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Alerts - 2000 - October-December

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Iran

Trial of murderers of opponents and journalists: RSF asks for an open and fair trial

Ukraine

RSF asks to take part in international inquiry into case of missing journalist Georgiy Gongadze

Turkey

Authorities impose restrictions on the media after incidents in Turkish prisons

Kenya

Telecommunications service providers comment on Internet exchange point closure

Paraguay / Brazil

Brazilian journalist brutally beaten

Kenya

Minister wins libel suit against British authors of banned book

Kenya

Police arrest journalists

Panama

A year after repeal of gag laws, press freedom situation still cause for concern, says RSF

Zimbabwe

Journalist threatened, assaulted

Colombia

Court acquits suspects of journalist Nelson Carvajal's murder

Zambia

Editor Fred M'membe acquitted on espionage charges

Colombia

ELN apprehends journalist Wiston Vicarachá

Ukraine

RSF denounces serious press freedom situation

Mozambique

RSF questions the government's determination to shed light on journalist Carlos Cardoso's murder

Peru

Journalist convicted of defamation

Turkey

WiPC concerned for detained writers as police storm prisons

Haiti

Radio Plus journalist Gerard Denoze killed

Afghanistan

RSF protests arrest of BBC staffer

Russia

WPFC condemns deterioration of press freedom in Russia

Colombia

Investigation underway to determine whether journalists' murders are linked

Morocco

French weekly seized

Italy

Journalist assaulted by police

Iran

Newspaper director arrested

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM's report on media repression for the week of 9 to 15 December 2000

International

Sixty-two die as assassins target journalists in 2000

Afghanistan

BBC staffer detained

Burkina Faso

Police occupy and close Norbert Zongo National Press Centre

Peru

Photojournalist assaulted by mayor

Peru

ANP-OFIP meets with Ministry of Justice about journalists in prison

Mauritania

Weekly newspaper banned

Burkina Faso

Demonstration in memory of journalist Norbert Zongo banned

Peru

Journalist who condemned irregularites in April elections sentenced

Russia

IPI condemns assault on investigative reporter Oleg Luriye in Moscow

Tunisia

Journalist assaulted and threatened

Colombia

Group of hitmen says that paramilitaries paid them to kill journalist Jaime Garzon

Mozambique

Journalists receive death threats

Russia

Newspaper reporter assaulted

Serbia / Montenegro

Minister announces return of confiscated media equipment

Turkey

"Amnesty law": RSF concerned about possible release of journalists' killers

Serbia / Montenegro

Magazine receives bomb threats

Colombia

Two Colombian journalists murdered

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalists now targeted in Kinshasa's instability

Kenya

Disciplinary action promised following police attacks on journalists

Morocco

The IFJ calls for a reform of the Press Code

Ukraine

CPJ calls for independent investigation into Gongadze disappearance

Ethiopia

Two editors-in-chief flee country

Russia / Spain

"There is no obstacle to Vladimir Gusinsky's extradition", say Spanish courts

Vietnam

Report on human rights and press freedom in Vietnam

Colombia

Two journalists assassinated in the province of Caqueta in less than two weeks

Senegal

Two journalists interrogated by police about Casamance articles

Jordan

Weekly newspaper banned

Tunisia

Human rights activist to appear in criminal court for defamation

Russia

Journalist Andrei Babitsky sentenced on appeal

Malawi

Police interrogate journalist over story

Ethiopia

EFJA president summoned to Central Investigation Department

Indonesia

Swiss journalist Oswald Iten released

Serbia / Montenegro

Conclusions and recommendations from the Media for a Democratic Europe Conference

Serbia / Montenegro

Court returns books to writer Boban Miletic

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM's report on media repression for the week of 2 to 8 December 2000

Philippines

Radio station bombed

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist Bonsange Ifonge released

India

ARTICLE 19 comments on Freedom of Information bill

Angola

CPJ protests continued harassment of journalist, refusal to allow him to leave the country

Iran

Writer, editor and human rights lawyer Mehrangiz Kar diagnosed with breast cancer; three new charges brought against her

Palestine / Israel

IFJ condemns attacks on journalists and media staff in Palestine

Democratic Republic of Congo

JED releases its 2000 Report on Press Freedom in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Colombia

Journalists held by FARC guerrillas released

Zimbabwe

Newspaper faces several civil and criminal lawsuits

Angola

State functionaries defy court order allowing journalist to travel

Kenya

Internet exchange point shut down

Serbia / Montenegro

Media for a Democratic Europe conference co-organised by ANEM

Kenya

Police assault newsman

Morocco

Draft laws relating to the media prepared, ARTICLE 19 reiterates its offer to provide assistance while expressing concern over recent incidents

Algeria

Journalist escapes assassination attempt

Iran

Local daily banned

Sri Lanka

Newspaper editor's defamation sentence contravenes international standards, says ARTICLE 19

Kenya

Journalists injured as police break up lobby group's meeting

Turkey

Radio station suspended for six months

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM's report on media repression for the week of 25 November to 1 December 2000

Peru

Fire destroys radio station studios

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM's report on media repression for the week of 18 to 24 November 2000

Peru

Baruch Ivcher regains control of Frecuencia Latina - Canal 2

Sri Lanka

Newspaper editor's defamation sentence contravenes international standards, says ARTICLE 19

Russia

IPI Watch List press briefing: Russia

Serbia / Montenegro

CPJ welcomes improvement of press-freedom climate, calls on President Kostunica to repeal Public Information Act, investigate media harassment by Milosevic regime

Colombia

Group of journalists held by FARC guerrillas

Burkina Faso

Two years after the murder of Norbert Zongo, those responsible are still free and RSF is barred from Burkina Faso

International

RSF incensed by Burmese junta's presence at the EU/ASEAN Summit

Indonesia

CPJ concerned over Swiss journalist's prolonged detention

Peru

Journalist Yehude Simon Munaro released after eight years' imprisonment

Colombia

Individuals alleged to be responsible for attack on columnist face detention order

Azerbaijan

Reforms necessary to meet European standards for Council of Europe membership, says ARTICLE 19

Peru

Congress rejects motions calling for disciplinary action against member of congress who attacked journalist

Canada

Quebec journalists alarmed about media concentration

International

ARTICLE 19 publishes study on truth processes for reconciliation and development to mark International Human Rights Day

Indonesia

RSF protests Swiss journalist's arrest

International

IFJ announces winners of EU Journalism Prize

Zambia

Government officials seek reporter at newspaper offices

Colombia

Journalist's alleged assassins to be tried at public hearing

Chad

Verdict returned in defamation trial of "N'Djamena Hebdo"

Indonesia

Swiss journalist arrested

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist Bonsange Ifonge transferred to CPRK prison

Morocco

RSF asks the king to "personally intervene" to reverse the permanent ban on three weeklies

Brazil

IAPA organizes 12th national forum on Declaration of Chapultepec

Democratic Republic of Congo

Security services censor independent newspapers

Palestine / Israel

IPI releases report on press freedom violations for the period 28 September to 22 November 2000

Democratic Republic of Congo

RTKM journalists file complaint against minister of communications

International

OSCE, UN and OAS free speech representatives call on states to stop killing of journalists, amend defamation laws

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM concerned about consequences of state and party officials serving on media boards

Bangladesh

CPJ condemns persecution of "Inqilab" journalists

Thailand

Attacks and threats against the press mark the end of the electoral campaign

Romania

Agence France Presse correspondent threatened

International

IAPA opens membership to online newspapers

Thailand

Attacks and threats against the press mark the end of the electoral campaign

Turkmenistan

Journalist imprisoned

Democratic Republic of Congo

Minister of communications labels "Le Phare" an "accomplice of those who carry out genocide"

International

Recommendations for action on free expression emerge from seminar

China

Editor and two journalists heavily sanctioned for "violating news discipline"

Iran

Youth magazine suspended

Pakistan / Afghanistan

Afghan writer Esmat Qaney and his publisher Mustafa Sahar under threat

Colombia

Alleged mastermind of attack against columnist captured

Colombia

Journalist killed in private quarrel

Ukraine

IFJ deeply concerned by recent discovery of possible remains of journalist Georgy Gongadze

Cyprus

IFJ condemns firebombing of Turkish Cypriot newspaper "Avrupa"

Peru

Journalist attacked and threatened

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM launches petition for urgent control of Serbian media sector

Malawi

Authorities threaten to stop private daily's republication

Kenya

Journalists released

Russia

Chechen cameraman shot and killed

International

International free expression chiefs to meet

International

Golden Pen of Freedom awarded to Burmese journalists

Kenya

Journalists attacked and arbitrarily arrested

International

Review of press freedom world-wide: wartime toll declines, but murders rise

Mozambique

CPJ demands justice for journalist's murder

Ukraine

Decapitated corpse found, could be that of journalist missing since September

Thailand

Mob attacks journalist and two cameramen

Thailand

Radio broadcasts censored

Democratic Republic of Congo

Governor of Western Kasai province insults journalist

Argentina

Radio journalist threatened

Serbia / Montenegro

Agreement signed on party presentation on RTS

Peru

Journalist targetted for her investigation of irregularities in the Chimbote police force

Argentina

IAPA expresses both concern and approval following mission to Santiago del Estero

Kenya

Journalist arrested

Kenya

Journalists injured at meeting

Cyprus

Opposition daily's printing house set on fire in Northern Cyprus

International

IPI releases study on press freedom violations in OSCE member states

Russia

Journalist Grigori Pasko sent back before military court

Ghana

Radio station re-opens

Colombia

Journalists' killer sentenced to sixty years in prison

Mozambique

Editor's assassination condemned

Peru

Police officers assault photo-journalist

Peru

Governor verbally assaults and threatens journalists during an interview

Iran

Concern that detained journalist's life may be in danger

Mozambique

RSF asks that light be shed on the assassination of journalist Carlos Cardoso

Ethiopia

Vice president of EFJA arrested

Canada

Journalist Michel Auger wins CJFE award

Tunisia

Taoufik Ben Brik detained at Tunis airport, has his books confiscated

Zimbabwe

New Copyright Act gazetted into law

Mozambique

Veteran journalist killed in ambush

Democratic Republic of Congo

"Le Potentiel" accused of publishing lies

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM's weekly report on media repression

Ethiopia

Journalist released

Mauritania

Radio France International banned in Nouakchott

Democratic Republic of Congo

"L'Alarme" journalist arrested, three others missing

International

Four courageous journalists win CPJ International Press Freedom Awards

South Korea

Former North Korean official prevented from communicating freely

Uzbekistan

CPJ demands release of imprisoned journalist

Philippines

Radio broadcaster killed in Mindanao

Nigeria

Journalists in Kano State threatened with beatings

Papua New Guinea

Attacks on journalists condemned

Russia

Documents, computer seized from independent newspaper's offices

Syria

RSF welcomes the release of two journalists but recalls that three others remain imprisoned

Democratic Republic of Congo

"Le Phare" called "enemy of the people" by state television

Egypt

Organizations express concern about trial of human rights and NGO activists

Colombia

Paramilitaries suspected in two press murders

Liberia

WAJA protests continued harassment of newspaper's personnel

Zimbabwe

Radio station's equipment returned

Niger

Three journalists sentenced to prison

Argentina

IAPA to send mission to Santiago del Estero to probe attacks on press freedom

Egypt

Two more journalists assaulted during legislative elections

Colombia

Rebels kidnap two journalists, release one

Belarus

Offices of independent newspaper target of armed robbery

International

Human Rights Watch calls for commitment to uphold freedom of expression and association from foreign ministers attending Euro-Mediterranean Summit

Turkey

Journalist's column prevented from appearing in newspaper

Swaziland

Foreign journalists expelled, harassed

Americas / International / Spain

Tenth Ibero-American Summit: press freedom violations common in Cuba and Colombia, outlook more hopeful in Peru

Fiji

Editors defend charged journalists

Ethiopia

Editor-in-chief in prison and in need of bail money, case adjourned to October 2001

Ethiopia

Imprisoned journalist faces additional charge

Swaziland

FXI condemns government's actions against the media

Bahrain

Senior lecturer and writer released

Iran

Journalist Akbar Ganji brought to court; serious concerns of ill-treatment

Ethiopia

Journalist still detained despite paying bail and court order for his release

Bahrain

Journalist imprisoned

Iran

Two journalists threatened with death penalty, another journalist on hunger strike after suffering torture

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM's weekly report on media repression

Democratic Republic of Congo

French weekly "Jeune Afrique - L'Intelligent" seized

Chad

"N'Djamena Hebdo" attacked for defamation

Cuba

Independent journalist detained, another journalist accused of defamation

Ghana

Private radio station closed down

Pakistan

Another victim of bomb blast at newspaper office in Karachi dies

Peru

Concern that government has still not issued supreme resolution on Ivcher case

Democratic Republic of Congo

New RTKM director brought before the court

Spain

Two journalists survive assassination attempt in Basque Country

Mauritania

Journalist assaulted by unidentified persons

Zimbabwe

Public broadcaster and city authorities allegedly ban company's advertisements

Sri Lanka

FMM condemns minister's linking of murdered journalist Milevanagam Nimalarajan to LTTE armed wing

Palestine / Israel

CPJ documents over two dozen cases of journalists injured or subjected to harassment

Democratic Republic of Congo

Publisher of biweekly "Vision" detained and released

Vietnam

Human Rights Watch asks Clinton to raise human rights concerns during Vietnam trip, cites serious curtailment of freedom of expression and freedom of association

Peru

Resolution which stripped businessman Baruch Ivcher of his Peruvian citizenship is annulled

Pakistan

Newspaper banned

Egypt

Several journalists assaulted by police

Namibia

Government and party officials distance themselves from youth leader's statements

Angola

Journalist harassed by demonstrators, charged with criminal defamation

China

Government adopts restrictive regulation on news and chatrooms on the Internet

Ghana

Three media personalities arrested

United Kingdom

UK security laws "an international disgrace", says ARTICLE 19

Peru

IACHR reiterates need for precautionary measures in support of Delgado Parker

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM's weekly report on media repression

Democratic Republic of Congo

Pro-government daily "L'Avenir" threatened anew

Angola

Journalist receives veiled threat from provincial governor, threatened with charges of criminal defamation

China

IPI concerned over resignation of editor, threat to newspaper's editorial independence

Namibia

State broadcasting employee settles with broadcaster

Zimbabwe

Access to information curtailed in parliament

Namibia

Ruling party youth leader warns of all-out assault on newspaper

Pakistan

RSF concerned over bomb blast at press group's office in Karachi

Swaziland

Government threatens foreign journalists, union meetings banned

International

Free-press group protests plight of media in Cuba, Peru and Venezuela

Serbia / Montenegro

Radio B92 seeks return of illegally held equipment

Pakistan

CPJ dismayed by bomb attack on Karachi newspaper office

Peru

Journalist threatened, assaulted

Pakistan

Bomb explodes in newspaper's office

Tunisia

French weekly "Jeune Afrique - L'Intelligent" censored anew

Tanzania

Journalist charged with kidnapping

Morocco

AFP Rabat bureau chief expelled

Czech Republic

AMARC denounces Czech authorities' denial of right to communicate

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist arrested in Goma

East Timor

CPJ releases report on status of prosecutorial efforts one year after murder of journalists

Angola

MISA and CJFE shocked by convictions of three Angolan journalists

Serbia / Montenegro

Free B92 website wins Women's Peacepower Foundation annual award

Canada

CJFE disappointed at Ontario Superior Court ruling against media freedom

Zimbabwe

Government to silence independent papers "once and for all"

Tanzania

WAN concerned over journalist's arrest

International

Concern over Inter-American Human Rights Declaration on media concentration

Palestine / Israel

IPI condemns restrictions on Palestinian journalists

Serbia / Montenegro

Radio Television Serbia censors broadcast on war reporting

Venezuela

SPJ condemns Venezuelan government over defamation suit

Tanzania

Journalists arrested and harassed, others in hiding

Serbia / Montenegro

Flora Brovina arrives home after release

Serbia / Montenegro

Flora Brovina released

Tanzania

ARTICLE 19 calls for international action following election disaster, highlights government abuse of publicly-funded media

Peru

Journalist attacked

Democratic Republic of Congo

Nationalised private stations renamed: Canal Kin becomes RTNC 3 and RTKM becomes RTNC 4

Palestine / Israel

CNN correspondent wounded in Gaza

Zimbabwe

Newspaper found in contempt of parliament

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM calls on international community to block investments in Milosevic-aligned media

Democratic Republic of Congo

Correction: Journalist forced to go underground in Lubumbashi

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM's weekly report on media repression in Serbia

Niger

Niamey Magistrates' Court refuses to release three imprisoned journalists

Zimbabwe

Newspapers threatened with criminal defamation charges

Tanzania

Journalists barred from covering rape case

Pakistan

Weekly banned

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM calls for legal audit of Milosevic-aligned privileged media

Eritrea

Two journalists still detained, six others explain their arrest

Tanzania

Newspaper faces defamation suit

Angola

CPJ condemns harsh sentencing of three journalists prosecuted for defaming government officials

Serbia / Montenegro

Justice minister refuses presidential recommendation that Flora Brovina be amnestied

Angola

Supreme Court rules on appeal of convicted journalists

Peru

Radio programme cancelled, journalists threatened

International

Spanish Basque journalist Carmen Gurruchaga wins 2000 RSF - Fondation de France Prize

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist forced to go underground in Lubumbashi

China

HKJA concerned about effect of proposed criminalisation of stalking on news workers

Democratic Republic of Congo

Police bar RTKM journalists from entering studios

International

IPI keeps Russia on "IPI Watch List" and adds three new countries

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist with weekly "L'Alarme" detained for seven days in Kinshasa

Laos

Restrictive Internet guidelines issued

Bangladesh

Journalist escapes kidnapping attempt

Bolivia

IAPA protests attempt to impose gag law

Côte d'Ivoire

Journalist beaten and arrested by police, two newsrooms ransacked by students

Russia / International

RSF and Human Rights Watch condemn murders and attacks against journalists in recent weeks

Peru

Freelance journalist in Chimbote sentenced

Bangladesh

Journalist and newspaper office attacked

International

CPJ welcomes OAS Human Rights Commission's press freedom declaration

Niger

RSF protests arrests of three journalists in Niamey

Niger

Two journalists jailed for "lying" about border dispute

Peru

Corrected version: Government bans aerial coverage of opposition protests in Lima

Palestine

CPJ special report on Palestinian journalists posted on web

Zimbabwe

New broadcasting regulations before parliament

Zimbabwe

"Financial Gazette" reporter faces contempt of court charges

Zambia

"Post" editor M'membe's "espionage" judgement date set

International

IPI media workshop confronts issues of concern in EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

Peru

Government bans aerial coverage of opposition protests in Lima

Eritrea

Eight journalists arrested, two of them remain detained

Bangladesh

Journalists attacked and threatened

Fiji

Fiji TV to feature deposed prime minister despite warning from government

Canada

The FPJQ is concerned about the arrogance of Montreal police

Democratic Republic of Congo

Private radio station allowed to broadcast anew

Kuwait

Human Rights Watch calls for amendments to laws on free expression

Democratic Republic of Congo

Twenty-two public radio-television journalists and employees reinstated

Fiji

CPJ protests journalists' detention

Egypt

Journalist beaten by policeman

Georgia

CPJ protests murder of Italian journalist

Argentina

Journalist receives death threat

Ethiopia

Court examines charges against EFJA president

Democratic Republic of Congo

Concern over journalist's kidnapping and mock execution

Iran

Three more newspapers banned

Democratic Republic of Congo

Activist arrested, tortured

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM's weekly report on media repression in Serbia

Democratic Republic of Congo

RTKM director-general and information director dismissed

Fiji

Minister warns TV station against featuring deposed prime minister

International

CPJ announces Press Freedom Award winners

Zimbabwe

Editor allegedly threatened

Peru

Journalist attacked during farming strike in Aucayacu

Lesotho

Editor loses defamation case

Palestine / Israel

Israeli-Palestinian clashes: journalists caught in the crossfire

Canada

RSF asks court to condemn police seizures of press materials

International

Difficult year for press freedom in the Western Hemisphere, concludes IAPA

Palestine / Israel

IFJ calls on Israeli and Palestinian leaders to stop trying to manipulate media

Sri Lanka

IPI condemns murder of journalist

Sri Lanka

Veteran Tamil journalist murdered

Fiji

PINA condemns military action against Radio Fiji journalists

Palestine / Israel

Both Israelis and Palestinians impede press

Georgia

Italian journalist Antonio Russo murdered

Zimbabwe

Government body declares new broadcasting regulations unconstitutional

Swaziland

Several journalists harassed, speech curbed

Zimbabwe

Media Monitoring Project condemns assault on journalists

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM's weekly report on media repression in Serbia

Peru

Television station, journalists targetted

France

RSF protests interrogation of journalist Arnaud Hamelin

Ethiopia

Former editor-in-chief sentenced

Zambia

Radio reporter detained, interrogated, charged with false news provisions

Russia

Journalist assaulted

France

Journalist Arnaud Hamelin placed in police custody: RSF concerned over this decision's impact

Peru

Two jailed journalists on hunger strike to draw attention to their cases

Belarus

Publishing house's printing presses and other equipment seized

Kenya

Journalist barred from covering presidential function

Serbia / Montenegro

ARTICLE 19 calls for repeal or substantial amendment of Public Information Law and review of licencing procedures for radio and television stations

Serbia / Montenegro

Detained poet Flora Brovina speaks from prison

South Korea

Yonhap News Agency struggles to secure independence as nation's sole news agency

Peru

Journalists threatened as a result of their investigations

Azerbaijan

IFJ concerned over unexpected closing of broadcasting agency

Zimbabwe

Editor dismissed, speaks of political interference at newspaper

Zimbabwe

Police official fined for contempt; government appoints broadcasting board

Iran

RSF, Human Rights Watch and other organisations express concern at trial of journalist Hassan Youssefi Echkevari

Zambia

Government bureaucrats dominate Film Censorship Board

Malawi

MISA-Malawi condemns harassment of journalists

Burma

Journalist jailed since May 1996 close to death

Ethiopia

Journalist released, another still detained

Belarus

Government threatens to seize printing presses of publishing house

International

South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) founded

Democratic Republic of Congo

Special police services threaten four newspaper publishers

International

WPFC challenges Latin American journalists to oppose insult laws

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM calls for re-examination of broadcast licence procedures

Afghanistan

Taliban condemn RSF media report

Democratic Republic of Congo

Report on attacks on freedom of expression released

Morocco

Press freedom situation seriously deteriorating

Turkey

Writers unite to free Turkish playwright Esber Yagmurdereli

Serbia / Montenegro

Flora Brovina trial delayed another month

Azerbaijan

Former editor-in-chief's rights restricted

International

Journalists from Basque-language media refused accreditation at Biarritz Summit

Israel

Missiles fired at radio station

Argentina

Proceedings brought against television stations

Zimbabwe

Media analysts condemn "draconian" new broadcasting regulations

International

International Press Freedom Award winners announced

Democratic Republic of Congo

"L'Avenir" newspaper's computers damaged by soldiers

Colombia

Kidnapped journalists released

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalists with pro-government daily "L'Avenir" arrested

Côte d'Ivoire

Journalist and four technicians from private press group beaten by soldiers

Iran

Prosecution of independent cleric condemned

Pakistan

Concern over human rights and freedom of speech abuses on Pakistan coup anniversary

Peru

Attempts to strip owner Delgado Parker of his authority over Red Global ­ Canal 13 continue

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM's weekly report on media repression in Serbia

Serbia / Montenegro

CPJ hails Filipovic's release, calls for repeal of punitive press law

Peru

Member of Congress apologises to parliamentary reporter

India

University bans daily newspaper

Malawi

Suspended editor demoted

Kenya

Newspaper sued for defamation

Zimbabwe

Police hold onto broadcaster's equipment, minister makes pronouncement on possible licence application, second station shut down

Kenya

Radio station denies it has political agenda

International

IAPA to hold 56th General Assembly in Santiago, Chile

Serbia / Montenegro

Supreme Military Court overturns Filipovic sentence

Bangladesh

Journalists prevented from reporting about the disappearance of an opposition leader

Colombia

Three journalists released

Malawi

Harassment of newspaper extends to violence against vendor

Netherlands

Journalist released

Kiribati

Government says AFP welcome, but not banned journalist

Kenya

President Moi repeats threat to ban vernacular radio stations

Sierra Leone

Blind journalist beaten up by officials

Morocco

Three France 3 journalists under house arrest

Kenya

Journalists lose property to gang

Kenya

Journalists barred from covering events

Zimbabwe

Capitol Radio prohibited from broadcasting until frequency is granted

Malawi

High ranking politician sues newspaper

Serbia / Montenegro

Poster, video clip win awards at festivals

Serbia / Montenegro

Radio B92 liberated

Zimbabwe

Court orders return of confiscated equipment

Mexico

Former police chief drops criminal-defamation suit against journalists

Russia

Babitsky convicted and immediately amnestied

Peru

Journalists cited by police in connection with narcotrafficking case in Yurimaguas

Turkey

Daily suspended for ten days

Colombia

Three journalists kidnapped by guerillas

Peru / Panama

Journalists assaulted in Panama City

Russia

Independent newspaper's editor-in-chief imprisoned

Azerbaijan

Editor freed

Russia

CPJ calls for unconditional acquittal on Babitsky case

Israel

At least five journalists wounded in Israeli-Palestinian violence

Azerbaijan

Government shuts down television station

Ghana

Newspaper office vandalised

Morocco

Minister of the Interior threatens director of "Le Journal"

Democratic Republic of Congo

"Le Phare" newspaper correspondent in Tshikapa released

Mozambique

Political party security guards threaten journalists

Zimbabwe

Police raid and silence new broadcaster, new broadcasting legislation approved

Azerbaijan

Editor Rauf Arifoglu released

Serbia / Montenegro

State media journalists punished

Peru

Ruling party member of congress confronts "La República" editor

Angola

CPJ delegation urges government to "reconsider" draft press law

Israel

Palestinian photographer assaulted by Israeli policemen, other journalists injured

Iran

Open letter of support to reformist journalists and writers

Serbia / Montenegro

Serbian state media begins to waver in its support of Milosevic

Serbia / Montenegro

Media employees sacked, equipment confiscated, police enter editorial premises

China

CPJ dismayed by China's latest effort to control Internet

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM's weekly report on media repression in Serbia

Zambia

Angolan journalist found dead in Zambezi river

Peru

Journalist threatened by national police officers and summoned

Democratic Republic of Congo

Government replaces radio and television station management

Peru

"Gente" magazine withdraws case filed against "El Comercio" and Canal N

Zimbabwe

First private radio station hits the airwaves

Mexico

CPJ inquires about prosecution of Ciudad Juárez journalists on criminal-defamation charges

Comoros

Private radio station director imprisoned for over one month

Democratic Republic of Congo

Minister of communications lifts ban on private radio and television stations

Palestine / Israel

Journalists caught in West Bank crossfire

Serbia / Montenegro

IFJ calls on state journalists to join movement for democracy and press freedom

Solomon Islands

Militia spokesperson denies threatening journalist, promises him protection

Fiji

Rebel to face trial over shooting and wounding of TV journalist

Solomon Islands

Journalist receives death threats: correction