Zambia

ARTICLE 19 questions espionage charge

Zambia

WAN asks Zambian government to drop spying charges against "Post" journalists

Serbia / Montenegro

WPFC reacts to Radio B92 closure, editor's arrest

Serbia / Montenegro

International PEN deeply concerned about attacks on freedom of expression

Serbia / Montenegro

CPJ condemns media crackdown in Yugoslavia

Democratic Republic of Congo

Editors arrested after attending peace conference placed in custody of the Court of Military Order

Zimbabwe

Government moves to introduce media policy and law

Peru

Seven journalists threatened

Serbia / Montenegro

PEN expresses its concern over Veran Matic's detention

Serbia / Montenegro

IFJ demands release of editor as Serbia opens fire on media

Serbia / Montenegro

RSF protests closure of Radio B92, detention of its director

Serbia / Montenegro

AMARC protests banning of Radio B92

Serbia / Montenegro

IPI condemns banning of Radio B92

Namibia

MP threatens crackdown against unpopular opinions

Serbia / Montenegro

B92 chief editor released after eight hours in detention

Serbia / Montenegro

Radio B92 banned, chief editor detained for questioning

Philippines

President's action worries Philippine press

India

Indian journalist murdered

Serbia / Montenegro

Television station Studio B punished over statement by former official

Ukraine

Controversial ruling in trial of journalist's killer

Peru

Threats against Jaen journalists continue

Kosovo (Serbia) / Montenegro / Serbia

Human Rights Watch condemns crackdown on Albanian media in Kosovo

Serbia / Montenegro

As Serbs step up media attacks, ARTICLE 19 claims that censorship kills

India

Indian journalist murdered

Nicaragua

Journalists targets of smear campaign, physically attacked

Russia

Journalist arrested and detained

Russia

Bill on state control of broadcast media being debated

Peru

Further details on shooting of Radio Marañon journalist

Peru

Peruvian government is seeking a solution to the Ivcher case

Kosovo (Serbia) / Montenegro / Serbia

Kosovo newspapers heavily fined

Peru

Journalist receives death threats

Nigeria

Nigerian media unites to demand reform

Peru

Another penal case against Baruch Ivcher

Peru

RSF protests closure of investigation into journalist's death

Zambia

Two more journalists arrested and charged with espionage

Zambia

"Post" editor-in-chief charged, released

Zambia

Government printer refuses to print newspaper

International

IFJPrize 99: a celebration of tolerance in journalism

Serbia / Montenegro

IFJ protests recent prosecution of "Kosova Sot"

Zambia

IFJ condemns prosecution of journalists, considers espionage charges unjustified

China

RSF urges European Union to condemn China over human rights abuses

Ukraine

Television station's programming cancelled, transmitters seized

Peru

Attempted murder of journalist

China

Magazine closed

Zambia

Six reporters granted bail

Gabon

Newspaper suspended

Peru

Huaráz journalists still threatened

Turkey

Esber Yagmurdereli: Twenty-one years of a perversion of justice

Cuba

CPJ, RSF document Cuba's crackdown on independent press

Zambia

Six reporters receive summonses, charged with espionage

Ethiopia

Journalist released on bail

Vietnam

WiPC alarmed by dissident writer's arrest; widespread government crackdown on dissidents feared

Serbia / Montenegro

Independent correspondent's home target of bomb attack

Samoa

Chief Justice fines "Samoa Observer" editor and publisher

Belarus

CPJ condemns threats against independent newspapers

Samoa

Samoa PM claims opposition leader using news "ban" to score points

China

Writer Wang Lixiong released

Serbia / Montenegro

RSF asks members of the Contact Group to ensure that press freedom is respected

Democratic Republic of Congo

Two editors, returning from Peace conference, arrested at airport

Pakistan

Journalist receives death threats

Ethiopia

Journalists released on bail

Samoa

Samoa Opposition leader begins court action over "ban"

Vietnam

Arrest of Vietnamese dissident draws fire

Paraguay

Journalists assaulted

Niger

Journalist attacked

Sri Lanka

CPJ protests abduction, beating

Zimbabwe

Court clears minister of contempt charges; spares newspaper costs

Zambia

Post newspaper back on streets as usual

China

Writer detained in Xinjiang

Serbia / Montenegro

Wave of repression against the media in Serbia reaches a drastic peak

Indonesia

AJI condemns violence towards journalists

Botswana

Foreign journalists arrested

Sri Lanka

Journalist kidnapped

Gabon

Political programmes banned on Radio Soleil

Democratic Republic of Congo

Two newspaper editors detained in Kinshasa

Canada

Journalist target of death threats, in hiding

Samoa

American Samoans urged to boycott airline over "Samoa Observer" threats

Fiji

PINA president condemns ban on journalist entering Fiji Islands

Zambia

Journalists freed unconditionally, buildings remain under siege

Vietnam

Human Rights Watch denounces arrest of dissident writer

Canada / Cuba

CJFE and Amnesty International Canada condemn Cuban government's recent moves against press freedom, urge Canadian government to pursue this with Cuban authorities

Ethiopia

IFJ concerned about recent arrests and detentions of journalists

Bolivia

Attempt to seize magazine, director receives death threats

Lesotho

Soldiers stop journalist from entering court-martial

Serbia / Montenegro

Attacks on Serbian media called "alarming"

Zambia

State refuses to bring detained journalists to court, "Post" printed despite odds

Zambia

Government succeeds in silencing paper, newsroom and printing press remain besieged

Cuba

RSF protests detention of journalist Raúl Rivero

Russia

Journalist Pasko still detained

Namibia

Journalist threatened over article

Armenia

Circumstances surrounding death of journalist questioned

Tanzania

Journalist banned from working in Zanzibar

Vietnam

Dissident writer arrested and detained

Namibia

Journalist threatened over article

Peru

Aucayacu mayor publicly asks for journalist's expulsion

Samoa

Chief Justice reserves decision on "Samoa Observer" Two

Syria

Ten journalists still jailed as of 8 March 1999

Zambia

CPJ condemns arrests of journalists

Zambia

Editorial and printer offices under siege; journalists held hostage

Zambia

"Post" newspaper offices surrounded, four more journalists could be arrested

Serbia / Montenegro

Condemnation of sentence for Dnevni Telegraf workers

Zambia

Another journalist arrested, others in hiding and being sought by police

Zambia

IPI condemns arrest of journalists

Mozambique

Journalist released

Sierra Leone

Journalist released

India

Journalist detained under National Security Act

Togo

Continued detention of two journalists

East Timor

Journalists return to Portugal

Syria

Journalists tortured in Syria

Moldova

Press law disregarded by certain government agencies

Zambia

Five journalists arrested, further arrests expected

Mozambique

RSF protests re-arrest, poor treatment of journalist

Serbia / Montenegro

IPI adds its voice to protest over journalists' prison terms

Peru

Ivcher will present official's testimony

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM concerned by harsh sentences against journalists

Democratic Republic of Congo

Three journalists wrongfully dismissed

Serbia / Montenegro

WAN condemns prison terms for Yugoslavian journalists

Kenya

Journalist charged, released on board

International

Internet in Africa report

Russia / United States

Journalist warned of contract on his life

American Samoa (United States) / United States

American Samoa lawmaker wants Clinton-Lewinsky reporting investigated

Peru

Investigation into journalist's death is closed

Greece

Editor, journalists charged

Colombia

Journalist detained

Zambia

High Court ruling upholds freedom of expression rights of Parliamentarians

Mozambique

Journalist re-arrested, charged

Zambia

Journalists briefly detained, ominous warning to journalists from government

Ethiopia

Journalist arrested

Serbia / Montenegro

Three journalists sentenced to prison terms

Nigeria

Malaolu released

Ukraine

Increasing media repression denounced

Mozambique

Journalist rearrested

Nigeria

Two journalists suspended

Malaysia

Academic dismissed

Cuba

WAN protests Cuban press crackdown

Turkey

Media restricted from Öcalan case

Samoa

Bid to jail "Samoa Observer" publisher and editor

Germany

Press freedom and investigative journalism under threat

Hong Kong (China)

Hong Kong journalists detained

Nigeria

Niran Malaolu pardoned

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist interrogated, then released

Canada

IFJ backs strike at broadcasting corporation

Panama

Gag laws used against journalists

Yemen

Several journalists arrested

Belarus

Premises of independent newspaper searched

Fiji

We didn't breach licence, says Fiji TV chief after warning

Samoa

Samoa loses independent local radio news

Samoa

Independent radio news station closes

Rwanda

Journalist detained

Cuba

Fifteen journalists detained

Cuba

Journalists arrested

Fiji

Fiji TV asked to explain interview

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist faces possible arrest

Egypt

Closure of newspaper

Samoa

"Samoa Observer" to appeal judge's continuing restraint order

China

RSF worried by deterioration of press freedom in China

Botswana

Journalists summoned to court over article

Zambia

Opposition party complains about bias by state-controlled media

Serbia / Montenegro

Independent newspaper seized

Sierra Leone

Journalist arrested

Peru

Legal action against Ivcher?s wife

Bangladesh

More journalists attacked

India

Assamese journalist still imprisoned

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Press code could limit freedom

Ukraine

Further harassment of weekly newspaper "Politika"

Nigeria

Nigerian journalists recount prison ordeals in CPJ report

Cuba

Journalist detained

Kenya

Publisher has fled to London

Zimbabwe

Court rules for journalists to seek medical treatment, state appeals

Zambia

Minister calls for tougher libel laws

East Timor

Concern for two journalists' safety

Angola

Repeated censorship and threats against journalists and independent radio stations

Botswana

Politicians launch libel suit against newspaper

Botswana

Politicians launch libel suit against newspaper

Ethiopia

Journalist released

Turkey

Two journalists severely beaten by police officers

Pakistan

Afghan journalist threatened

Turkey

Foreign journalists banned from emergency zone

Samoa

Judge considers "Samoa Observer" decision

Kenya

Assistant Minister threatens journalists

Moldova

Newspaper offices attacked

Bangladesh

Television programme censored

Northern Mariana Islands (United States)

Marianas discusses

Nigeria

ARTICLE 19 protests attacks on journalists

Dominican Republic

Six journalists are injured

Nicaragua

Journalists denounce threats

Nicaragua

Journalists denounce threats

Belarus

Newspapers threatened

Peru

New legal action against Baruch Ivcher

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist still detained

Samoa

Court injunction stops "Samoa Observer"

Kenya

Publisher flees country

Nigeria

RSF is concerned over attacks against independent newspapers and journalists

Cuba

Law suppresses freedom of expression

Samoa

Court injunction stops

Russia

Journalist is denied the presence of his lawyer in trial

Nigeria

Journalist arrested

Pakistan

IFJ protests attacks against journalists

Egypt

Journalist at risk of being imprisoned

China

WAN welcomes release of Chinese journalist

China

WPFC applauds release of Gao Yu

Peru

Ombudsman puts out report on journalist Isaac García

Kenya

Media Institute director abducted, tortured

China

CPJ welcomes release of Gao Yu, urges China to free eleven other imprisoned journalists

Kenya

Publisher of weekly magazine faces imminent jail sentence, is sued

Pakistan

IFJ protests attacks against journalists

Bahrain

Three years on, poet still jailed without charge or trial

Pakistan

Accord between government and Jang Group

Lebanon

Lebanese Security Services involved in journalist's abduction

Bangladesh

Bangladesh Home Ministry orders law enforcement agencies to ensure the full protection of journalists

Russia

Journalist dismissed

Greece

IPI criticises Greek government's press freedom record

International

WiPC Special Action for International Women's Day, 8 March 1999

Zimbabwe

IFJ condemns Zimbabwe for arrests and torture

Sierra Leone

Nigerian journalist killed in Sierra Leone

Pakistan

Accord between government and Jang Group

Lebanon

Cameraman abducted

International

IPI 1998 World Press Freedom Review (Part 2)

International

IPI 1998 World Press Freedom Review

Zimbabwe

WAN condemns Zimbabwe press crackdown

Peru

Attacks against journalists

Zimbabwe

Defence to argue that sections of law under which journalists are charged are unconstitutional

Egypt

Journalists harassed, detained, and released on bail

Sierra Leone

Journalist killed

Sierra Leone

Journalist killed

Bangladesh

Photojournalist shot and injured, journalists assaulted, newspaper offices attacked, vehicles burned

Fiji

Fiji Media Council condemns government's "Daily Post" buy

Peru

Journalist receives death threats and is being sued for having denounced a congressman

India

Three journalists arrested

Sierra Leone

Journalists missing and feared abducted by rebels or dead

Zimbabwe

Government proposes measures to clamp down on independent press; President lashes out at the private media

Zimbabwe

Journalists charged and expected to appear in court

Zimbabwe

Medical report details torture of two journalists

Zimbabwe

Human Rights Watch protests new crackdown on Zimbabwe's independent media

Fiji

Fiji Islands government goes ahead with buying newspaper shares

Nigeria

Niran Malaolu: increased concerns about journalist's health after nearly fourteen months in prison

Lesotho

Journalist could be charged over controversial editorial

Namibia

Newspaper and broadcaster survive massive lawsuit ahead of looming court date

India

Indian journalist's murder sparks international concern

Russia

Journalist beaten

Zimbabwe

Two journalists released, two remain in custody

Zimbabwe

RSF protests deteriorating press freedom situation

China

Poet Xiong Jinren freed; poet Xue Deyun charged and undergoing trial

Nigeria

Newspaper offices raided, journalists detained and released

Fiji

Anger over Fiji Islands government newspaper move

Egypt

Two journalists questioned

Republic of Congo

Journalist's accreditation revoked; Africa No. 1 radio broadcast suspended

Bangladesh

Journalist imprisoned

Bangladesh

Journalist imprisoned

Pakistan

Supreme Court orders release of two hundred reels of newsprint; Federal Investigation Agency, police besiege Javed Press

Pakistan

Pakistan government claims settlement, Jang Group denies claim

Zimbabwe

Three more journalists arrested

Pakistan

Authorities manhandle daily "Ausaf"'s drivers

Pakistan

Journalist threatened by police

Nigeria

Publisher arrested, 80,000 copies of magazine seized

Pakistan

Cases registered against dailies

Cuba

Efforts underway to evict journalist from residence

Guinea

Journalist expelled

Peru

Journalist's radio programme pulled off the air in Ica

Sri Lanka

Journalist attacked

Sierra Leone

Injured journalist Ian Stewart making steady recovery

Nigeria

Journalist Akina Deesor released, reinstated at radio station

Democratic Republic of Congo

Five journalists arrested

Mozambique

RSF protests illegal detention of journalist

Romania

Journalist Cornel Sabou pardoned

Zimbabwe

ARTICLE 19 to support journalists' legal bid

Solomon Islands

Council tries to stop reports on Solomon Islands ethnic tension

Pakistan

Journalists injured in scuffles with police

Cuba

CPJ condemns recent crackdown on independent press

Sri Lanka

Ministers threaten election monitoring centre

Egypt

Journalist on trial in military court

Iran

Continued clampdown on Iran's press

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist harassed

Pakistan

RSF protests harassment of Jang press group

Pakistan

Journalist allowed to leave country, still faces danger

Peru

Journalist attacked; assailants set free

Pakistan

CPJ protests continued harassment of the Jang Group of Newspapers

Pakistan

Editor complains of death threats

Croatia

RSF accuses Croatian authorities of increasing pressure on independent media

Pakistan

Office of daily attacked

Zimbabwe

Newspaper to press for contempt charges against government officials; lawyers protest; further government attacks

Greece

Book censorship quashed

Cuba

Six journalists arrested over a ten day period

Kenya

Court restrains magazine over articles

Tunisia

Continued harassment of journalist

Macedonia

Journalist demoted as punishment for controversial commentary

Sierra Leone

Toll mounts in Sierra Leone

Zambia

Zambian police chief fined for failing to appear in lawsuit case involving newspaper

Sierra Leone

WAN asks Liberia to help free kidnapped journalist

Mozambique

Journalist detained after reporting brutality

Croatia / Montenegro / Serbia

New forms of pressure against independent media in Serbia and Croatia

Dominican Republic

Journalists shot at, wounded during demonstration

Côte d'Ivoire

Two journalists convicted of defamation

India

RSF protests murder of journalist

Sierra Leone

Attacks on Sierra Leone journalists claim four lives, CPJ reports

India

CPJ protests murder of Indian journalist

Sierra Leone

Journalist missing and feared dead

Sierra Leone

Journalist killed

France

Three journalists attacked

Papua New Guinea

Course closure attacks media freedom, say Papua New Guinea news media

Zimbabwe

Newspaper director released unconditionally; government promises to crack down on bad press against military

Zimbabwe

Police blockade peaceful protest

Zimbabwe

Newspaper's managing editor appears in court

Pakistan

Fears for the safety of journalists in Peshawar

Lesotho

Journalist summoned to court

Sierra Leone

WAN appeals for assistance for captured journalist Javier Espinosa

China

Two newspapers suspended

Turkmenistan

Freedom of expression still lagging in Turkmenistan

Kazakhstan

Independent media absent from recent elections

Argentina

Second anniversary of José Luis Cabezas' murder

(RSF/IFEX) - The following is a 22 January 1999 RSF press release in commemoration of the second anniversary of the murder of journalist José Luis Cabezas:

Greece

Journalist acquitted

Samoa

Savea Sano Malifa replies to Prime Minister, calls for free media

Zimbabwe

NDIMA protests detention of journalist

Greece

Foreign Minister continues verbal attacks against journalists

Zimbabwe

Fears for newspaper director high

Croatia

WAN asks Croatia: pay debts to newspapers

Benin

Radio programme suspended

Malaysia

Writer and academic freed

Bulgaria

Internet restrictions imposed

Zimbabwe

IFJ denounces arrest, torture of journalists

Zimbabwe

NDIMA protests torture of journalists during detention

Bulgaria

WPFC protests criminal investigation of journalist

Bangladesh

Poet escapes murder attempt

Zimbabwe

Newspaper's managing editor arrested, fears for his well-being

Ethiopia

Update on status of detained journalists

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Sierra Leone

WAJA statement on recent developments in Sierra Leone

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Sierra Leone

Journalists missing and feared dead; other journalists reportedly alive and still in danger

South Africa

WAN protests South African investigation

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Romania

Concern for health of detained journalist on hunger strike

Zimbabwe

Journalists sent for full medical check-up amid disclosure of torture ordeal; further attacks on journalists; protest held in Namibia

Zimbabwe

Four journalists beaten

Botswana

Journalists arrested, film confiscated

Angola

Journalists arrested and released

Zimbabwe

Journalists released on bail

Lesotho

Soldiers deny journalist entrance to court martial case

China

HRW urges computer industry to speak out on Chinese Internet case

Zimbabwe

Editor remains incarcerated; another journalist arrested

Zimbabwe

Detained journalists appear in court

Zimbabwe

MISA concerned for health and well-being of detained journalists

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Zimbabwe

Journalists tortured while in custody

Sierra Leone

Journalist alive and safe in Freetown

Zimbabwe

WAN protests continued illegal detention of journalist

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Sierra Leone

Journalist killed

Cuba

Journalist sentenced to four-year prison term

Sierra Leone

Journalists killed; many journalists abducted; editorial offices and broadcast studios destroyed

Croatia

Severe financial strain put on "Feral Tribune"

Romania

Journalist sentenced to ten-month prison term

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Guatemala

APG President condemns attack against "La Hora" daily

Croatia

State squeezes Croatian satirists

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China

CPJ denounces China Internet sentence

Russia

RSF calls for journalist Pasko's release

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Chile

Journalist arrested

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Romania

Two journalists sentenced for "libel"

Peru

Journalist from Yurimaguas freed

China

WAN protests newspaper closing, government intimidation of another

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Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist detained

Bulgaria

Legal investigation launched against journalist

Fiji

"Sex On The Beach" song turned off in Fiji Islands

Burkina Faso

Violence escalates in the wake of journalist Zongo's death

Serbia / Montenegro

City Radio owner found guilty; writer detained

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Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean defence ministry continues to detain journalist

Argentina

Serious vandalism directed against journalist

Tanzania

Government lifts ban on two dailies

Serbia / Montenegro

Magazine editor faces imprisonment

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Ukraine

Journalist imprisoned

Democratic Republic of Congo

Private television station's studios destroyed

Zimbabwe

Journalist still detained

Pakistan

Journalist arrested, beaten

Serbia / Montenegro

Renewed governmental slur campaign against the independent media;attempted closure of TV Cacak; journalist killed in Pristina

Peru

New attacks against freedom of expression in Peru

Tajikistan

Journalists charged, harassed

Uzbekistan

BBC radio programmes suspended

Central African Republic

Journalist expelled

Zimbabwe

Editor arrested in connection with article

Serbia / Montenegro

Politically motivated trial of journalists in Serbia

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Tunisia

Journalist harassed

Zimbabwe

Editor arrested

Fiji

"The Fiji Times" faces renewed parliamentary privileges threat

Serbia / Montenegro

Hearing against City Radio's owner may introduce dangerous precedent

Sierra Leone

ARTICLE 19 calls on warring parties not to target journalists, urges that "truth" must be part of peace efforts

China

Newspaper closed, another under pressure

Sierra Leone

Journalist killed; two other journalists injured

Sierra Leone

Journalist killed, another seriously injured

Kuwait

Journalist charged with treason

Bangladesh

Journalists receive death threats from armed extremist group

Serbia / Montenegro

Two Serb journalists released; one remains missing and feared dead

Cuba

Cuban journalists detained

Republic of Congo

Growing concern regarding situation of journalists and independent media in Congo

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan's presidential campaign found grossly unfair; journalists, independent media harassed, threatened

Pakistan

Continued harassment of Jang publishing group

Peru

Public prosecutor and judge in Yurimaguas find journalist Pezo not criminally responsible

Peru

Update on the investigation into the case of journalist Tito Pilco Mori

Cameroon

Copies of newspaper seized

Kosovo (Serbia) / Montenegro / Serbia

ANEM statement on the current media situation in Kosovo

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Iran

Police acknowledge rogue elements responsible for recent murders of writers

Fiji

Song causes anger in Fiji Islands

Sierra Leone

Journalist in danger

Argentina

Journalist brutally attacked

Nepal

Four journalists arrested

Ukraine

Legal proceedings launched against journalist

Turkey

Newspaper banned in "emergency region"

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist arrested, whipped, threatened and released, others arrested and later released

Azerbaijan

Journalist assaulted

Iran

Two weeklies suspended

Bangladesh

State of the media in Bangladesh in 1998

Namibia

Ban on war information extended to all media