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Alerts - 2000 - July-September

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Russia

Babitsky's trial starts Monday 2 October 2000

Spain

Bomb attack against "El Mundo" newspaper in Barcelona

Netherlands

Journalist detained for refusing to reveal his sources

Serbia / Montenegro

IFJ backs general strike for press freedom and democracy

Solomon Islands

Journalist receives death threats

Indonesia

Police attack journalists

Pakistan

RSF protests military government's threats against daily "Dawn"

Turkey

Journalist Nadire Mater acquitted

Canada

Crime journalist Michel Auger's health improving in wake of attempt on his life

Sudan

National Press Council prohibits media from covering assault on journalist

Zimbabwe

Tough rules for new broadcasters planned

Namibia

Court rules in favour of state broadcasting employee

Pakistan

Newspaper's offices raided

Turkey

Human Rights Watch representative to attend journalist Nadire Mater's final hearing

Russia

ARTICLE 19 urges investors to act on new secrets principles

Peru

Journalists attacked, equipment seized

Tibet (China)

RSF appeals for the release of Tibetan director

Lebanon / Israel

Israeli soldiers shoot at Lebanese journalists

Afghanistan

RSF report on the Taliban and media

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM's weekly report on media repression in Serbia

Malawi

Journalist arrested for theft, claims harassment over story

Russia

Journalist Grigory Pasko faces new protest by prosecutor

Mexico

Journalist imprisoned

Russia

ARTICLE 19 concerned about adoption of Doctrine of Information Security

International

New look for WAN web site

Ukraine

CPJ concerned about journalist's disappearance

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist Freddy Loseke authorised to receive medical treatment, suffers from slipped disc

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist released

Uruguay

Raid on community radio station

Zimbabwe

State broadcaster to continue with its broadcasting monopoly

Zimbabwe

State broadcaster's monopoly nullified by Supreme Court ruling

Serbia / Montenegro

Attacks on the press "a sign of Milosevic desperation", says the IFJ

Tanzania

Government bans gospel tape

Malawi

President sues newspaper

Kenya

Reuters equipment seized

Zambia

Newspaper offices damaged in fire, arson suspected

Belarus

CPJ protests confiscation of independent newspaper

Swaziland

Dismissed media workers reinstated, dismissed again

Russia

New threats to press freedom seen in Russia

Serbia / Montenegro

Foreign journalist expelled, about twenty others forced to leave the country

Russia

Journalist murdered in Moscow

International

ARTICLE 19 launches new web site

Burma

Foreign publications seized

Peru

Radio Cutivalú correspondent assaulted in Sullana

Peru

Equipment confiscated to prevent transmission of radio programme in Loreto

Indonesia

Prominent academic killed in the Aceh region

Serbia / Montenegro

Journalist Miroslav Filipovic returned to his cell

Serbia / Montenegro

Judge grants Flora Brovina's request for writing materials

Democratic Republic of Congo

Two private radio and television stations put under state control

China

"Web dissident" sentenced to four years in jail for "subversion", another journalist arrested

Azerbaijan

Unjust court conviction against newspaper

Peru

Judge who was overseeing case filed by "Gente" magazine against Canal N removed from her post

Ghana

Deputy minister of defence orders arrest of reporter

Kosovo (Serbia) / Montenegro / Serbia

ARTICLE 19 criticises passing of Kosovo media codes

Philippines

French journalists escape from Abu Sayyaf captors

Peru

"Caretas" magazine journalist intimidated

Cuba

Journalists held for three days on charges of immigrant smuggling

Democratic Republic of Congo

Government, rebels suppress free expression

Azerbaijan

New charge brought against editor

Pakistan

Draft of Freedom of Information Act released for comments

Russia

Babitsky trial date set

Ukraine

Editor missing

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist imprisoned in Tshikapa

Zimbabwe

Government moves to review broadcasting legal environment

Zimbabwe

Former war veteran leader threatens journalist

Zambia

Newspaper offices damaged in fire, arson suspected

Kazakhstan

Journalist attacked and issued death threat

Zimbabwe

Government determined not to liberalise the airwaves

Zambia

Reporter beaten while covering student demonstration

Colombia

WAN protests journalist's murder, calls on rebel group to renounce violence against journalists

Philippines

Radio station bombed

Philippines

Captive French journalists vulnerable amid fighting on Jolo

Democratic Republic of Congo

Ten private radio and television stations barred from broadcasting

Solomon Islands

Government plans restrictions on media coverage of ethnic conflict

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM's weekly report on media repression in Serbia

Colombia

CPJ concerned about lack of progress in investigation of journalist's kidnapping and torture

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 14 September 2000 CPJ letter to President Andrés Pastrana Arango:

Rwanda

RSF calls for the conviction of those responsible for Rwandan "hate media"

Serbia / Montenegro

Concern over government control of media during elections

East Timor

CPJ welcomes United Nations probe into 1975 murders of journalists

Serbia / Montenegro

Flora Brovina's trial hearing adjourned

Peru

Journalists beaten and kidnapped by mayor and his security personnel

Paraguay

Chronology of the May 2000 failed coup attempt in Paraguay, and its repercussions for the press

Democratic Republic of Congo

Franck Baku appeared in Kinshasa Central Prison's council chambers

Canada

CPJ expresses concern over shooting of crime reporter

Greece

Authorities ban OTPOR solidarity concert in Salonica

Burma

Burmese lawyer sentenced to 14 years in prison for distributing foreign news

Serbia / Montenegro

RSF concerned over journalist's disappearance

Serbia / Montenegro

RSF concerned over journalist's disappearance

Peru

Journalists attacked, kidnapped and robbed

Democratic Republic of Congo

Four individuals sentenced in treason case

Peru

Journalist subject to legal harassment

Canada

Attempted murder of Canadian journalist: RSF denounces a serious attack against press freedom

Turkey

Review of press freedom violations in August 2000

Canada

CJFE reacts to shooting of Montreal journalist

Peru

"Gente" magazine files complaint against Canal N

Angola

New law threatens press freedom

Canada

Crime journalist wounded by gunfire

Sri Lanka

Campaign launched against commissioner of elections

Democratic Republic of Congo

Three journalists sentenced to prison

Serbia / Montenegro

IPI condemns journalist's murder, another journalist missing

Colombia

IAPA calls for investigation into journalist's murder

Iran

Journalist missing for two years

Côte d'Ivoire

Journalist tortured on presidential orders, CPJ expresses its alarm

Sri Lanka

ARTICLE 19 condemns election violence, calls on government to lift restrictions

Kosovo (Serbia) / Montenegro / Serbia

IFJ condemns Kosovo killing and warns of "tit-for-tat" violence against media

Chechnya (Russia)

New restrictions on news from Chechnya

Serbia / Montenegro

Programmes of two non-governmental television stations interrupted

Colombia

Latest assassination brings to 44 the number of journalists killed in Colombia over the last ten years; RSF denounces the impunity which surrounds these cases

Côte d'Ivoire

Journalist from private daily beaten

Cuba

RSF releases report reviewing state of press freedom in Cuba

International

UNESCO Director-General signs Declaration of Chapultepec

Russia

CPJ concerned about detention and abuse of Associated Press reporter, deportation order faced by ORT reporter and cameraman

Democratic Republic of Congo

One "La Référence Plus" journalist released, other refuses to appear before court

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM's weekly report on media repression in Serbia

Serbia / Montenegro

Albanian Kosovar journalist killed

Serbia / Montenegro

Increasing use of brutal intervention by police

Kiribati

New Zealand minister appeals to Kiribati over banned journalist

Kenya

Why does the president of Kenya want to ban private vernacular broadcasting?

Haiti

Attack against Haitian state television: RSF calls for a thorough inquiry

Peru

Journalist under surveillance

Paraguay

IAPA holds forum on the Declaration of Chapultepec in Paraguay

Georgia

Human rights defenders, journalist assaulted

Malaysia

CPJ protests suspension of two magazines

Mauritius

Newspaper offices besieged by angry supporters of prime minister

Jordan

RSF protests decision to expel editor

Russia

Journalist detained and hit by Russian soldiers

Democratic Republic of Congo

Kakese trial: prosecution calls for ten years in prison for three journalists

Iran

Journalist and researcher detained, serious concerns for his health; alarm at continued crackdown on freedom of expression

Burma

Concern for well-being of Aung San Suu Kyi, call on multilateral bodies to address freedom of expression violations in Burma

Serbia / Montenegro

Flora Brovina retrial date set

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist killed in territories controlled by rebels

China

New report calls on Chinese government to revoke all laws and regulations restricting the rights of free association, expression and assembly

Pakistan

Journalist arrested in north-west

Kenya

CPJ condemns president's plan to ban vernacular broadcasting

Sierra Leone

UK gives UN the go-ahead for first £10,000 on Sierra Leone Truth Commission

Jordan

Journalist banned for NGO activities

Paraguay

Journalist prohibited from speaking and writing about judicial proceedings

East Timor

Militia gang attacks Kupang journalists

Democratic Republic of Congo

JED calls for the release of two journalists from "La Référence Plus"

Democratic Republic of Congo

Two journalists from "La Référence Plus" arrested

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM's weekly report on media repression in Serbia

Azerbaijan

Another editor interrogated in connection with attempted hijacking

Tunisia

Taoufik Ben Brik will return to his country on 7 September

Democratic Republic of Congo

Freddy Loseke sick in Kinshasa central prison

Zambia

Offices of main private daily damaged by fire

Sri Lanka

CPJ condemns editor's sentencing, calls for repeal of criminal defamation laws

Ethiopia

EFJA continues to protest increase in printing costs

Democratic Republic of Congo

JED concerned about the state of press freedom in the DRC

Kiribati

AFP journalist declared "undesirable"

International

IPI expresses concern over press freedom violations in many Council of Europe member states

Bangladesh

Journalist stabbed in Dhaka

Greece

Macedonian editor refused entry as undesirable

Azerbaijan

CPJ protests trumped-up terrorism charges against editor

Fiji

Newspapers question closed inquiry relating to Fiji coup

Kenya

Plans to muzzle new radio stations hatched

Democratic Republic of Congo

Zimbabwean soldiers issue death threats to journalists in Kananga

Iran

ARTICLE 19 urges UK government to seek freedom of expression guarantees in Iran

Azerbaijan

RSF correction to recent alert

Indonesia

Kupang journalist attacked by militia gang

Kenya

Weekly barred from publishing articles about bishop

Cuba

Expulsion of Swedish journalists highlights repressive press conditions in Cuba

Ethiopia

IFJ warns that printing cost increase could force media to fold

Azerbaijan

Editor-in-chief of main opposition daily faces ten-year prison term

Greece

Writer refused entry into country

Greece

Turkish journalists harassed and prevented from working in Greece

Mauritania

Four weeklies seized in one week

Democratic Republic of Congo

CPJ alarmed by flawed prosecution of journalists

Mali

Ruling party MP assaults journalist

Peru

Summary of the IAPA mission to Peru

Paraguay

"Political tensions once again threaten press freedom," says RSF

Democratic Republic of Congo

Court to examine two journalists' request for provisional release

Malawi

Editor suspended because of editorial decision

Serbia / Montenegro

Broadcasting ban imposed against Montenegrin television station and four foreign stations

Russia

GDF protests harassment of non-governmental organisation

Romania

Review of draft freedom of information law

Cuba

Three Swedish journalists detained

Zambia

Reporter illegally detained and beaten

Serbia / Montenegro

CPJ co-founds international committee to support imprisoned Serb journalist

Peru

Journalists in Cerro de Pasco threatened and attacked

Democratic Republic of Congo

Warrants issued for arrests of two more journalists in Kakese case

Serbia / Montenegro

Authorities prohibit government media from covering federal election campaign

Serbia / Montenegro

Television station jammed

Mauritania

Issue of private weekly "Le Carrefour" seized

Peru

Journalist summoned for defamation complaint

Sudan

Two journalists arrested

Philippines

One French journalist freed; two still captive

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM's weekly report on media repression in Serbia

Democratic Republic of Congo

One journalist released on bail in Kakese case

Peru

Executive seeks to restore Ivcher's citizenship without resolving dispute over Canal 2, and pending lawsuits

Democratic Republic of Congo

Two more journalists jailed in Kakese case

Peru

IAPA delegation to raise press freedom issues with Peru's Fujimori

Serbia / Montenegro

Journalist and Democratic Party officials arrested

Paraguay

CPJ deeply concerned about recent press-freedom violations

Peru

Journalist summoned to court for defamation case

Liberia

Local leaders join global condemnation of Liberia for jailing Channel Four team

Argentina

Photographer threatened

Azerbaijan

CPJ protests crackdown on media

Ethiopia

EFJA denounces huge increase in printing costs

Thailand

Bangkok journalist's house bombed

Peru

Journalist in Iquitos receives death threats

Azerbaijan

Press freedom under attack, media begin general strike

Liberia

Liberia frees Channel Four journalists

El Salvador

IAPA launches forum on the Chapultepec Declaration in El Salvador

Turkey

Turkish journalist Nadire Mater appears in court

Serbia / Montenegro

Journalists arrested for covering Otpor actions

Serbia / Montenegro

State bodies should not be immune from public judgement, says ANEM

Serbia / Montenegro

Two non-governmental radio stations' programmes jammed

Thailand

New draft broadcasting bill released

Azerbaijan

IPI protests editor's arrest

Fiji

New government welcomes back "Fiji Times" editor-in-chief

Kyrgyzstan

CPJ protests inhuman interrogation of journalists

Mauritania

Issue of private weekly "La Tribune" seized

Liberia

Judge denies bail to jailed Channel Four team

Bosnia and Herzegovina

United Nations closes Yugoslav state radio broadcasting centre

International

IPI launches South Eastern Europe media organisation

Iran

Imprisoned journalist moved to solitary confinement

India

WAN outraged by editor's murder

Swaziland

Criminal charges against journalist withdrawn

Paraguay

More press persecution during the post-electoral process

Azerbaijan

Editor-in-chief and driver arrested, other journalist missing

Liberia

Liberia charges Channel 4 team with espionage

China

Third web dissident arrested and accused of "subversion"

Serbia / Montenegro

Pressure on media increases as elections approach

Peru

Newspaper owner does not confirm the complaint he filed against "Liberación"

Algeria

Journalist arrested at border post

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM?s weekly report on media repression in Serbia

Malawi

Journalist wins case thirty-six years after being dismissed from job

Ukraine

CPJ protests attack on Ukrainian journalist

Burkina Faso

RSF condemns total immunity enjoyed by head of state and his brother

Cuba

Cuba's alternative press faces hurdles in bid to report news

Colombia

Television station?s offices searched under court order

India

Editor killed in Manipur state

Paraguay

Journalists attacked and harassed after elections

Cuba

RSF journalist's materials seized

New Zealand

Teacher suspended following appearance on TV programme

Liberia

Four foreign TV journalists arrested

Mexico

Journalist attacked in Mexico City

Paraguay

SPP concerned about attacks on freedom of expression, deteriorating political climate

Kyrgyzstan

Private weekly harassed by the authorities

Namibia

Court strikes a victory for media freedom

Zambia

Journalists acquitted of espionage charges, editor-in-chief still not free

Zimbabwe

State newspaper board fired

Zimbabwe

Government denies plans to liberalise the airwaves

Russia

Print run of "Sovershenno Secretno" newspaper destroyed after Mari-El president's order

Kyrgyzstan

Independent journalist hospitalised after eight-hour interrogation

Serbia / Montenegro

Independent radio station jammed

South Africa

Freelance journalist expelled from South African Communist Party

Philippines

French journalists' release delayed

Pakistan

Journalist arrested in north-west

Serbia / Montenegro

Filipovic hospitalized again with heart condition

India

Journalists assaulted by communist militants in West Bengal

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM condemns journalist?s arrest

Burkina Faso

Trial of five members of presidential guard opens

Peru

Member of congress files complaint against

Thailand

TJA protests army influence in broadcast reform

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist Emile-Aimé Kakese appears before the Court of Military Order

Serbia / Montenegro

Journalist serving five month prison sentence

The Gambia

CPJ outraged at arson attack against Radio 1 FM

Iran

Special briefing on political context of crackdown on reformist press posted on CPJ?s Web site

Fiji

Fiji interim government plans new media laws, PINA urges consultation

International

IAPA announces winners of awards for excellence in journalism

Mexico

Journalists subject to intimidation in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora

Central African Republic

CPJ concerned over deterioration of press freedom standards

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM's weekly report on media repression in Yugoslavia

Peru

Date set to resolve Red Global - Canal 13 case would work against businessman Genaro Delgado Parker

Venezuela

Concern over house arrest for editor named in defamation suit

China

Five journalists arrested or punished

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist Emile-Aimé Kakese could face the death penalty

Iran

RSF launches a petition in support of reformist press

Peru

Call for a commission to investigate cases of assaulted journalists

The Gambia

AMARC condemns attack on Radio One

Azerbaijan

Minister asks for newspaper?s closure

India

CPJ condemns journalist's murder

Peru

Concern over complaint filed against "Liberación" daily

Belarus

Six weeks after his disappearance, ORT cameraman still missing

The Gambia

Three injured in attack on opposition radio station

Angola

Journalist Rafael Marques forbidden to leave Angola

Moldova

Journalist in coma following knife attack

South Africa

Freelance journalist faces disciplinary action over article

China

CPJ condemns web site banning

Panama

RSF asks "for a fair and equitable process" in case of four journalists accused of defamation

India

Photo reporter killed and nine journalists injured in bomb attack

Guinea

CPJ protests de-accreditation of foreign correspondents

Argentina

PERIODISTAS concerned about repeated freedom of expression violations in Santiago del Estero province

Mexico

Newspaper owner kidnapped and released

Peru

Law permits agency to demand confidential and trade secret information

Serbia / Montenegro

Independent daily "Danas" heavily fined

Venezuela

RSF protests new order for house arrest of daily's editor

Serbia / Montenegro

Financial inspectors raid NGO, seize materials

Kazakhstan

Independent newspapers shut down for reprinting corruption allegations from foreign media

Panama

Police surround homes of three journalists charged with criminal defamation

Peru

Journalists accused of defamation

Israel

Two journalists wounded during shooting by soldiers

Malawi

State prosecutor withdraws charges against journalists

Angola

Journalist continues to face official harassment

Iran

RSF protests closure of reformist newspaper

Jordan

CJFE concerned over decision to bring Jordanian Press Association secretary before disciplinary committee

Serbia / Montenegro

Deterioration of journalist Filipovic's health: he has lost twenty kilos since being incarcerated

Turkey

Review of press freedom violations in July 2000

Georgia

CPJ protests journalist's assault

Serbia / Montenegro

International PEN president declines Yugoslav award

Dominican Republic

IAPA hails conviction in murder of Dominican journalist

China

"Web dissident" pursued by police after web site closed

Central African Republic

Managing editor arrested

Yemen

Journalist suspended for ten months

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM?s weekly report on media repression in Serbia

Iran

Another reformist newspaper closed

Iran

CPJ protests decision to quash parliamentary bill aimed at amending press laws, suspension of pro-reform weekly

Iran

RSF concerned about state of press freedom, monthly?s former contributor temporarily detained

Argentina

Concern over threats directed against regional media

Iran

Bill designed to ease current restrictions on press blocked, pro-reform newspaper banned, journalist arrested

Pakistan

Newspaper's licence cancelled

Tanzania

Book banned

Namibia

Government bans several marches

Kenya

Minister wins libel suit against daily

Iran

New parliament to debate press-law reform

Zimbabwe

Government denies plot to assassinate editor

Burma

Burmese journalist San San Nweh, RSF 1999 prize-winner, starts her seventh year in detention

Southern Africa

CPJ calls for more press freedom in SADC countries

Southern Africa

CPJ calls for more press freedom in SADC countries

Panama

CPJ calls for repeal of new law restricting access to information

Panama

Editor faces another jail sentence

Samoa

Court rules opposition should have access to government media

Serbia / Montenegro

Editor gets suspended sentence and three years probation for libel

China

Reporter jailed since 1998 for exposing corruption

Argentina

Two publications in Santiago del Estero province receive threats

Côte d'Ivoire

Two journalists held in police custody for "slander"

India

Journalist murdered in Tamil Nadu

South Africa

Concern over Defence Intelligence?s decision to recruit journalists

Egypt

EU urged to strongly condemn attacks on civil society

Egypt

Academics harassed

Tunisia

Human rights activist dismissed from university post

Jordan

ARTICLE 19 protests decision to take disciplinary action against media rights campaigner

Indonesia

Journalist assaulted

Serbia / Montenegro

Continued paper shortages put pressure on independent media

Botswana

Country's first ever state-owned television goes on air

Angola

Journalist's movement and access to information restricted

Kenya

CPJ condemns proposed media legislation

Peru

Further information on attacks against journalists during protest

Côte d'Ivoire

BBC journalist beaten by soldiers

Turkey

Journalist attacked in Turkish newspaper

Uruguay

IAPA calls for probe into placement of advertisements, protests campaign against journalist

Zimbabwe

Plot to kill editor exposed

Russia

CPJ protests journalist's detention

Panama

RSF calls for repeal of "gag laws"

Azerbaijan

CPJ protests pressure on ANS TV station

Togo

Two newspapers seized after publishing human rights report

The Gambia

Ongoing harassment of two journalists of "The Independent"

Argentina

Call for investigation of threats against daily

Iran

A tenth journalist imprisoned

Philippines

Two Filipino journalists released

International

International Green Pen Awards presented at journalism congress

Egypt

EOHR?s registration as an NGO postponed

Peru

Journalists attacked, equipment taken during demonstrations

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM's weekly report on media repression in Serbia

Canada

Media organisations' materials seized by police

Argentina

Antisemitic statements directed against three journalists

International

Report on attacks on the press during past three months

Canada / Guinea

Journalist threatened with imprisonment

Pakistan / Afghanistan

Afghan journalist receives death threats

Cameroon

Journalists in defamation trial not imprisoned

Guinea

Three journalists suspended for two months

Peru

U.S. reporter injured, concern over blockage of air coverage

International

IAPA submits findings of murder investigation to human rights commission

Paraguay

Radio frequencies auction postponed

Mexico

Journalist attacked and threatened

Syria

Release of political prisoners welcomed

Russia

Further details on jailing of editor

Philippines

Rebel group frees German reporter; five other journalists still held hostage

Russia

CPJ calls for complete investigation of radio station owner's murder

Russia

Series of debacles continues for journalists

Serbia / Montenegro

Eyewitness report from the Filipovic trial

Sri Lanka

Journalists accused of "treason" by pro-governmental newspaper

Georgia

Journalist attacked by police

Serbia / Montenegro

Radio station closed, concern about new phase in Milosevic media war

Republic of Congo

Journalist arrested in Ouesso

Serbia / Montenegro

IPI condemns Serb reporter's conviction

Panama

Journalist faces jail for reporting sexual allegations against attorney general

Russia

Radio station owner killed

Peru

Government order prevents Canal N from adequately covering events

Serbia / Montenegro

Journalist Miroslav Filipovic sentenced to seven-year prison term

Cameroon

CPJ condemns prison sentence against journalists, criminal defamation laws

Iran

Twentieth reformist newspaper shut down

Algeria

Television journalist on hunger strike

Philippines

Muslim militants abduct two Filipino journalists

Paraguay

Concern over order to close radio station, confiscate its equipment

Brazil

Media prohibited from reporting on municipal elections

Paraguay

Community radio stations harassed, monopoly of frequency ownership likely to increase

Cuba

CPJ condemns continued imprisonment of independent journalists

United Kingdom / Turkey

ARTICLE 19 condemns British government's involvement in construction of Turkish dam

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM's weekly report on media repression in Serbia

Sri Lanka

Film banned

Philippines

Muslim militants abduct two Filipino journalists

Russia

CPJ protests journalist's murder

Namibia

Company offers reward for identity of confidential source, prepares to sue paper

Malawi

Campaign to buy up copies of newspaper as they hit the streets

Serbia / Montenegro

ARTICLE 19 concerned about journalist?s upcoming trial

Malawi

Action taken against public broadcaster employee

Iran

State media threatened

Palestine / Israel

IFJ concerned about recent attacks on Palestinian journalists

Kyrgyzstan

Journalist released after successful appeal

Panama

CPJ concerned about lack of progress in reform of "gag laws"

Serbia / Montenegro

RSF, tf1.fr and Beta press agency to cover trial of journalist Miroslav Filipovic

Hungary

Call for greater access to information on allocation of licences procedure

Cuba

Journalist Victor Rolando Arroyo released after serving his sentence

Turkey

Radio station receives one-year suspension from RTÜK

Uzbekistan

Government denies that detained writer Mamadali Makhmudov is in poor health

Mexico

IAPA marks anniversary of journalist's murder

Serbia / Montenegro

Harassment of government critics escalates

Cuba

RSF correspondent interrogated by State security

South Africa

FXI disturbed by investigative unit?s attitude towards media

Angola

Suspicious theft of journalist's property

Russia

New measures introduced to harass the independent press

China

Journalist He Qinglian sanctioned

Palestine / Israel

Five Palestinian journalists beaten by settlers in Hebron

Fiji

CPJ condemns violence against journalists

Azerbaijan

Press freedom workshop planned

International

IAPA to hold conference on freedom of expression, inaugurate new building

Russia

Freedom and captivity: Terry Anderson interviews Andrei Babitsky

Cameroon

Two journalists sentenced to six months in prison

Azerbaijan

Journalist harassed

Macedonia

ARTICLE 19 statement on draft Law on Public Information

Togo

Thousands of copies of private weekly seized

Nepal

Government bill threatens press freedom

Cambodia

CPJ protests censorship of "Cambodia News Bulletin"

Nigeria

CPJ condemns press freedom violations

Zimbabwe

CPJ report on effect of parliamentary elections on journalists

Fiji

Prison guards manhandle Fiji TV crew

Moldova

CPJ disturbed over anonymous threats made to independent journalist

Cambodia

News bulletin suspended, foreign journalist may be forbidden from entering Cambodia

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM's weekly report on media repression in Serbia

Venezuela

CPJ protests criminal defamation charges brought against weekly

Democratic Republic of Congo

"Vision" newspaper's materials returned

Burma

Nine contributors to opposition monthly detained

Iran

CPJ condemns conviction of journalist Emadeddin Baghi

Bangladesh

CPJ condemns journalist's assassination

Peru

"Expreso" withdraws from the Peruvian Press Council

Russia

Opposition press journalist dies as a result of injuries suffered in attack

Peru

Former television executive faces possible four years in prison

Argentina

Journalist attacked

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist released

Liberia

Newspaper staff intimidated and harassed

Bangladesh

Further details on journalist's assassination

International

New ARTICLE 19 publication on standard-setting principles for defining defamation

Bangladesh

Journalist murdered

Russia

Representatives of the world's leading free press organisations express deep concern over the serious deterioration of press freedom

Egypt

Seven organisations express concern about ongoing of detention of human rights defenders

Russia

Journalist Andrei Babitsky formally charged

Syria

CPJ urges president to ensure international press freedom standards are upheld

Serbia / Montenegro

Prosecutor demands heavier sentence for writer Boban Miletic

Sierra Leone

UN called upon to restart preparations for Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Zambia

Call on donors to maintain human rights pressure on Zambia

Democratic Republic of Congo

Publisher interrogated for close to four hours

Peru

Journalist attacked

Guatemala

News agency receives threats

Morocco

New weekly "Al Ousboue wa al-Sahafi" banned

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist dismissed, another indefinitely suspended

China

CORRECTION: CPJ condemns Internet-related jailings

North Korea

State radio threatens to "blow up" South Korean newspaper "Chosun Ilbo"

Somalia

Journalist arrested in Puntland

Tunisia

Distribution of weekly "Jeune Afrique - L'Intelligent" seriously delayed

Democratic Republic of Congo

Newspaper's computers and other materials seized

China

CPJ condemns Internet-related jailings

Swaziland

Joint statement on press freedom; news editor could face jail sentence for criminal defamation

Belarus

CPJ calls for immediate search for disappeared cameraman

Venezuela

Weekly's editor under house arrest

Spain

Bomb attack at offices of Basque daily "El Correo"

Turkey

Journalist?s prosecution continues to raise concern

Mauritania

Issue of privately owned weekly seized

Indonesia

"Pos Kota" daily reporter attacked by Islamic Defender Front

Pakistan

Police brutality inside Lahore Press Club

Philippines

RSF concerned about kidnapping of four media professionals

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist accused of "threatening State security"

Belarus

Journalist Dmitri Zavadski missing

Colombia

Rebels burn copies of newspaper

Turkey

Author Nadire Mater and publisher Semih Sokmen face up to twelve years in prison; editor indicted for quotes from Mater's Book

Zambia

Newspaper manages to print again

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist released

Lesotho

Magazine faces closure because of questionable writ of execution

Cyprus

IFJ condemns arrest and disappearance of journalists

Namibia

Arsonists target magazine office

Cyprus

Four Turkish Cypriot journalists arrested

India

Magistrate assaults journalist in Assam

Syria

IPI urges president to reform media, release imprisoned journalist

The Gambia

CPJ condemns press freedom violations

Zimbabwe

Journalists held hostage

Malawi

Journalist threatened, film confiscated

Argentina

Journalist, newspaper distributor threatened

Philippines

Three French journalists abducted

Egypt

Crackdown on NGOs condemned

Turkey

Review of press freedom violations in June 2000

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM?s weekly report on media repression in Serbia

Lebanon

CPJ protests harassment of journalist, government censorship

Colombia

CPJ expresses its sorrow over journalist?s assassination

Algeria

President Bouteflika calls journalists' visit to Israel "treason"

Côte d'Ivoire

Junta cracks down on the press after "failed coup"

Peru

Press warned for having reported on falsification of signatures

Russia

Journalist Andrei Babitsky prevented from receiving OSCE prize

Angola

Journalist kidnapped, escapes

Peru

Journalist killed

Panama

Journalist faces arrest for offending attorney general

Russia

Delegation of free press organisations to visit Moscow

Zambia

Government printers accused of spurning request to print private daily; newspaper fails to appear

Namibia

Politics allegedly involved in demotion of senior managers at public broadcaster

Philippines

CPJ fears for German journalist's safety

Sri Lanka

CPJ condemns revised censorship decree

South Africa

Government officials harass two journalists

Belarus

ARTICLE 19 concerned about recent outcome of opposition politicians' trial

Colombia

Journalist killed

Syria

RSF appeals for the release of seven imprisoned journalists

Kyrgyzstan

Television station threatened with closure

Tanzania

Call for high-level tripartite mission to visit Tanzania

The Gambia

Judge rules in favour of independent radio station

Algeria

Algeria: freedom on probation

Fiji

PINA appeals to rebel leader over safety of journalists

Mexico

CPJ concerned over unbalanced media coverage of election campaign, recent attacks against the press

Lebanon

Issue of French weekly "L'Express" banned

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM?s weekly report on media repression in Serbia

Netherlands

RSF expresses concern over detention of seven Italian journalists

Philippines

CPJ concerned about journalist?s kidnapping

Moldova

Journalist threatened

Fiji

Rebels assault photojournalist

Philippines

German reporter seized by rebels in Jolo

Hong Kong (China)

Taiwan reporting the key issue for Hong Kong media

Philippines

Radio commentator's car ambushed; another journalist receives death threats

Zimbabwe

Government introduces accreditation fees

Botswana

Journalists briefly detained

Malawi

Journalist threatened; minister threatens to sue newspapers

Egypt

Academic arrested

Namibia

President intends to sue newspaper

Sri Lanka

Censorship measures reintroduced

Sri Lanka

Censorship regulation still in place despite court ruling

Sri Lanka

CPJ welcomes court decision striking down censorship

International

Persecuted writers honoured with Hellman/Hammett grants