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Alerts - 2000 - January-March

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Mexico

Journalist denied visa by authorities

Morocco

Weekly's independence is threatened

Angola

Journalist Rafael Marques sentenced to six months in prison for defaming president

Zimbabwe

Supreme Court orders police to investigate reports of two journalists' torture

Azerbaijan

Journalist detained

Bangladesh

Writer goes on hunger strike, two journalists injured

Tajikistan

Widespread fraud in Tajikistan?s elections, coverage by state media flagrantly biased

International

Press freedom in schools

Serbia / Montenegro

International campaign for press freedom in Serbia launched

Burma

Detained journalist's story on RSF's web site

International

Twenty-two participants in the Africa - Europe Summit do not respect press freedom

India

Journalist sanctioned by authorities

Mozambique

Political censorship at former state owned weekly

Romania

WPFC opposes new State Secrets Act

Tanzania

ARTICLE 19 condemns trial of opposition leaders, releases report on analysis of freedom of expression laws

Angola

Journalist Mussamo released from prison

Bangladesh

Journalist kidnapped, target of attempted murder

Angola

Marques accused of being "obsessed with destroying regime"

Malaysia

CPJ alarmed by government's effective banning of magazine

Serbia / Montenegro

Newsprint shortage threatens independent print media

Guinea

Two weeklies suspended for one month

Spain

IFJ condemns terrorist attacks on journalists

Indonesia

SEAPA concerned over recent attacks on journalists

Turkey

Government sends human rights leader back to prison

Côte d'Ivoire

CPJ condemns attacks on private newspapers

United States

Journalist attacked while covering funeral

Democratic Republic of Congo

Political prisoners freed, release of remaining prisoners urged

Spain

Journalist receives a parcel bomb

Kuwait

Writers and publisher fined, court ruling limits free expression

Belarus

Journalists detained during demonstrations

Malaysia

"Detik" magazine closed

Swaziland

State broadcasting employees dismissed

Belarus

Over thirty journalists arrested during demonstration

Egypt

EOHR appeals for genuine guarantees for general elections, is concerned about government?s control over media

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM weekly summary on media repression

Serbia / Montenegro

ARTICLE 19 statement about regulation on incitement to hatred

Sudan

Five of an independent daily's journalists detained

Bangladesh

Journalist charged under Public Safety Act

Zimbabwe

Commercial union expresses concern over state broadcaster's delay in airing advertisements

Kyrgyzstan

Journalist arrested, newspaper subject to legal harassment

Angola

Marques trial lawyer walks out after being denied right to read appeal motion

Peru

RSF condemns media pressure prior to elections

Serbia / Montenegro

French journalist deprived of necessary visa

Zimbabwe

Supreme Court reserves judgement on "Standard" journalists

Venezuela

President criticises news media

Palestine

French television crew prevented from filming

Democratic Republic of Congo

Donatien Nyembo Kimuni transferred to Kasapa central prison

Spain

Journalist's parents' home bombed

Somalia

Journalist arrested in Mogadishu

Serbia / Montenegro

Lock-down on Serbian media

International

CPJ releases report on Attacks on the Press in 1999

Angola

Marques trial adjourned amid growing doubts about fairness

Morocco

One issue of a French daily banned

Nepal

Editor released after serving one week sentence

Angola

Marques trial to resume, judge has no legal background

Colombia

Journalist killed

United Kingdom

Newspaper, reporter required to hand over documents

Serbia / Montenegro

State closes TV Kraljevo transmitter

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM weekly summary on media repression

Mexico

Journalist interrogated, asked to reveal sources

Democratic Republic of Congo

RTKM staff protest the requisitioning of their station

Lebanon

Journalists attacked by police

Peru

Newspaper threatened by legal action, sued by former general manager

Liberia

CPJ condemns closure of two independent radio stations

Fiji

Fiji Islands president tries to stop sale and distribution of book by coup leader

Fiji

PINA questions government role in removal of radio show presenter

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist arrested in Lubumbashi

Angola

MISA expresses concern over upcoming trial of journalist

Serbia / Montenegro

Serbian journalist released but another TV station is closed

Samoa

Court hears accusations about bid to hire assassin to kill Samoan editor-publisher

Russia

CPJ announces web publication of "Putin's Media War: Independent Press Under Siege in Russia"

Zimbabwe

Mugabe threatens to have opponents killed

Italy

Six years after a journalist's assassination, her killers remain at large

Peru

Radio programme cancelled, journalists removed from their posts

Colombia

RSF asks FARC to account for existence of plan to assassinate journalist

China

Cybercafés threatened with closure in Beijing

Serbia / Montenegro

Closedown of independent Serb media is a warning, says ARTICLE 19

Nepal

Journalist sentenced to one week in prison

Peru

Legal action could affect control of newspaper

Argentina

Television workers dismissed

Colombia

Newspaper owner to leave Colombia because of threats

Serbia / Montenegro

TV station's transmission equipment stolen

Kenya

Agence France-Presse correspondent arrested

Estonia

Proposed amendments to Criminal Code do not include all the provisions which deal with freedom of expression

Ethiopia

Statement by the Ethiopian Free Press Journalists? Association

Liberia

Two radio stations closed

Ethiopia

Journalists? association recognised, appeals for international aid

Democratic Republic of Congo

Private radio and television station requisitioned by the State

Chile

RSF calls on president to abolish the State Security Law

Zimbabwe

Newspaper accused of contravening legislation

Zambia

Journalists barred from presidential meeting

Zimbabwe

"Standard" journalists' trial date set

Namibia

Man detained for making "rude" gesture

International

WAN launches World Press Freedom Day campaign

Iran

Reformist publisher in coma after shooting

Venezuela

WAN and RSF condemn irregularities in the trial of two journalists

Serbia / Montenegro

Broadcast outlet forced off the air

Colombia

Editor forced into exile after avoiding assassination attempt

China

Concern about the deteriorating health of imprisoned writer, editor and activist Xu Wenli

Zimbabwe

Postal Telecommunications Bill passed

Kenya

Journalist charged, released

Nigeria

Security operatives seize newspapers, publisher arrested

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist could face death penalty

Colombia

Television host forced to flee Colombia because of death threats

Colombia

Journalist killed in prison

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM weekly summary on media repression

Iran

Editor of reformist daily shot and seriously injured

Kenya

Journalist arrested, others threatened and harassed

Serbia / Montenegro

Transmission equipment seized from RTV Pozega

Indonesia

Attacks against journalists continue

International

IPI launches 1999 press freedom report

Zimbabwe

High Court refuses to confirm order

Cameroon

Radio journalists harassed over human rights coverage

Russia

More confusion in Babitsky case

Russia

Top investigative journalist killed in air crash

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM protests increased repression of media

Peru

New mechanisms used to suppress press freedom

Bangladesh

Arrest warrants issued against management of opposition daily

Peru

Journalist attacked by municipal worker

Colombia

Journalists attacked

Greece

"Blasphemous" book banned

Zimbabwe

Media monitoring project condemns media

Yemen

RSF condemns threats against opposition weekly; journalist's lifetime banishment annulled

Argentina

Military personnel indicted for spying on journalists

Zimbabwe

Bill on proposed telecommunications regulatory body referred to legal committee

Angola

Journalist Marques' trial adjourned until 21 March

Peru

Media receives unusual "visits" from the army

Turkey

Writer?s trial postponed again

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist claims to have escaped assassination attempt

Peru

Journalist receives death threats from mayor

Serbia / Montenegro

Radio Boom 93 off the air again

Egypt

EOHR Secretary General Hafez Abu Seada returning to Cairo

Peru

Radio station bombed

Peru

Journalist attacked in Yurimaguas

Malawi

Election monitoring project alleges media manipulation

Malawi

Former minister arrested for plot to bomb state radio

Angola

Journalist's lawyers will offer "truth defense" in trial

Iraq

Human rights and freedom of expression documentation barred

Uzbekistan

Uzbek police confiscate Human Rights Watch materials

Egypt

ARTICLE 19 appeals to European Union foreign ministers over repressive NGO law

Yemen

Ministry of Information files complaint against newspaper

Chile

Human Rights Watch calls for presidential pardon for journalist

Egypt

Journalist's life in danger

Angola

Jailed editor's family in dire financial need

Chile

RSF condemns Supreme Court?s decision against journalist

Greece

Composer sentenced to jail for defamation

Russia

World Press Freedom Committee condemns press restrictions in Russia

Egypt

Two students referred to court for distributing leaflets

Angola

WiPC fears for safety of arbitrarily detained journalist

Serbia / Montenegro

Government launches final crackdown on Studio B

International

Report on key issues and challenges facing freedom of expression

Moldova

Report on access to information draft law

Nigeria

Two editors and two reporters arrested in Lagos

Philippines

WAN concerned over bombing of radio station

Georgia

WAN protests takeover of independent television station

Rwanda

Journalist released

China

Jailed software entrepreneur was secretly freed in September 1999

Angola

CPJ posts daily updates on trial of Angolan journalist

Greece

Writer and publisher indicted for blasphemy

Azerbaijan

TUJo holds roundtable discussions on the state of freedom of expression and the press

Greece

Violinist sentenced to jail for defamation

Serbia / Montenegro

Attack on Studio B transmitter

Zimbabwe

State television censors minister's announcement

Tanzania

Government threatens newspapers

Nigeria

Security agents raid publishing house, newspapers seized

Nigeria

Journalists charged in court

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM weekly summary on media repression

Angola

CPJ condemns on-going persecution of journalist

Indonesia

Increasing pressure on Java media

Peru

Daily's request for accreditation to cover president's activities stalled

Peru

Tacna journalist kidnapped

Malawi

1999 Election disinformation campaign revealed

Malaysia

WAN protests publication restriction on newspaper and its Internet edition

Serbia / Montenegro

Novosti company takeover condemned

China

"Cyber dissident" released

Russia

Russian regional mass media subject to pressure

Russia

Photojournalist shot dead

Croatia / Hungary

French journalist detained since 18 February in Zagreb

Togo

State media journalists assaulted

Malaysia

"Harakah" newspaper threatened with closure

Angola

Journalist continues to be detained despite expiry of release deadline

Sri Lanka

ARTICLE 19 responds to Sri Lankan media minister re. attacks on media

Egypt

Freedom House concerned for Colonel Mohammed Al-Ghannam

Kenya

Royal Media wins appeal

Brazil

Journalist receives death threat

International

Nine journalists killed in first weeks of 2000

Chechnya (Russia) / France

Exhibition of photographs by Brice Fleutiaux, held hostage in Chechnya since October 1999

Tanzania

Editor interrogated

Zimbabwe

Members of parliament call for dismissal of editor

Indonesia

Journalist beaten

Indonesia

Journalists harassed by minister, expelled from meeting

Kenya

Citizen radio station loses case against Telkom Kenya

Russia

Journalist suffered physical and psychological abuse, continues to face criminal charges

Ethiopia

Two journalists released

International

WiPC Special Action for International Women's Day honours three women

Georgia

TV station buyout forced

Peru

Journalist receives death threat

Russia

Journalist Andrei Babitsky freed

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist brought in for questioning and released in Kinshasa

Russia

Analysis of Babitsky case on CPJ web site

Chechnya (Russia)

Photographer feared dead in Chechnya

United States

Journalist jailed for refusing to reveal his sources

Peru

Photojournalists attacked

Pakistan

CPJ protests censorship of Sharif trial news

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM weekly summary on media repression

International

IFJ calls print journalists to seek Lorenzo Natali Prize

Ethiopia

Three more private newspapers banned, former editor charged

Tanzania

Editor detained for interrogation

Philippines

Explosion outside Catholic radio station

Argentina

Journalist ordered to pay damages to judge

Peru

Radio journalists threatened in Rioja

Australia

Riot police rough up journalists

Cuba

PEN Canada calls for urgent action in support of jailed writer and political activist Marta Beatriz Roque Cabello

Uruguay

Journalist murdered

Russia

RSF asks for journalist Babitsky's immediate release

Brazil

Journalists assaulted

Swaziland

CPJ deeply concerned about abrupt closure of Swazi Observer media group

Cuba

Two journalists detained on the eve of trial of an opponent of the government

Zimbabwe

Bank unsuccessfully attempts to prevent newspaper distribution

Nigeria

Report on press freedom violations: August 1999 to February 2000

India

CPJ protests censorship of "Time" magazine

Kenya

CPJ protests eighteen-month jail sentence handed down to journalist

Indonesia

Radio journalist attacked by policemen

Indonesia

SEAPA protests journalist's detention

Democratic Republic of Congo

JED visits journalist Freddy Loseke in his cell

Yemen

CPJ condemns newspaper suspension, banishment of journalist

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist questioned for four hours in Goma court

Swaziland

Joint statement on the closure of the Swazi group of newspapers

Democratic Republic of Congo

Kinshasa journalist kidnapped

South Africa

IPI concerned over decision to subpoena editors, journalists

Zimbabwe

Journalists released without bail, trial date set

Angola

Journalist assaulted by superior, detained

Yemen

Journalist served lifetime ban

Palestine

Journalist threatened by Palestinian intelligence services in Hebron

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist arrested and later released

Egypt

Call for charges against human rights defender to be dropped and for 1999 law restricting NGOs' activities to be repealed

Zimbabwe

Journalists arrested for criminal defamation

Angola

Detained journalist expresses fear his life, medical treatment denied, number of visits curtailed

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist's trial begins

Nigeria

Magazine sales manager, driver attacked

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM weekly summary on media repression

Angola

Journalist barred from leaving the country

Tanzania

Photojournalist detained

Angola

Journalists detained and interrogated, videotape confiscated

Chile

Journalist receives prison sentence

Peru

Pucallpa journalist fears for his safety

Peru

Radio station's signal interrupted a second time

Sierra Leone

Two journalists released on bail

Zambia

Minister accuses media of abusing press freedom

Indonesia

Radio station, newspaper offices attacked by mobs

Mexico

Sonora governor's persecution of former director of "El Independiente" daily and his family intensifies

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist arrested and later released in Kinshasa

Southern Africa

Obscenity laws and freedom of expression

Turkey

CNN-Turk television station suspended for one day by the High Board of Radio and Television

Ecuador

RSF concerned over attacks, threats against three journalists

Peru

Journalist called to testify in case initiated in 1997

Egypt

CJFE calls for international solidarity with EOHR to protest threat to jail Hafez Abu Seada

Colombia

Colombian government and guerrilla representatives tour European capitals; RSF condemns the continuing assassination and kidnapping of journalists despite peace negotiations

Kenya

Senior editors' hearing postponed

Sierra Leone

Two journalists jailed

Swaziland

Newspaper group closed down, political dissident arrested while protesting, youth congress disrupted by police

South Africa

More subpoenas issued as commission investigates racism in the media

Indonesia

Journalist detained and photographer beaten

Peru

Electoral observers denounce lack of objectivity in media

South Korea

Libel lawsuits against the press threaten freedom of expression

Azerbaijan

New and even more draconian media bill signed into law; attacks on media condemned

Cuba

Increased concerns for the health of writer and political activist Marta Beatriz Roque Cabello

Indonesia

Photographer assaulted by police

Mauritania

Weekly "L'Eveil Hebdo" suspended for one month

Iran

On the eve of legislative elections, conservatives intensify their pressure on the reformist press

Iran

Authorities jam BBC, Voice of America and Radio Free Europe programmes

Peru

Journalists assaulted during a demonstration in Jaén

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist Freddy Loseke expresses fear for his life from his military base prison cell

China

Poet remains imprisoned

Kenya

Journalist charged, imprisoned

Egypt

Human Rights Watch protests Egyptian rights defender's possible imprisonment

Colombia

Journalist remains in captivity

Algeria

Two journalists sentenced

Iran

Freedom of expression backgrounder towards the upcoming parliamentary elections

Egypt

EOHR secretary general referred to court for trial

Somalia

Journalist killed

Colombia

Journalist killed

Pakistan

CPJ special report on challenges faced by the press

Serbia / Montenegro

State media denounces journalist Aleksandar Tijanic

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM weekly report on media repression

Bosnia and Herzegovina

World Press Freedom Committee concerned about "protection" measures in BiH

South Africa

Newspaper editors subpoenaed

Colombia

Press vehicles attacked

Argentina

PERIODISTAS statement on Cabezas trial

(Periodistas/IFEX) - The following is a PERIODISTAS press release:

China

Four writers arrested

Pakistan

Journalist still faces seventeen years' imprisonment

Tanzania

Zanzibar government threatens correspondent with legal action

Cuba

Three journalists pressured; three others remain imprisoned

Azerbaijan

Radio-TV station's equipment confiscated

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist sought by armed men in Kinshasa

Serbia / Montenegro

Deputy prime minister warns of execution of journalists

Austria

Journalist dismissed

Israel

Call for lifting of restrictions on Palestinian reporter

Peru

Exiled journalist's citizenship status still in question

Angola

Journalist held in custody for over two months

Serbia / Montenegro

IFJ condemns minister's statements against independent media

Indonesia

Journalists harassed in West Timor

Russia

RSF questions Putin on journalist's fate; other journalists still detained

Peru

Television station robbed

Peru

Radio station prevented from broadcasting because of legal proceedings

Russia

FSB seizes foreign correspondent's work materials

Russia

Despite video, Babitsky's whereabouts uncertain

Azerbaijan

Journalist detained and released; other journalists attacked; protest meeting planned

International

Call for entries to the IFJPrize 2000

Russia

Video footage of missing journalist surfaces

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM weekly report on media repression

Ghana

ARTICLE 19 calls on authorities to drop threat of sedition charges against editor

Iran

Political cartoonists organise an appeal for the release of an Iranian colleague

Nigeria

Journalist threatened

Peru

Former minister verbally attacks journalists

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist appeals sentence

France

RSF asks members of parliament to oppose clauses which threaten press freedom in new presumption of innocence bill

Argentina

Commission to continue investigating Cabezas case

(RSF/IFEX) - The following is a 4 February 2000 RSF press release:

Cuba

Call for release of jailed journalist

Russia

RSF asks all actors in the Chechen conflict to guarantee the safety of journalist Andrei Babitsky

Peru

Rerun of television programme banned

Bangladesh

RSF asks authorities to make efforts to end wave of violence against journalists

Colombia

Journalist killed

Sri Lanka

New government regulations are an obstacle to freedom of information, says Free Media Movement

Russia

Fears heighten for safety of journalist Andrei Babitsky

Namibia

Minister attacks print media during parliamentary debate

Nigeria

Journalist released

Ghana

CPJ protests ongoing harassment of journalist

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist released after receiving three month prison sentence

Iran

Political cartoonist arrested

Azerbaijan

Newspaper offices attacked

Jordan

Resolution adopted at freedom of expression seminar

Russia

Human Rights Watch calls on Russian government to account for journalist?s whereabouts

Peru

Journalist charged with defamation

Fiji

Prime minister's supporters urged to boycott "The Fiji Times"

Egypt

Amendments to publications law threaten right to publish newspapers

Ghana

Police investigating editor of "The Independent" for sedition

Ethiopia

Editor-in-chief flees Ethiopia

Nigeria

Journalists questioned

Russia

Legal evaluation of Babitsky?s case

Argentina

Argentine government initiates freedom of expression projects

Argentina

IAPA pleased about sentencing of Jose Luis Cabezas' murderers

(IAPA/IFEX) - IAPA considers the guilty verdict against the assassins of Argentine photojournalist Jose Luis Cabezas to be a well-aimed blow to impunity and the enemies of freedom of expression and the press.

Nigeria

Journalist arrested

Zambia

MISA condemns government threats against media organisations

Democratic Republic of Congo

Sports journalist prosecuted in Kinshasa

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist summoned by special police services branch

Zambia

Minister warns Zambian chapter of MISA and AFRONET of "drastic action"

Fiji

Government moves towards freedom of information laws

Serbia / Montenegro

"Reporter" once again seized by police

Russia

Radio Liberty reporter transferred to Chechen fighters

International

IPI Seminar on "Media and Democracy in the Arab World"

Ghana

Editor jailed

Sri Lanka

Anti-media hate campaign launched

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM monthly report on media repression

Ghana

Police ask WAJA president to report about military story

Turkey

IFJ condemns bomb attack against journalists' association, charges brought against newspapers

Azerbaijan

State targets independent broadcaster

Azerbaijan

Authorities trying to confiscate Radio-TV station?s equipment

China

Historian, librarian and writer Song Yongyi released

Vanuatu

Ombudsman supports newspaper's right to report

Angola

Journalist still in detention after more than forty-five days

Cyprus

IFJ concerned over actions against the daily "AVRUPA"

Zambia

Radio station reinstates phone-in programme

Russia

CPJ protests arrest and detention of Russian journalist

Serbia / Montenegro

Flora Brovina appeals twelve year sentence, Halil Matoshi released

Russia

HRW urges respect for rights of the press

Peru

Radio show cancelled

Argentina

Argentine radio station threatened after covering garbage-burning story

Zimbabwe

Journalists hit back at Mugabe

Peru

Public prosecutor archives charges against Prensa Libre

Colombia

CPJ concerned about safety of kidnapped journalist

Benin

One year in prison for journalist

Kenya

Citizen radio station goes to court over licence

Brazil

2,000 Brazilian community radio stations ordered closed

Russia

Russian journalist detained by army

Peru

Journalist detained in Iquitos

Russia

Missing journalist reportedly charged

Ethiopia

Journalist sentenced to a year in prison

East Timor

Indonesian soldiers probably killed Dutch journalist, coroner rules

Zambia

MP calls for action against critical journalists

Zimbabwe

President threatens journalists with arrest

Peru

Television stations refuse to air political advertisements from opposition candidates

Ethiopia

Journalist commits suicide, others detained, sentenced

Democratic Republic of Congo

RSF correspondent threatened

Russia

CPJ urges Russian authorities to intensify search efforts for missing journalist

Namibia

New legislation amended to conform with freedom of expression principles

Angola

Politician issues death threat against journalist during parliamentary debate

Zambia

Radio programme discontinued allegedly because of political pressure

South Africa

Access to information legislation passed

East Timor

Initiative to help rebuild newspaper industry

Kenya

Broadcasting licenses withdrawn

Fiji

Government tries to stop judicial review of "Fiji Times" decision

China

Stricter regulation over information posted to the Internet

Democratic Republic of Congo

JED staff members threatened

Kuwait

CPJ condemns parliamentarian's attack on photographer

Uzbekistan

IFJ concerned over closure of TV stations

Tanzania

Zanzibar treason trials challenged; call for removal of restrictions to freedom of expression

International

WAN reports seventy journalists killed in 1999

Serbia / Montenegro

Heavy fine against the independent newspaper "Danas"

Colombia

Journalist victim of assassination attempt

Sierra Leone

Call for consultation of Truth Commission legislation

Kuwait

Writers, publisher sentenced to prison

Pakistan

Newspaper office ransacked

Tunisia

French journalist detained at Tunisian airport

International

RSF awards grants to journalists from four Southeast Asian countries

Turkey

RSF condemns manslaughter charges in Göktepe case

Peru / Colombia

Peruvian government to provide security for threatened Colombian journalist

Democratic Republic of Congo

Court rules to keep journalist Polycarpe Honsek Hokwoy in detention

Iran

Three reformist dailies prosecuted

Burma

New restrictions on Internet use

Egypt

Government issues decree to close EOHR newsletter

International

Right to know conference in Oxford

Mexico

Journalist threatened by governor of Sonora, flees Mexico

Namibia

Volunteer teacher fired after newspaper publishes article

Malaysia

ARTICLE 19 protests charges of sedition, harassment of non-governmental media

Zambia

Reporter barred from press briefing

Argentina

Proposed measures would limit freedom of expression

Ghana

IFJ protests journalist's detention

Kenya

Ethiopian journalist still held

Democratic Republic of Congo

CPJ concerned over appalling press freedom situation

Nigeria

Police raid on journalists' centre raises fears for Nigerian freedoms

Nigeria

WAJA condemns armed invasion of International Press Centre

Ghana

IFJ, WAJA help free Ghanaian journalist

Nigeria

Armed invasion of International Press Centre

China

Historian, librarian and writer detained in Beijing, PEN concerned about reasons for imprisonment and for his health

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist and newspaper vendor freed from jail

Paraguay

Report on freedom of expression in 1999

Democratic Republic of Congo

Public hearing scheduled for Loseke case, delayed

France / Cuba

FIDH and RSF condemn the deterioration of human rights in Cuba

Azerbaijan

Report on press freedom for 1999

Sri Lanka

Independent media editors accused of "conspiracy"

Angola

Journalist detained without charge

Serbia / Montenegro

Studio B transmission sabotaged

Democratic Republic of Congo

Thought disappeared, Freddy Loseke tried behind closed doors

Serbia / Montenegro

Television channel's equipment stolen

Kenya

Journalists charged

Zambia

Reporters roughed-up as police attempt to confiscate recorder and note books

Kenya

Editors arrested over military story

Peru

Cameraman kidnapped and threatened with death

Bangladesh

Publisher murdered

China

Government targets twenty-seven newspapers

Peru

Radio station owner censors interviews aired on his station

Namibia

Government accuses media of sympathising with UNITA

Lesotho

Editor loses defamation case

Angola

Journalist sentenced for defamation in trial held behind closed doors

Zambia

British national deported after newspaper publishes his letter

Zambia

Reporter barred from public function

Swaziland

Journalist hauled before police following article, threatened with criminal charges

Kenya

Journalists injured, robbed in attack

Zimbabwe

High Court orders public broadcaster to air NCA advertisements

Kenya

Ethiopian journalist arrested in Nairobi

Ghana

WAJA head detained overnight, released

Peru

Baruch Ivcher forced to flee Spain

Nigeria

Call for fresh inquiry into journalists' "disappearance"

Ethiopia

Journalist sentenced to one year in prison

Greece

Freedom of expression and the media in 1999

Kuwait

WAN appeals for imprisoned journalists' release

The Gambia

Journalists facing charges required to report to police daily

Argentina

Access to information restricted

Peru / Colombia

Colombian journalist receives threats while in Peru

Tunisia

Journalist Sihem Ben Sedrine Under Threat

Malaysia

Editor and publisher released on bail, due to appear in court

Angola

CPJ expresses deep concern over deteriorating press freedom situation

Fiji

Fiji court will review government decision against "The Fiji Times"

Malaysia

Editor of opposition biweekly arrested and charged

Uzbekistan

Imprisoned journalist's health deteriorating

Malaysia

Publications threatened with closure

Moldova

Offices of Russian-language newspaper vandalised

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist Freddy Loseke Lisumbu missing from his cell at the Kokolo military base

Argentina

Journalists attacked

Djibouti / Ethiopia

Djiboutian journalist detained for seven months

International

CPJ expresses its concerns over press freedom in Africa

United States

IFJ expresses concern over AOL-Time Warner deal's threat to freedom of expression

Ethiopia

WAN condemns continued imprisonment of at least eight journalists

Peru

Journalists attacked

Burma

Journalist released

Fiji

"Fiji Times" challenges government in court

Democratic Republic of Congo

Released journalist Joseph Mbakulu holds press conference

Peru

New edition of tabloid defaming director of "La República" daily appears

Bangladesh

Journalists threatened; bomb attack against daily; journalists assaulted

Democratic Republic of Congo

"La Libre Afrique" journalist arrested in Kinshasa

Zimbabwe

Tortured journalists' trial deferred

Democratic Republic of Congo

Two journalists and one newspaper vendor still detained

International

CPJ reports thirty-three journalists killed in 1999 because of their work

Ethiopia

Ethiopian journalists' situation at the end of 1999

Sri Lanka

FMM condemns president's attack on the press

Argentina

Government official threatens the press

Malaysia

Five newspapers risk closure

The Gambia

Journalists face libel charge

Sri Lanka

CPJ dismayed by recent spate of killed journalists in Sri Lanka

Togo

New press law includes provisions for prison sentences with no parole for journalists

Israel

Palestinian photographer beaten in Jerusalem

Cyprus

Newspaper, journalists charged

Hungary

Grenade attack on Hungarian weekly

Brazil

Photojournalists assaulted

Iran

Editor of reformist daily prosecuted

Sri Lanka

Journalist killed

Pakistan

Journalist injured by bullet

Bangladesh

State of press freedom in Bangladesh in 1999