4 November 2011
Alerts - 2000 - April-June
30 June 2000
Indonesia
Journalists receive death threats in the Moluccas
30 June 2000
Kosovo (Serbia) / Montenegro / Serbia
UN's Kosovo press law condemned
30 June 2000
Panama
IAPA calls for action against order to arrest journalist
30 June 2000
Fiji
Rebels hold local, foreign journalists for two hours, newspapers report
29 June 2000
Cuba
Special report by imprisoned writer
29 June 2000
Vietnam
CPJ calls on Vietnamese government to abandon legal actions against scientist and political essayist
29 June 2000
North Korea
Journalist prevented from entering North Korea
29 June 2000
Algeria
Journalists insulted and threatened because of visit to Israel
29 June 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
IPI concerned over proposed anti-terrorism legislation
29 June 2000
Uzbekistan
Poet jailed, tortured
29 June 2000
Iran
Journalist and translator detained, writer and publisher released on bail
29 June 2000
Democratic Republic of Congo
Journalist expelled, another released, distributor kidnapped
29 June 2000
Democratic Republic of Congo
Director-general of national radio and television agency and two of his colleagues arrested
28 June 2000
Côte d'Ivoire
CPJ condemns junta's plan to legalise censorship
28 June 2000
North Korea
Journalist prevented from entering North Korea
28 June 2000
Iran
Reformist journalist arrested
28 June 2000
Chechnya (Russia)
Russia continues to violate the European Convention on Human Rights in Chechnya
28 June 2000
Cuba
IAPA asks for medical attention for imprisoned journalists
28 June 2000
Bosnia and Herzegovina
CPJ protests official harassment of Bosnian journalists
28 June 2000
Kyrgyzstan
RSF protests imprisonment of two journalists
28 June 2000
Spain
Journalists under attack by ETA
28 June 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
ANEM's weekly report on media repression in Serbia
27 June 2000
Mexico
Two "Proceso" magazine journalists who were covering the election are dismissed
27 June 2000
Democratic Republic of Congo
Journalist and BBC producer arrested in Kinshasa
27 June 2000
International
Council of Europe urged to make Azeri membership conditional
27 June 2000
Iran
Reformist daily "Bayan" closed
27 June 2000
Democratic Republic of Congo
CPJ outraged by continued persecution of journalist Freddy Loseke
26 June 2000
Democratic Republic of Congo
Two journalists arrested and detained near Kinshasa
26 June 2000
Peru
RSF calls on the upcoming OAS delegation to demand that the Peruvian government guarantee the independence of the courts
26 June 2000
Mexico
Call for investigation into attack on journalist
26 June 2000
Panama
New detention order against daily's editor
26 June 2000
China
Foreign companies urged to protest Internet detention
26 June 2000
Kyrgyzstan
JuHI protests journalist's imprisonment for libel
26 June 2000
Pakistan
Family appeals for journalist's release
26 June 2000
Pakistan
Cable TV networks go to court over closure
26 June 2000
Angola
Armed men threaten radio station's office in Luanda
23 June 2000
Peru
Closure ordered of daily "Liberación"
23 June 2000
Niger
Two journalists detained in Niamey
23 June 2000
Pakistan
Clarification of cable TV ban
23 June 2000
Russia
Russia placed on newly created "IPI Watch List"
23 June 2000
West Africa
WAJA condemns ongoing press freedom violations in the region
23 June 2000
Sri Lanka
Journalists threatened
23 June 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
IFJ accuses UN of "dangerous precedent" in move to control press
23 June 2000
Bolivia
IAPA calls on the government to investigate an attack against a journalist
23 June 2000
Kosovo (Serbia) / Montenegro / Serbia
CPJ condemns shooting of Kosovo journalist
22 June 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
UN administration issues regulations on conduct and licensing of media
22 June 2000
Kyrgyzstan
CPJ protests imprisonment of Kyrgyz journalist
22 June 2000
Pakistan
Cable TV banned in NWFP province
22 June 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
Radio Kontakt editor fighting for life after Pristina shooting
22 June 2000
Zimbabwe
Photographer attacked
22 June 2000
Nigeria
Journalist assaulted
22 June 2000
The Gambia
Journalist detained, others harassed
22 June 2000
Zimbabwe
Journalists covering Zimbabwe elections intimidated
21 June 2000
The Gambia
Opposition activists and journalist charged with murder
21 June 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
Newspaper director ordered to serve three-month term for articles
21 June 2000
Sierra Leone
Journalist beaten by UN officer
21 June 2000
Zimbabwe
Journalists sentenced
21 June 2000
South Korea
Journalist sanctioned
21 June 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
Writer sentenced to five months in prison
21 June 2000
Zimbabwe
Journalists attacked
20 June 2000
Fiji
Independent news media suffer job, pay cuts as crisis enters second month
20 June 2000
Zambia
Espionage trial of journalists closes
20 June 2000
Zimbabwe
Government allegedly orders journalists to cover ruling party events
20 June 2000
Zambia
Government dissolves state-owned media boards
20 June 2000
Zimbabwe
Minister makes commitment to liberalise the airwaves
20 June 2000
Cyprus
Hearings against newspaper underway
20 June 2000
Colombia
Contributor to daily shot three times
20 June 2000
Brazil
Journalist threatened with dismissal for union activity
19 June 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
Professor dismissed as part of broader assault on university autonomy and academic freedom in Serbia
19 June 2000
Democratic Republic of Congo
Publisher appears in court
19 June 2000
Colombia
Top investigative reporter tells why he fled the country
19 June 2000
Angola
Journalist threatened with eviction because of his work
19 June 2000
Namibia
Minister stipulates impartiality of public broadcaster
19 June 2000
Armenia
Journalist beaten
19 June 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
ANEM's weekly report on media repression in Serbia
16 June 2000
Colombia
Top investigative reporter tells why he fled the country
16 June 2000
Kosovo (Serbia) / Montenegro / Serbia
IFJ urges UN to show restraint on emergency press law in Kosovo
16 June 2000
Angola
Journalist threatened with eviction because of his work
16 June 2000
Zimbabwe
Newsmen found guilty of criminal defamation
16 June 2000
Zimbabwe
Court rejects urgent application for radio station licence
16 June 2000
Zimbabwe
Supreme Court orders public broadcaster to end bias
16 June 2000
Lebanon
"Le Monde", "Libération" and "The International Herald Tribune" banned following Syrian president's death
16 June 2000
Pakistan
Assassination attempt against writer; concerns for safety of his publisher
16 June 2000
Democratic Republic of Congo
Journalist detained at Kinshasa Central Prison
16 June 2000
Morocco
France 3 journalist under police surveillance
16 June 2000
Sri Lanka
Officials pledge to lift Sri Lanka censorship
16 June 2000
United States
CPJ concerned about second incident of police posing as journalists in hostage crisis
16 June 2000
Colombia
WAN condemns killings of journalists
15 June 2000
Chile
Chile urged to encourage press freedom
15 June 2000
Russia
WPFC denounces arrest of media group owner
15 June 2000
Russia
Media-Most group owner arrested
15 June 2000
International
Call for end to criminal defamation
15 June 2000
Kenya
Two journalists grilled over coverage of alleged police rape attempt
15 June 2000
Pakistan
Journalist arrested, three reporters sought by police in North-West tribal zone
15 June 2000
Georgia
CPJ protests death threats to journalist
15 June 2000
Zambia
CPJ condemns prosecution of journalists
13 June 2000
Peru
"La República" daily journalist threatened
13 June 2000
International
Russia, Turkey, Ukraine: the Council of Europe's "bad pupils"
13 June 2000
International
Newspaper publishers demand stronger copyright protection
13 June 2000
Colombia
Journalist attacked
13 June 2000
Kenya
Attack on newspaper?s headquarters
13 June 2000
Lesotho
Editor served with writ of execution
13 June 2000
Colombia
Exiled journalist calls for urgent action in Colombia
13 June 2000
Fiji
Fiji TV licence threatened by ministry
12 June 2000
Ethiopia
Editor-in-chief of private newspaper sentenced to one-year prison term
12 June 2000
International
WAN Golden Pen of Freedom awarded to imprisoned Syrian journalist Nizar Nayouf
12 June 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
ANEM?s weekly report on media repression in Serbia
12 June 2000
International
World?s newspapers open meeting with call for press freedom
12 June 2000
Turkey
Report on press freedom violations in May 2000
12 June 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
Radio B2-92 news rebroadcast in Ukraine
12 June 2000
International
Mexican and Paraguayan publishers join world press group
12 June 2000
Greece
Journalist harassed
12 June 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
Newspaper director jailed
9 June 2000
Jordan
IPI's examination of the current state of Jordanian media in light of 5 February 2000 resolution
9 June 2000
Democratic Republic of Congo
Editor-in-chief of "Le Phare" abducted and jailed in Kinshasa
9 June 2000
Zimbabwe
Newspaper vendors attacked, newspapers burned
9 June 2000
South Africa
FXI questions judge?s decision to not allow cameras and recording equipment into commission of inquiry
9 June 2000
Philippines
Pampanga correspondent killed
9 June 2000
Turkey / Norway
Norwegian authorities take weak attitude towards human rights in Turkey
8 June 2000
Nigeria
Governor's aides assault "Punch" reporters
8 June 2000
Angola
CJFE calls for support for journalist Rafael Marques after he is denied permission to attend the IFEX meeting
8 June 2000
Turkmenistan
Internet service providers' licences revoked
8 June 2000
Palestine
RSF calls on Yasser Arafat to ensure respect for press freedom
8 June 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
Supreme Court overturns Flora Brovina?s conviction
8 June 2000
Kazakhstan
CPJ protests harassment of newspaper
8 June 2000
Canada
Montreal police drop charges against two journalists
7 June 2000
Turkey
Thirteen publications banned in south-east Anatolian region
7 June 2000
China
Second "web dissident" arrested and accused of "subversion"
7 June 2000
Zimbabwe
Trial of journalists closes, judgement pending
7 June 2000
Zimbabwe
War veteran leader threatens newspaper
7 June 2000
Canada
Hong Kong journalists detained, strip searched by police
7 June 2000
Sri Lanka
Call for repeal of emergency regulations and censorship laws
7 June 2000
Philippines
Mindanao publisher's death not linked to his newspaper business
6 June 2000
Canada
News photographers doused with pepper spray at OAS meeting in Windsor
6 June 2000
India
Two government bills threaten press freedom
6 June 2000
Colombia
Threatened journalist flees Colombia
6 June 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
ANEM?s weekly report on media repression in Serbia
6 June 2000
Angola
Journalist acquitted
6 June 2000
Mozambique
Attempt to force paper to reveal source
6 June 2000
Sri Lanka
Censorship requirements lifted for foreign media, restrictions on local media continue
6 June 2000
Peru
Allegedly tortured journalist flees Peru
6 June 2000
Argentina
Cruel message directed at the press
6 June 2000
Luxembourg
RSF warns against use of journalists in police operations
5 June 2000
Tanzania
Three arrested for having "seditious" tapes
5 June 2000
Peru
Radio reporters assaulted and harassed
5 June 2000
China
"Web dissident" faces five-year jail sentence
5 June 2000
Guinea-Bissau
RSF protests arrests of two journalists
5 June 2000
Argentina
Bishop wishes lung cancer on journalists
5 June 2000
Argentina
Circulation of a magazine impeded by government department
5 June 2000
Guinea-Bissau
News presenters jailed, news broadcasts suspended
5 June 2000
Argentina
Journalist assaulted
5 June 2000
Russia
Chechen journalist arrested in North Ossetia
5 June 2000
Zimbabwe
Journalists win Supreme Court case
2 June 2000
Palestine
CPJ protests clampdown on broadcast media
2 June 2000
Peru
Attempt to seize materials and detain journalists in Chimbote
2 June 2000
Azerbaijan
Journalists attacked by police
2 June 2000
Luxembourg
Police disguised as journalists attempt to lure gunman out of nursery school
2 June 2000
Paraguay
RSF states that state of emergency should not jeopardise press freedom
1 June 2000
Peru
CPJ concerned for journalist?s safety
1 June 2000
Colombia
CPJ disturbed by reporter's kidnapping and torture
1 June 2000
Peru
RSF expresses indignation over torture of newspaper contributor
1 June 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
ANEM still denied access to its leased premises
1 June 2000
France
RSF welcomes the abolishment of prison sentences for press law violations
1 June 2000
Croatia
Arbitrary detention of French journalist continues
1 June 2000
Vietnam
Call for release of pro-democracy activist
1 June 2000
Tunisia
IPI concerned over retribution directed at journalists' family members
1 June 2000
Palestine
News director arrested, television stations suspended
1 June 2000
France
Journalist followed by police during his investigations in Corsica
1 June 2000
Democratic Republic of Congo
Journalist kidnapped in rebel-held zone
1 June 2000
Peru
Satellite signal of Canal N is cut in Arequipa
1 June 2000
Peru
Journalists in Iquitos threatened and slandered
31 May 2000
Azerbaijan
Weekly suspended, daily and printing house closed
31 May 2000
Pakistan
RSF calls for serious investigation of attacks against newspapers
31 May 2000
Peru
Member of Congress announces that the "Office of the Attorney General will take charge of Radio 1160"
31 May 2000
Peru
Journalists from Radio Santa Rosa harassed and assaulted
31 May 2000
Colombia
Journalist kidnapped
31 May 2000
Panama
Daily's editor faces prison sentence
31 May 2000
Tanzania
Former politician to face charges for assaulting journalist
31 May 2000
International
World Newspaper Congress looks at press freedom flashpoints
31 May 2000
Venezuela
Venezuelan press group joins WAN
31 May 2000
Fiji
Fiji TV back on air despite mob attack
31 May 2000
Bangladesh
Journalist and editor face six-year jail sentences
30 May 2000
Guatemala
RSF asks for an exhaustive investigation of threats directed at journalists
30 May 2000
Iran
Reformist journalist arrested
30 May 2000
Yemen
Editor of independent newspaper faces three year jail sentence
30 May 2000
Syria
RSF confirms that journalist remains imprisoned
30 May 2000
Azerbaijan
Journalists beaten, newspaper's offices attacked by policemen
30 May 2000
Peru
Judicial actions against "El Comercio" intensify
30 May 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
ANEM's weekly report on repression of media in Serbia
30 May 2000
Fiji
Martial law declared, newspapers delayed, radio stations operate as normal
30 May 2000
Mauritania
Latest issue of weekly "Nouakchott-Infos" seized
30 May 2000
Burma
Ten years of contempt for press freedom
29 May 2000
Peru
CPJ disturbed by journalist's kidnapping, torture
29 May 2000
Peru
Journalist tortured for refusing to reveal his sources of information
29 May 2000
Peru
Unexplained blockage of IPYS? electronic mail
29 May 2000
Paraguay
Concern over application of State of Emergency and its effect on freedom of expression
29 May 2000
Romania
Journalist attacked
29 May 2000
Zambia
Journalists appear in espionage case
29 May 2000
Palestine
TV station back on the air
29 May 2000
Fiji
PINA says foreign misreporting of crisis threatens media freedom
29 May 2000
Fiji
Journalist shot, TV station ransacked
25 May 2000
Sierra Leone
Fifteen reporters killed since 1997
25 May 2000
Belarus
CPJ protests continuing harassment of independent media
25 May 2000
Nicaragua
RSF concerned over closure of two radio stations
25 May 2000
Honduras
CPJ deeply concerned over safety of journalist
25 May 2000
Mexico
CPJ concerned over prosecution of journalist
25 May 2000
Tunisia
Tunisian journalist shot and seriously injured
25 May 2000
Cambodia
Six journalists murdered since 1994: RSF concerned about killers' total impunity
25 May 2000
Russia
GDF appeals to journalists to join action
25 May 2000
Tajikistan
Broadcasting director murdered
25 May 2000
Sierra Leone
Two journalists killed by RUF gunmen; two others wounded
25 May 2000
Colombia
WAN asks guerrillas to end media violence
25 May 2000
Sri Lanka
RSF asks president to intervene after closure of three publications
24 May 2000
Peru
Independent journalists in Iquitos attacked and harassed
24 May 2000
Peru
Journalists attacked by a group of government officials
24 May 2000
Colombia
Eight press workers attacked
24 May 2000
Russia
CPJ concerned by violent attack on journalist
24 May 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
Journalist remanded in custody for thirty days
24 May 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
ANEM's weekly report on repression of media in Serbia
24 May 2000
Fiji
Third newspaper resumes publication as media reports on crisis fully
24 May 2000
Sierra Leone
Rights groups call for "two-track approach" on truth and justice
24 May 2000
Zimbabwe
Supreme court dismisses charges against two tortured journalists
24 May 2000
International
IMF press policy condemned
24 May 2000
Democratic Republic of Congo
Journalist Loseke sentenced to three years in prison
24 May 2000
Zambia
Reporter ejected from ministerial press briefing
24 May 2000
Zimbabwe
Journalists acquitted on false news charges; public broadcaster freed from paying legal costs
23 May 2000
Malawi
Media rights activist receives death threats
23 May 2000
Paraguay
1999 Report of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the IACHR says no progress has been made
23 May 2000
Tunisia
Tunisian journalist on hunger strike in London
23 May 2000
Iran
WAN concerned over newspaper closure
23 May 2000
Egypt
WAN concerned over jail sentence for journalist
23 May 2000
Guatemala
CPJ concerned over safety of Guatemalan journalists
23 May 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
Serbian journalist is jailed again
23 May 2000
Sri Lanka
CPJ condemns abuse of censorship restrictions
23 May 2000
Azerbaijan
Media outlets closed
23 May 2000
Palestine
Palestinian journalist detained by security forces in Gaza
22 May 2000
Egypt
EOHR condemns committee?s decisions against Egypt?s Labor Party and its Newspaper
22 May 2000
Sri Lanka
Two newspapers shutdown
22 May 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
RSF denounces media black-out of capital after Radio Pancevo programmes interrupted
22 May 2000
Pakistan
Newspaper office ransacked and burned
22 May 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
Radio station provides live coverage of protest rallies
22 May 2000
Central African Republic
12 month prison sentences for two journalists called for
22 May 2000
Peru
Journalist accuses Toledo's bodyguard of assault
19 May 2000
Sierra Leone
CPJ condemns recent spate of press freedom violations
19 May 2000
Peru
Municipal workers attack a radio reporter
19 May 2000
Peru
Manipulation of the media in Amazonas denounced
19 May 2000
Ethiopia
IPI concerned over plight of journalists
19 May 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
TV Lav off the air
19 May 2000
Philippines
Publisher killed
19 May 2000
Canada
Two Canadian Sikh journalists intimidated
19 May 2000
Cyprus
IPI condemns harassment of newspaper
19 May 2000
Peru
Journalist receives death threats
19 May 2000
Peru
Perla Diana Villanueva Pérez
19 May 2000
Morocco
CPJ condemns press restrictions
18 May 2000
Peru
Attempt against the life of a journalist in Chimbote
18 May 2000
Brazil
TV reporter receives death threats
18 May 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
Radio Pancevo transmitter ceases operation
18 May 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
Police storming of four media outlets in Belgrade sparks international outrage
18 May 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
Radio B2-92 back on the air via satellite and the Internet
17 May 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
CPJ protests storming of four media outlets by Yugoslav authorities
17 May 2000
China
Financial website closed, owners fined
17 May 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
State-owned printing plant refuses to print independent daily
17 May 2000
Peru
Media attacked during demonstration in Huaraz
17 May 2000
United Kingdom
ARTICLE 19 condemns government attempts to gag journalists
17 May 2000
Côte d'Ivoire
Soldiers raid newspaper offices and assault journalists
17 May 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
Regime seizes Studio B in police raid
17 May 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
IFJ condemns Milosevic government as police raid independent media
17 May 2000
Palestine
Journalists injured in clashes
17 May 2000
Russia
A minister threatens to suspend "hostile" media
17 May 2000
Lesotho
Independent radio station harassed over coverage of anti-government strike
16 May 2000
Russia
Opposition press journalist attacked with hammer
16 May 2000
Togo
Journalist sentenced to three months' imprisonment
16 May 2000
Iran
WiPC protests writer's detention, expresses concern for her health, possible ill-treatment while in detention
16 May 2000
Yemen
Yemeni editor charged with instigating "sectarian feuds"
16 May 2000
Russia
Journalist killed
16 May 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
ANEM's weekly report on repression of media in Serbia
16 May 2000
Sierra Leone
Journalist detained
16 May 2000
Democratic Republic of Congo
Publisher and editor missing, journalist harassed
15 May 2000
Morocco
RSF launches an appeal to Mohammed VI for the respect of press freedom
15 May 2000
Russia
RSF denounces intimidation of Media-Most press group
15 May 2000
Haiti
RSF asks the government to guarantee journalists' safety
15 May 2000
Central African Republic
Journalist arrested, two others sought
15 May 2000
Sri Lanka
ARTICLE 19 calls on Sri Lankan government to revoke war censorship
15 May 2000
South Africa
Review of recent freedom of expression developments
15 May 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
Serbian journalist freed, but may still face charges
15 May 2000
Russia
Media-Most office raided
15 May 2000
Sudan
Four independent dailies seized
15 May 2000
Azerbaijan / Montenegro / Serbia / Ukraine
Large number of opposition media outlets fined in 2000
12 May 2000
Syria
Imprisoned journalist close to death
12 May 2000
Algeria / Tunisia
Journalist denied entry into Algeria
12 May 2000
Sri Lanka
BBC programmes censored
12 May 2000
Indonesia
CPJ protests attack on "Jawa Pos" newspaper
12 May 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
"Special situation" draws a planned regime response
12 May 2000
Turkey
Several magazines banned
12 May 2000
Zambia
Minister warns of legal actions against "political" radio stations
12 May 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
WAN concerned over detention of journalist
12 May 2000
Iran
WiPC fears ill-treatment of jailed publisher
12 May 2000
Egypt
Sanctions imposed on teachers
12 May 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
CPJ protests continued detention of journalist
12 May 2000
Sierra Leone
Journalist killed outside Foday Sankoh's house
11 May 2000
Yemen
CPJ condemns prosecution of editor
11 May 2000
Togo
CPJ condemns journalist's detention and other press freedom violations
11 May 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
ANEM's weekly report on media repression in Serbia
10 May 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
CPJ protests arrests of journalists in Serbia
10 May 2000
Kenya
Journalist assaulted, threatened by police officers
10 May 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
Passport of independent television owner confiscated at the border
10 May 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
Journalists detained by police, one remains in custody
10 May 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
Radio B2-92 signal jammed
10 May 2000
Indonesia
Daily's office occupied by civilian guard
10 May 2000
Vietnam
Journalist released
10 May 2000
Pakistan
CPJ condemns murder of journalist
10 May 2000
Spain
RSF "outraged" over killing of journalist in the Basque Country
9 May 2000
Turkey
Author Nadire Mater's trial adjourned
9 May 2000
Tunisia
Charges dropped against journalist Taoufiq Ben Brik, his brother sentenced to three months in prison
9 May 2000
Iran
RSF launches petition in support of reformist press
9 May 2000
Canada
Three journalists detained in Montreal
9 May 2000
Kiribati
Newspaper launched after radio station blocked by government
9 May 2000
Egypt
EOHR denounces harassment campaign against writers and artists
9 May 2000
International
At least fifteen journalists killed this year
8 May 2000
Venezuela
Journalists protest mistreatment of the press, shutdown of journalist's programme
8 May 2000
Mexico
RSF demands in-depth investigation into the killing of a journalist
8 May 2000
Spain
Press groups condemn killing of journalist
8 May 2000
Spain
Journalist killed
8 May 2000
Iran
CPJ announces publication of "Iran: The Press on Trial"
5 May 2000
Turkey
New president urged to act on freedom of expression
5 May 2000
Iran
Activists and intellectuals detained for participating in a conference
5 May 2000
Canada
IFJ condemns lock-out and police assault on media protesters
5 May 2000
Democratic Republic of Congo
Prosecutor calls for ten years imprisonment for Loseke
5 May 2000
Azerbaijan
CPJ protests beating of journalists at opposition rally
4 May 2000
Morocco
Two journalists sentenced to jail
4 May 2000
Belarus
Journalist threatened by intelligence officer
4 May 2000
Egypt
Magazine's latest issue seized
4 May 2000
International
Resolutions adopted by IPI's General Assembly
4 May 2000
Democratic Republic of Congo
Ten-year sentence imminent for detained journalist
4 May 2000
Sri Lanka
New censorship laws will lead to authoritarian rule, says FMM
4 May 2000
International
PINA, UNESCO focus on Culture of Peace for Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea
4 May 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
ANEM's weekly report on media repression in Serbia
4 May 2000
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands journalists beat transport ban, fly to peace talks
4 May 2000
South Africa
FXI freedom of expression report
4 May 2000
Pakistan
Journalist murdered
3 May 2000
Zimbabwe
Another legal challenge to broadcasting law
3 May 2000
Southern Africa
MISA presents sixth annual report on state of media freedom in southern Africa
3 May 2000
Namibia
Newspaper under fire because of its reporting, journalists escape disciplinary action for covering press conference
3 May 2000
International
IPYS presented with Free Media Pioneer 2000 award
3 May 2000
International
Exiled Colombian editor to address world's press
3 May 2000
International
IFJ calls for media world to unite against violence
3 May 2000
Democratic Republic of Congo
Anonymous telephone threats against "Le Potentiel"
3 May 2000
Indonesia
President affirms commitment to a free press
3 May 2000
Democratic Republic of Congo
CPJ protests illegal detention of Congolese journalist
3 May 2000
West Africa
WAJA salutes journalists on World Press Freedom Day
3 May 2000
Bangladesh
Police attack three photojournalists, damage another journalist's home
3 May 2000
Zimbabwe
Journalist cleared of all charges, allowed to leave country
3 May 2000
International
CPJ concerned about press freedom violations in Commonwealth countries
3 May 2000
International
CPJ names Ten Worst Enemies of the Press
3 May 2000
Vietnam
Human Rights Watch releases report on silencing of dissent in Vietnam
2 May 2000
Syria
Syrian journalist remains in prison, contrary to reports
2 May 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
Appeal hearing set for Flora Brovina yet to be established
2 May 2000
International
Coordinating Committee of Press Freedom Organizations opposed to proposals to "protect journalists"
2 May 2000
International
Coordinating Committee of Press Freedom Organizations denounces insult laws
2 May 2000
Paraguay
Cooperation from the Brazilian government is required to clarify journalist?s murder
2 May 2000
Guatemala
APG condemns photojournalist's assassination
2 May 2000
Mexico
Radio reporter stabbed to death
2 May 2000
International
IAPA reaffirms its commitment to press freedom
2 May 2000
Azerbaijan
Opposition journalist's newspaper suspends publication indefinitely
1 May 2000
Democratic Republic of Congo
Two "Umoja" journalists detained for one week
1 May 2000
International
WPFC releases report on censorship
1 May 2000
Azerbaijan
Journalists harassed
1 May 2000
Tunisia
Intimidation of journalist Taoufik Ben Brik and his supporters increases
1 May 2000
Iran
Human Rights Watch concerned over well-being of detained journalist
1 May 2000
Zimbabwe
Government tells state-owned media editors to conform
1 May 2000
Zimbabwe
Journalist charged in connection with bombing, bomb scare at newspaper
1 May 2000
Guatemala
Journalist killed, two more wounded
1 May 2000
Azerbaijan
CPJ protests harassment of Azeri newspaper editor
28 April 2000
Lebanon
Free speech punished in Lebanon
28 April 2000
Azerbaijan
Journalist released from jail with suspended sentence
28 April 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
Appeal hearing set for Flora Brovina
28 April 2000
Iran
WiPC concerned over imprisonment, possible torture of journalist
28 April 2000
Pakistan
Newspaper office ransacked
28 April 2000
Ethiopia
Freedom with strings attached: Over 160 journalists jailed since 1991
28 April 2000
Paraguay
Nine years after his death, RSF reiterates demands for an investigation into journalist's assassination
28 April 2000
Burma
RSF asks ASEAN secretary-general to secure the release of twelve jailed journalists
28 April 2000
Democratic Republic of Congo
Journalist Nyembo Kimuni forbidden from leaving Lubumbashi
28 April 2000
Angola
Journalist's trial postponed indefinitely
28 April 2000
Zimbabwe
CPJ condemns campaign of harassment against "The Daily News"
28 April 2000
Zimbabwe
CPJ condemns arrest of Associated Press photographer
27 April 2000
Zimbabwe
Seized materials returned to journalists
27 April 2000
Zimbabwe
Journalist arrested in connection with investigation into bomb blast
27 April 2000
Zimbabwe
Journalist assaulted
27 April 2000
Lithuania
IFJ backs journalists in dispute over new media law
27 April 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
IFJ condemns "confused and dangerous" press law for Kosovo
27 April 2000
Tunisia
French press delegation assaulted outside home of beleaguered journalist
26 April 2000
Fiji
Fiji Islands court refuses to overturn government decision against newspaper
26 April 2000
Zimbabwe
Writer of death threat directed at editor surfaces
26 April 2000
Ethiopia
Offices of journalists' association and newspaper broken into
26 April 2000
Democratic Republic of Congo
JED protests arrest of journalist and technician
26 April 2000
Kazakhstan
President threatens media
26 April 2000
Zimbabwe
RSF expresses concern following bomb explosion in front of daily newspaper's office
26 April 2000
Spain
Parcel bomb sent to Madrid journalist
25 April 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
ANEM's weekly report on media repression in Serbia
25 April 2000
Togo
Private media under seige
25 April 2000
Guatemala
OAS Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression visits Guatemala
25 April 2000
Tunisia
Taoufik Ben Brick's doctors want to hospitalise him urgently
25 April 2000
Ukraine
Daily newspaper ordered to pay a heavy fine, ten journalists begin hunger strike
25 April 2000
Iran
Press crackdown intensifies, fourteen newspapers closed, two journalists imprisoned
25 April 2000
Bolivia
Media threatened during state of emergency
25 April 2000
Egypt
EOHR concerned over imprisonment of journalists, calls for changes to penal code
25 April 2000
Zimbabwe
Bomb explodes at newspaper offices
24 April 2000
Serbia / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Montenegro
Government official attacks journalist
24 April 2000
Iran
Supreme leader lashes out at reformist media; parliament stiffens press law
24 April 2000
Tunisia
Journalist continues hunger strike
24 April 2000
Thailand
Thai editor shot
24 April 2000
Kazakhstan
TV station fires news director for covering attacks on opposition leaders
24 April 2000
India
CPJ disturbed by arrests of editor and writer
24 April 2000
Hong Kong (China)
Attempt to intimidate Hong Kong press denounced
20 April 2000
Togo
Editor arrested
20 April 2000
South Africa
Review of recent freedom of expression developments
20 April 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
ANEM protests fine imposed on news agency, attack on radio station
20 April 2000
Democratic Republic of Congo
Journalist Donatien Nyembo Kimuni released
20 April 2000
Iran
Repeated attacks on the reformist press
20 April 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
Beta independent news agency heavily fined
20 April 2000
Egypt
Concern over sentencing of five opposition journalists
20 April 2000
Morocco
CPJ protests press censorship, dismissal of TV station employees
20 April 2000
Angola
Journalist's trial date set
20 April 2000
India
Editor arrested in Manipur state
19 April 2000
Indonesia
Journalist abducted and tortured
19 April 2000
Morocco
Three directors of the 2M public television station dismissed
19 April 2000
Malaysia
Fifty demonstrators detained, call for reform of laws
19 April 2000
Burkina Faso
CPJ condemns closure of radio station Horizon FM
19 April 2000
Sri Lanka
FMM condemns assault on journalist
19 April 2000
Colombia
Reporter and cameraman injured
19 April 2000
Swaziland
Magazine under threat on grounds of copyright infringement
19 April 2000
Burkina Faso
Private radio station closed by police
18 April 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
ANEM weekly report on media repression
18 April 2000
International
Internet censorship newest threat to press freedom, survey warns
18 April 2000
China
Beijing weekly newspaper closed
18 April 2000
Zimbabwe
Several journalists threatened
18 April 2000
Colombia
Break-in at magazine's offices, likely intended to block publication of forthcoming issue
18 April 2000
Haiti
AMARC condemns assassination of celebrated radio journalist
18 April 2000
Bolivia
RSF asks authorities to put an end to pressure against journalists
18 April 2000
Mexico
RSF calls for full-scale investigation into journalist's assassination
18 April 2000
Morocco
Latest issues of weeklies "Le Journal" and "Assahifa" banned
18 April 2000
Egypt
Five journalists sentenced to prison
18 April 2000
Pakistan
Video shops attacked, TVs, VCRs burnt
17 April 2000
India
Landmine explodes outside Radio Kashmir
17 April 2000
Democratic Republic of Congo
Two journalists forbidden from leaving Kinshasa
17 April 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
Radio Boom 93 frequency reallocated
17 April 2000
Cameroon
Concerns about effect of newly passed broadcasting decree
17 April 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
One year since murder of journalist, independent press under threat
14 April 2000
Hong Kong (China)
CPJ condemns Chinese official's threat to media freedom in Hong Kong
14 April 2000
Tunisia
Journalist Taoufik Ben Brick's health deteriorating
14 April 2000
Peru
Judge orders seizure of newspaper's assets, director faces defamation complaint
14 April 2000
Ukraine
American publisher expelled
14 April 2000
Vietnam
Journalist arrested and expelled
14 April 2000
China
RSF protests Chinese official's threats against journalists
14 April 2000
Ukraine
CPJ condemns attack on journalist
14 April 2000
Côte d'Ivoire
CPJ condemns kidnapping and torture of journalist
13 April 2000
Peru
CPJ protests fine imposed on television station
13 April 2000
Nigeria
CPJ condemns recent attacks on independent media
13 April 2000
Namibia
Politician bars journalists from covering opposition party press conference
13 April 2000
South Africa
WAN to meet South African president
13 April 2000
Hong Kong (China)
Official's remarks seen as damaging to press freedom in Hong Kong
13 April 2000
Angola
Two journalists convicted of defaming official, two others begin trial
13 April 2000
Fiji
Judge rejects minister's action against Fiji TV and journalists
13 April 2000
Slovakia
Journalist appeals defamation charges
13 April 2000
Azerbaijan
Jailed journalist sentenced for defamation
13 April 2000
The Gambia
Radio journalist killed in student demonstration
13 April 2000
Chechnya (Russia)
In an open letter to Council of Europe and European Union representatives, RSF draws attention to media coverage of the war in Chechnya
12 April 2000
United States
Community journalists denied access to International Monetary Fund meeting
12 April 2000
Tunisia
Human Rights Watch condemns closure of publishing house, journalist continues his hunger strike
12 April 2000
Algeria
Abdelaziz Bouteflika's first year in power: media under close scrutiny
12 April 2000
Chad / Senegal
CPJ publishes "Hunting The Dictator"
11 April 2000
Guinea
Journalist arrested in Conakry
11 April 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
Studio B fined again; weekly to answer charges in court
11 April 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
ANEM weekly report on media repression
11 April 2000
Mexico
Journalist found dead
11 April 2000
Cuba
On the eve of his visit to Cuba, RSF asks Kofi Annan to intervene on behalf of four journalists currently jailed
11 April 2000
Tunisia
Police close offices where journalist was carrying out hunger strike
11 April 2000
Zimbabwe
State media failed voters, says monitoring project
10 April 2000
Peru
Arbitrary fine imposed on Canal N for an inadvertent broadcast
10 April 2000
Peru
Prosecutor opens investigation into "El Comercio" newspaper case
10 April 2000
Hungary
WAN criticises plan to increase newspaper contributions to state Cultural Fund
10 April 2000
Nigeria
Newspaper offices raided, chief editor sought
10 April 2000
Tunisia
Journalist Taoufik Ben Brick back in court after a week on hunger strike
10 April 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
ANEM appeals for assistance for Novi Sad's Radio 021
10 April 2000
Sri Lanka
FMM calls for speedy inquiry into bomb attack on journalist
10 April 2000
Sri Lanka
CPJ condemns assault on BBC journalist
10 April 2000
Turkey
Poet Yilmaz Odabasi returned to prison to serve seven-month term
10 April 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
Radio station's studios burned down
7 April 2000
International
IPI selects 50 World Press Freedom Heroes
7 April 2000
Zambia
Reporter receives threatening phone calls
7 April 2000
Zimbabwe
Journalists detained by ruling party youths
7 April 2000
Iran
Two journalists and one editor of the reformist press face legal action
7 April 2000
Sri Lanka
BBC correspondent assaulted
7 April 2000
Cambodia
Weekly suspended
7 April 2000
Austria
ARTICLE 19 questions European Court of Human Rights' interpretation of freedom of expression article
7 April 2000
Haiti
RSF denounces threats against private radio station
7 April 2000
Laos
CPJ disturbed over efforts to censor news coverage
7 April 2000
Armenia / Azerbaijan
CPJ disturbed by arrest and continued detention of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic journalist
7 April 2000
Pakistan
Concern over trial process, Anti-Terrorism Act threat to free expression
7 April 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
Press groups protest newsprint restrictions
7 April 2000
Ukraine
Journalist attacked
6 April 2000
Tibet (China)
RSF report on the current press freedom situation in Tibet
6 April 2000
Turkey
New law dealing with artistic and intellectual works proposed
6 April 2000
Cameroon
RSF protests six-month prison sentence against journalist
6 April 2000
Argentina
News agency secretary-general threatened
6 April 2000
Peru
Order to seize printing press, dailies threatened
6 April 2000
Philippines
CPJ disturbed by recent assassination attempt against journalist
6 April 2000
Peru
Journalist forced to resign after criticising government officials
6 April 2000
Peru
Threats against press freedom denounced in Iquitos
6 April 2000
Tunisia
Human Rights Watch and CPJ protest ongoing harassment of journalist
6 April 2000
Cameroon
Journalist sentenced to six months for defamation
5 April 2000
Peru
Lawyer subject to legal harassment
5 April 2000
Zimbabwe
Police detain independent filmmaker
5 April 2000
Egypt
EOHR protests detention of three journalists
5 April 2000
Azerbaijan
RSF concerned about arrest of opposition journalist
5 April 2000
Haiti
CPJ expresses sadness over journalist's assassination
5 April 2000
Kyrgyzstan
Another blow for banned newspaper
5 April 2000
Democratic Republic of Congo
Publisher summoned by public prosecutor office's crime squad in Kinshasa
4 April 2000
Argentina
Statutory limitation period set aside in prosecution against a journalist
4 April 2000
Chile
Censored journalist wins human rights prize
4 April 2000
Zimbabwe
Public media refuse opposition advertising
4 April 2000
Zimbabwe
Private broadcasting company litigates against broadcasting law
4 April 2000
Democratic Republic of Congo
Journalist Freddy Loseke appears again before the Court of Military Order
4 April 2000
Tunisia
Independent journalist Taoufik Ben Brick begins hunger strike
4 April 2000
Haiti
RSF condemns assassination of radio director
4 April 2000
Turkey
Kurdish writer Mehmed Uzun's books confiscated by police
4 April 2000
Philippines
Mindanao radio correspondent target of MILF ambush
4 April 2000
Yemen
President Clinton urged to raise press freedom concerns with Yemeni leader
4 April 2000
Sri Lanka
Grenade attack against a Tamil journalist
4 April 2000
Laos
Two foreign journalists arrested
4 April 2000
Uganda
CPJ condemns ongoing prosecution of two radio journalists
3 April 2000
Argentina
Gunmen fire at home of "La Gaceta" newspaper board member
3 April 2000
Argentina
Journalists intimidated
3 April 2000
Algeria
Photographer arbitrarily detained, released
3 April 2000
United Kingdom
ARTICLE 19 expresses concern over proposed Freedom of Information Bill
3 April 2000
Zimbabwe
Army commander ordered to allow papers to be served on military officials
3 April 2000
Angola
Two journalists sentenced, another acquitted for defaming the president
3 April 2000
Egypt
Three journalists sentenced to prison terms of up to two years in jail
3 April 2000
Morocco
Internal rift interrupts publication of new Moroccan newspaper
3 April 2000
Comoros
Journalist arrested
3 April 2000
Serbia / Montenegro
Newspaper fined for publishing "damaging" cartoon
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