4 November 2011
Alerts - 2001 - July-September
28 September 2001
Nicaragua / Costa Rica
Costa Rican president accuses Nicaraguan press of escalating conflict
28 September 2001
Botswana / Namibia
High Court declares advertising ban against newspapers unconstitutional
28 September 2001
Ukraine
Council of Europe supports creation of independent commission of inquiry in Gongadze case
28 September 2001
Eritrea
RSF meets with Eritrean ambassador in Paris
28 September 2001
Iran
Imprisoned journalists and their families under "pressure"
28 September 2001
Paraguay
President repeals controversial information law
28 September 2001
Turkey
Journalist threatened with imprisonment for article criticising the judicial system
28 September 2001
Afghanistan
Journalist seriously injured in suicide bomb attack
27 September 2001
Pakistan
Authorities restrict movement of foreign journalists
27 September 2001
United States
IFJ condemns proposed "blacklist" of journalists and writers targeted by the "New York Times"
27 September 2001
Colombia
CPJ briefing on Colombia's worst enemy of the press, Carlos Castaño, now available online
27 September 2001
Bangladesh
Eight journalists attacked
27 September 2001
Georgia / Russia
Concern over missing journalist's safety
27 September 2001
Namibia
New defence law seeks to control the media
27 September 2001
Paraguay
SPP condemns journalist's sentence
26 September 2001
Panama
Three journalists face defamation charges filed by the president
26 September 2001
Palestine
IFJ calls for an end to restrictions on rights of reporters
26 September 2001
International
RSF launches international network of affiliated organisations
26 September 2001
Brunei
CPJ protests regressive press law
26 September 2001
Sierra Leone
Seven journalists threatened with assassination
26 September 2001
Eritrea
Nine journalists arrested; two flee as major crackdown continues
26 September 2001
Syria
More repressive press law introduced
25 September 2001
Turkey
Detained journalist's trial postponed to 7 December 2001
25 September 2001
Russia
Newspaper publisher murdered
25 September 2001
Zambia
Journalists' trial postponed again
25 September 2001
Senegal
CPJ protests deterioration in press freedom under President Wade
24 September 2001
Zimbabwe
IPI concerned about vicious attacks on journalists
24 September 2001
Zambia
Government lifts ban on Radio Phoenix
24 September 2001
Zimbabwe
Musician harasses journalist, confiscates his film
24 September 2001
Malawi
Journalist targeted by armed gang
24 September 2001
Brunei
Restrictive press law adopted
24 September 2001
Belarus
CPJ denounces harassment of independent media during presidential election
24 September 2001
Yemen
CPJ protests detention of reporter, criminal conviction of editor
24 September 2001
International
Press freedom groups condemn terrorism against media
21 September 2001
Azerbaijan
Publisher imprisoned, editor sentenced
21 September 2001
Eritrea
Escalating crackdown in Eritrea: reformists, journalists, students at risk
21 September 2001
Palestine
CPJ condemns closure of local TV station
21 September 2001
United States
U.S. photojournalist among World Trade Center dead, several other media workers injured or missing
21 September 2001
Liberia
CPJ protests unlawful detention of radio host
20 September 2001
Guatemala
Two suspects detained in connection with journalist's murder
20 September 2001
Eritrea
Newspapers suspended in effort to stifle public criticism of the government, says CPJ
20 September 2001
International
SEEMO creates new emergency fund to support journalists
20 September 2001
Chechnya (Russia)
Japanese journalist missing in Chechnya
20 September 2001
United States
Internet privacy threatened by the war against terrorism
20 September 2001
Turkey
Detained journalist scheduled to appear in court
20 September 2001
Pakistan
Journalists prevented from working at the Afghani border
20 September 2001
Eritrea
Government shuts down all private newspapers
20 September 2001
Yemen
Journalist arrested
19 September 2001
Panama
Radio station taken off the air
19 September 2001
Egypt
EOHR urges President Mubarak not to ratify ruling against editor Mamdouh Mahran
19 September 2001
Serbia / Montenegro
ANEM's media update for the week of 8 to 14 September 2001
19 September 2001
Liberia
Radio journalist arrested after callers make "anti-American" remarks
19 September 2001
Ukraine
CPJ supports call for international inquiry on anniversary of journalist's disappearance
19 September 2001
China
CPJ condemns Internet-related prosecutions
18 September 2001
Azerbaijan
Newspaper closed, editor-in-chief arrested
18 September 2001
Palestine
CPJ protests censorship, intimidation of journalists
18 September 2001
Mexico
Journalist resigns from his post following alleged pressure
18 September 2001
South Korea
CPJ concerned about tax investigations of local media companies
18 September 2001
Egypt
Editor sentenced, newspapers suspended
18 September 2001
Zimbabwe
Three journalists assaulted by war veterans
17 September 2001
Azerbaijan
Journalist imprisoned
17 September 2001
Tanzania
Police inspector general assures journalists of co-operation
17 September 2001
China
Nineteenth cyber-dissident jailed
17 September 2001
South Africa
Two more journalists subpoenaed
17 September 2001
Azerbaijan
JuHI protests court ruling against independent weekly
17 September 2001
Spain / United States
Media condemn Spanish, US terrorism
14 September 2001
Costa Rica
IAPA welcomes Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruling on journalist and newspaper
14 September 2001
Kenya
Journalist surrenders to court
14 September 2001
Palestine
Ban imposed on filming celebrations following terrorist attacks in the United States
14 September 2001
Israel
Investigation into shooting of journalist closed
14 September 2001
Sri Lanka
IFJ protests banning of journalist
(IFJ/IFEX) - In a letter to the managing director of Sumathi Publications, the IFJ has protested the banning of Sumathi employee Buddika Weerasinghe following the publication of an article in the newspaper "Ravaya" in which he was the subject of an interview.
13 September 2001
Cuba
Government withholds independent journalists' exit permit
13 September 2001
Ukraine
One year of impunity for journalist Georgy Gongadze's killers
12 September 2001
Syria
Authorities step up pressure on journalists
12 September 2001
Serbia / Montenegro
ANEM's media report for the week of 1 to 7 September 2001
12 September 2001
Sudan
English-language daily suspended
11 September 2001
Democratic Republic of Congo
Provincial director of weekly "L'Eveil" released in Kananga
11 September 2001
Guinea-Bissau
New public prosecutor threatens journalists from private radio station
11 September 2001
Guatemala
RSF angered by journalist's assassination, another journalist receives death threats
11 September 2001
Zimbabwe
Journalists arrested, press cards confiscated
11 September 2001
Nepal
Journalists detained by Maoist rebels
11 September 2001
Afghanistan
CPJ condemns Taliban restrictions on journalists
11 September 2001
Iran
Reformist newspaper suspended
11 September 2001
South Korea
IFJ says press tax probe "not unfair" and backs case for urgent media reform
10 September 2001
South Korea
IPI/WAN delegation condemns government's intimidation of the press
10 September 2001
Sri Lanka
FMM assistant secretary interdicted over a freedom of expression article
10 September 2001
United States
IPI protests decision to subpoena journalist's telephone records
10 September 2001
Guatemala / Honduras
IAPA speaks out against bill's violation of press freedom
10 September 2001
Azerbaijan
Independent newspaper closed
10 September 2001
Tanzania
Journalist faces renewed threats after beating
10 September 2001
France
Right to protection of sources threatened again
10 September 2001
Kenya
Media group ordered to pay US$131,000 in defamation case
10 September 2001
Syria
New CPJ briefing on press freedom in Syria
10 September 2001
Morocco
Issue of "El Mundo" banned
7 September 2001
Vietnam
Donors should protest renewed harassment of dissidents
7 September 2001
United States
IAPA voices alarm at Justice Department order
7 September 2001
Syria
Journalist summoned to court, faces possible charges
7 September 2001
China
Internet repression continues to increase
7 September 2001
Afghanistan
Press barred from covering trial of eight aid workers charged with Catholic proselytising
7 September 2001
Guatemala
Government pledges to grant two new television broadcasting licenses
7 September 2001
Czech Republic
IPI concerned over authorities' decision to prosecute former editor
7 September 2001
Belarus
ARTICLE 19 report details authorities' crackdown on free press
7 September 2001
Guatemala
Journalist killed
7 September 2001
China
IFJ accuses media moguls of "sidelining press freedom" in television deal with China
7 September 2001
International
Investigations into crimes against journalists uncover irregularities
7 September 2001
Belarus
CPJ condemns harassment of independent press ahead of the elections
7 September 2001
South Korea
IPI places South Korea on "IPI Watch List"
7 September 2001
Spain
"Terrorism Against Media" conference to examine escalation of attacks
7 September 2001
Lebanon
CPJ concerned about military's crackdown on press
7 September 2001
Kenya
Book serialization ban extended
7 September 2001
Kenya
Journalists barred from covering prison case
6 September 2001
Zambia
Editor-in-chief and reporter appear in court, case postponed
6 September 2001
South Africa
Community media barred from conference on racism
6 September 2001
Cuba
Two journalists from the same agency harassed in Santiago de Cuba
6 September 2001
Philippines
Kidnapped broadcaster released after three days in captivity
6 September 2001
Tunisia
Journalist Sihem Bensedrine barred from leaving the country
6 September 2001
Democratic Republic of Congo
Provincial director of weekly "L'Eveil" arrested in Kananga
5 September 2001
Pakistan
"Newsweek" article censored by Pakistani authorities
5 September 2001
Nepal
CEHURDES condemns Maoist rebels' extortion demands on publication
5 September 2001
Swaziland
Government appeals High Court ruling allowing "The Guardian of Swaziland" to resume publishing
5 September 2001
South Korea
IPI-WAN delegation meets jailed newspaper leaders
5 September 2001
Azerbaijan
Press suffers under government restrictions
5 September 2001
Tanzania
Journalist summoned
5 September 2001
Lebanon
Two journalists remain imprisoned
5 September 2001
South Korea
IPI sends press freedom mission to South Korea
5 September 2001
Swaziland
Senators lash out against newspaper
5 September 2001
Russia
Private police force raids television station
5 September 2001
Tanzania
Police in Mara release nine journalists but confiscate their equipment
4 September 2001
Guatemala / Honduras
IAPA to send mission to Guatemala, Honduras
4 September 2001
Peru
Journalists acquitted of charges filed by former police officer
4 September 2001
Serbia / Montenegro
ANEM's media update for the week of 25 to 31 August 2001
4 September 2001
Malawi
Journalist beaten, questioned and charged with publishing false news
4 September 2001
China
CPJ condemns writer's sentencing
4 September 2001
United States
Justice Department subpoenas journalist's phone records
31 August 2001
Swaziland
Court ruling allows "The Guardian of Swaziland" newspaper to resume publishing
31 August 2001
Tanzania
Police arrest more journalists
31 August 2001
Serbia / Montenegro
SEEMO concerned over recent press freedom violations
31 August 2001
Ecuador
Journalist's murder under investigation, another journalist's sentence under appeal
31 August 2001
Guatemala
Homage to journalist missing for twenty years
31 August 2001
Ukraine
Cameraman assaulted
31 August 2001
Papua New Guinea
National broadcaster's news director suspended
31 August 2001
Iran
Another journalist behind bars
31 August 2001
International
IFJ launches global media prize programme
30 August 2001
Haiti
Journalist receives death threats
30 August 2001
Colombia
Radio station bombed in Medellín
30 August 2001
Zimbabwe
Reporter attacked
30 August 2001
Chile
Supreme Court refuses to consider lifting ban on controversial book
30 August 2001
Mexico
IAPA asks authorities to look into defamatory statements against media company
30 August 2001
Serbia / Montenegro
ANEM protests TV Kosava's takeover of TV NIS' frequency
30 August 2001
Spain
Resurgence of attacks against the press in Basque Country
29 August 2001
Kenya
Citizen Radio and Television owner files appeal
29 August 2001
Russia
Six journalist organizations reach agreement to launch a regional freedom of expression network
29 August 2001
India
CPJ protests Nepali editor's prosecution
29 August 2001
Brazil
CPJ expresses concern over journalist's murder
29 August 2001
Zimbabwe
New media company created by governmental decree
29 August 2001
South Korea
Press reform "must not be derailed" by tax troubles of newspaper owners, says IFJ
29 August 2001
Brazil
Journalists condemn military over use of fake press cards for spying
29 August 2001
Brazil
Newspaper censored
29 August 2001
Iran
Journalist sentenced to eight years' imprisonment upon appeal
28 August 2001
Nigeria
CPJ urges former Nigerian dictator to testify in journalist's unsolved murder
28 August 2001
Serbia / Montenegro
ANEM's media update for the week of 18 to 24 August 2001
28 August 2001
Cuba
Three journalists arrested
28 August 2001
Azerbaijan
CPJ deeply concerned about harassment of ABA Television
28 August 2001
Tanzania
Three journalists arrested
28 August 2001
Serbia / Montenegro
ANEM's report on the media ten months after political change
27 August 2001
Azerbaijan
Concern over Provision on the National Council of Press, TV, Radio and Internet
27 August 2001
China
Journalist sentenced to three years in a labour camp
27 August 2001
Cameroon
Private press harassed again
27 August 2001
Turkey
Journalist's book seized
24 August 2001
Belarus
Government steps up harassment of non-state media
24 August 2001
India
Editor arrested
24 August 2001
United Kingdom / Tunisia
Al Mustaquilla television station sued in London by the Tunisian regime
24 August 2001
International
Journalists call for new global information strategy to combat racism
24 August 2001
Zimbabwe
Vice president threatens journalists
24 August 2001
Taiwan
"Taiwan Next" magazine attacked
24 August 2001
Vietnam
CPJ calls for return of Tran Do's memoirs
24 August 2001
Belarus
Officials seize independent-media equipment ahead of presidential election
24 August 2001
Kenya
Nation Media Group barred from reporting on president's son
23 August 2001
Zimbabwe
"Zimbabwe Mirror" reporter arrested
23 August 2001
Zimbabwe
Editor arrested over story
23 August 2001
United States
IFJ condemns writer's continued imprisonment
23 August 2001
Kyrgyzstan
CPJ protests escalating harassment of independent media
23 August 2001
Liberia
Editor of daily arrested by police
23 August 2001
Lebanon
Two journalists arrested
23 August 2001
Zambia
Editor-in-chief and reporter plead not guilty to defamation charges
22 August 2001
India
Editor and three employees of a weekly severely beaten in Jammu and Kashmir
22 August 2001
Zimbabwe
"Zimbabwe Mirror"'s news editor arrested
22 August 2001
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe journalist on alleged government death list summoned by police
22 August 2001
Serbia / Montenegro
ANEM's media update for the week of 11 to 17 August 2001
22 August 2001
Zambia
Editor charged with defamation
22 August 2001
Zambia
"Radio Phoenix" general manager threatened
22 August 2001
Senegal
Editor-in-chief of "Le Matin" charged with publishing false information
22 August 2001
International
First IFLA/FAIFE World Report on libraries and intellectual freedom launched
21 August 2001
Kenya
Radio station loses bid to resume broadcasting
21 August 2001
Kenya
Book serialization stopped
21 August 2001
Brazil
Journalist assassinated in Rio de Janeiro state
21 August 2001
Sudan
Rebel leader sued for defamation
21 August 2001
Belarus
Police confiscate special edition of independent newspaper
21 August 2001
Paraguay
Law that restricts freedom of expression repealed
21 August 2001
Angola
Police bar journalist from leaving the country and confiscate his passport
20 August 2001
Zambia
IPI fears radio station's suspension part of a wider campaign to silence independent media prior to elections
20 August 2001
Zambia
Private radio station shut down
20 August 2001
Sri Lanka
Hiru radio journalist assaulted by air force personnel
20 August 2001
Nepal
Government withdraws cases against daily's editor and publishers
20 August 2001
Cuba
IAPA protests harrasment of journalists
17 August 2001
Zambia
Editor of "The Post" arrested for calling the state president a "thief"
17 August 2001
Haiti
Two journalists detained
17 August 2001
Belarus
ARTICLE 19 alarmed over escalation of KGB activities undermining media freedom
17 August 2001
Zimbabwe
Six new arrests mark further deterioration of freedom of expression, says WiPC
17 August 2001
Malawi
RSF asks president to intervene following latest attacks on independent media
17 August 2001
Zimbabwe
Mugabe government more hostile to independent press as election nears
17 August 2001
Zimbabwe
Journalists face another charge, government remains defiant amid criticism
17 August 2001
Indonesia
Belgian documentary filmmakers released
16 August 2001
China
Jailed Internet publisher Huang Qi tried in secret
16 August 2001
International
ARTICLE 19 publishes model freedom of information law
16 August 2001
International
IPI concerned about media regulation tendencies in World Conference Against Racism draft papers
16 August 2001
Zimbabwe
Editor and journalists released
16 August 2001
Indonesia
Threatened by separatists, Aceh newspaper suspends publication
16 August 2001
Malawi
Attacked journalist now in hiding
16 August 2001
Pakistan
Curbs imposed on disseminating views of two banned sectarian organisations
15 August 2001
Zimbabwe
Four journalists from "The Daily News" arrested
15 August 2001
Zimbabwe
"The Daily News" editor arrested
15 August 2001
Liberia
Taylor government takes control of all national broadcasting
15 August 2001
Uzbekistan
CPJ denounces persecution of TV station director
15 August 2001
Zambia
Chiluba government cracks down on press as elections near
15 August 2001
Bolivia
Army members implicated in the death of a television journalist
14 August 2001
Haiti
RSF urges Senate to lift parliamentary immunity of senator implicated in journalist Jean Dominique's murder
14 August 2001
China
Poet Xue Deyun released
14 August 2001
International
Model law and regional survey on freedom of information launched at conference
14 August 2001
Tanzania
Veteran journalist and family injured in bomb blast
14 August 2001
Malawi
Journalist threatened
14 August 2001
South Africa
FXI requests more time for public commentary on the Interception and Monitoring Bill
14 August 2001
Malawi
Journalist abducted, beaten by ruling party youths
14 August 2001
Guatemala
CPJ concerned over attack on four journalists
13 August 2001
India
Journalist's contempt trial postponed
13 August 2001
Zambia
Criminal proceedings against journalist to be dropped
13 August 2001
China
Government issues new list of banned media topics
13 August 2001
South Korea
IFJ backs media reform and calls for an "end to wasteful war of words"
13 August 2001
Pakistan
Journalist remains in hiding because of continued harassment by local authorities
13 August 2001
Lebanon
Two journalists beaten, another detained, television station threatened
13 August 2001
Turkey
BBC and Deutsche Welle Turkish language programmes banned
13 August 2001
Peru
Attack on Internet company, creator of the "Return Fujimori" website
10 August 2001
Nicaragua
Journalist assaulted by President Alemán
10 August 2001
Venezuela
Venezuelan representative before international human rights organisations removed from office
10 August 2001
Philippines
Former president Estrada to file suit against newspaper
10 August 2001
Brazil
Journalist target of pressure by the Rio Grande do Sul state government
10 August 2001
Mexico / United States
Jalisco State attorney general to appeal verdict in case of murdered journalist
10 August 2001
Nauru
Stop banning of journalists, PINA urges Pacific Islands Forum leaders
10 August 2001
Bangladesh
Journalist attacked
10 August 2001
International
IAPA announces winners of awards for excellence in journalism
10 August 2001
Sri Lanka
FMM concerned by opposition MPs' threats against journalists
10 August 2001
Democratic Republic of Congo
Publication director of "La Manchette" released
9 August 2001
Iran
Two imprisoned journalists' health deteriorates, three newspapers suspended
9 August 2001
India
CPJ deeply concerned for editor's safety
9 August 2001
Belarus
CPJ refused entry to Belarus; regime bars international observers during crackdown on local press
9 August 2001
Thailand
TJA condemns Special Branch Police for misuse of press law
9 August 2001
Zimbabwe
Information minister in war of words with journalists
9 August 2001
Bangladesh
Journalist arrested for "possession of banned publications"
9 August 2001
Bangladesh
Journalist attacked by Islamic militants
8 August 2001
Democratic Republic of Congo
Publisher of "La Manchette" arrested in Kinshasa
8 August 2001
South Korea
IPI concerned by press reform issue's severe implications for press freedom
8 August 2001
Pakistan
Journalist threatened with arrest in North Waziristan
8 August 2001
United States
CPJ deplores jailing of freelance writer
8 August 2001
Nauru
AFP correspondent barred from entering country
8 August 2001
China
US-based Chinese scholar Gao Zhan released
8 August 2001
Tanzania
Minister seeks apology from newspaper, threatens legal action
8 August 2001
Mexico / United States
Murderers who confessed to killing American journalist Philip True acquitted
8 August 2001
Chile
Two appeals pending in journalist Matus' case
7 August 2001
Ecuador
Legal action against columnist underway
7 August 2001
Democratic Republic of Congo
Ban on Radio Maendeleo broadcasts lifted but station's materials not returned
7 August 2001
Eritrea
Journalist abducted by security forces, many others still missing
7 August 2001
Palestine / Israel
IFJ warns of press freedom crisis after killing of journalists
7 August 2001
Canada
IFJ condemns Canada over broadcast licence awards
7 August 2001
West Africa
Applications sought for Natali Prize for West African Journalism
7 August 2001
International
IFJ seeks applications for Natali Prize for Journalism
3 August 2001
South Africa
South Africa considering invasive Interception and Monitoring Bill
3 August 2001
Zambia
Reporter "warned and cautioned" by police
3 August 2001
Georgia
IFJ concerned about journalist's murder and decision not to broadcast news programme
3 August 2001
China
CPJ asks for release of journalist charged with spying
3 August 2001
Pakistan
Weekly's publishing license reinstated
3 August 2001
Bangladesh
RSF asks police to guarantee security of journalists working in Gaurnadi
3 August 2001
Russia
GDF's spring 2001 media analysis
3 August 2001
Italy
CPJ condemns attacks on journalists at G-8 summit; media compelled to turn material over to police
2 August 2001
Guatemala
Journalist attacked
2 August 2001
Chile
Court upholds ban on "El Libro Negro de la Justicia Chilena"
2 August 2001
Bangladesh
Journalists fear for their lives
2 August 2001
Ethiopia
Government crackdown on media continues
2 August 2001
Democratic Republic of Congo
Two journalists released in Kinshasa
2 August 2001
Zimbabwe
Information minister responds to WPFC protest letter about Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Bill
2 August 2001
Liberia
Radio Veritas banned on short wave radio
2 August 2001
China
Human Rights Watch releases backgrounder on freedom of expression and the Internet
2 August 2001
Serbia / Montenegro
ANEM's media update for the week of 21 to 27 July 2001
1 August 2001
Guatemala
News agency personnel receive death threats
1 August 2001
Democratic Republic of Congo
Two journalists transferred to the Kinshasa/Gombe High Court Public Prosecutor's Office's cells
1 August 2001
Ecuador
Daily's deputy director faces legal action
1 August 2001
United States
IPI concerned over journalist's imprisonment
1 August 2001
Democratic Republic of Congo
Two journalists arrested, another released after spending five days in detention
1 August 2001
Burma
RSF asks EU and US not to lift sanctions: eighteen journalists remain imprisoned
1 August 2001
Cameroon
Authorities target independent newspaper "Mutations"
1 August 2001
Democratic Republic of Congo
Journalist detained and undressed in public
1 August 2001
Zambia
Journalists suspended over "disgraced" minister story
1 August 2001
Zambia
Reporter and opposition politician arrested and charged with "defamation of the president"
1 August 2001
Indonesia
CPJ concerned over plans to revive Information Ministry
31 July 2001
Democratic Republic of Congo
Private radio and television stations to be forced to encrypt their programmes
31 July 2001
Chechnya (Russia)
CPJ condemns new restrictions on journalists in Chechnya
31 July 2001
Ghana
Criminal libel law repealed
31 July 2001
Brazil
A newspaper in the south of the country is seized
30 July 2001
Bangladesh
Journalist's house target of bomb attack
30 July 2001
International
IAPA reviews state of press freedom in Western hemisphere over last three months
30 July 2001
Pakistan
CPJ urges inquiry in Afridi case
30 July 2001
Zimbabwe
Independent media slams appointment of Professionalism and Ethics Committee
30 July 2001
Sri Lanka
Journalists threatened
30 July 2001
Georgia
Police investigation launched into journalist's murder
30 July 2001
Israel
Israeli army chief orders commanders to ensure journalists' safety
27 July 2001
Paraguay
Press workers protest against "gag law"
27 July 2001
Nepal
Supreme Court rules in favour of radio stations' right to broadcast their own news programmes
27 July 2001
Tanzania
Government bans magazines, suspends tabloids
27 July 2001
Chechnya (Russia)
New attempts to censor journalists covering developments in Chechnya
27 July 2001
Zimbabwe
IPI condemns government decision to suspend accreditation of BBC correspondents
27 July 2001
Georgia
Television journalist Georgi Sanaia killed
26 July 2001
Zimbabwe
BBC journalists' accreditation suspended
26 July 2001
Democratic Republic of Congo
Two BBC correspondents briefly detained in Kinshasa
26 July 2001
Malawi
Pro-government journalist threatened and beaten up
26 July 2001
Sri Lanka
IPI concerned over use of criminal defamation laws to intimidate editor-in-chief
26 July 2001
Venezuela
Government's representative to the IACHR refuses to defend "gag law"
26 July 2001
Italy
G-8 Summit in Genoa: RSF denounces unprecedented attacks on the press
26 July 2001
Pakistan
Journalist sanctioned after asking the president an embarrassing question
26 July 2001
Paraguay
Parliament may repeal controversial access to information law
26 July 2001
Ghana
Criminal libel bill enters second stage in parliament
26 July 2001
Palestine / Israel
IPI updates report on Israeli-Palestinian conflict and calls for independent monitoring
25 July 2001
Zimbabwe
President confirms tabling of bill
25 July 2001
Venezuela
President Chávez announces plan to regulate broadcast media
25 July 2001
China
US-based Chinese scholar sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for espionage
25 July 2001
Azerbaijan
President issues two decrees regarding media
25 July 2001
Côte d'Ivoire
Two journalists receive death threats
25 July 2001
Swaziland
King Mswati III repeals controversial decree
25 July 2001
Bolivia
Radio station target of attempted break-in and threats
25 July 2001
Central African Republic
Publication director of "Le Citoyen" receives death threats
24 July 2001
Venezuela
Press group denounces restrictions on freedom of expression to the IACHR
24 July 2001
Azerbaijan
Journalist sentenced
24 July 2001
Serbia / Montenegro
ANEM not in support of proposed tax on unsold newspaper copies
24 July 2001
Serbia / Montenegro
SEEMO concerned over number of press freedom violations
24 July 2001
Serbia / Montenegro
ANEM's media update for the week of 14 to 20 July 2001
24 July 2001
Ethiopia
Editor-in-chief imprisoned
23 July 2001
Peru
IPYS and RSF call for repeal of charges filed against journalists
23 July 2001
Bangladesh
RSF condemns reporter's murder; two journalists attacked by Awami League supporters
23 July 2001
Zimbabwe
Provisional court interdict for newspaper
23 July 2001
Zimbabwe
Journalists thrown out of meeting
23 July 2001
Ghana
Media professionals assaulted
23 July 2001
Azerbaijan
ARTICLE 19 expresses concern over seizure of ABA TV's broadcasting equipment
23 July 2001
Belarus
ARTICLE 19 concerned over charges against lawyer, journalist and newspaper
23 July 2001
Bangladesh
Journalist killed
23 July 2001
Kenya
Two journalists detained
20 July 2001
Paraguay
IAPA protests legislation that curtails press freedom
20 July 2001
Colombia
Paramilitaries may be behind journalist's assassination
20 July 2001
Mozambique
CPJ delegation finds fear in Mozambique press
20 July 2001
Indonesia
RSF calls on Belgian and Indonesian authorities to step up efforts to secure filmmakers' release
20 July 2001
China
CPJ condemns journalist's imprisonment for exposing corruption
20 July 2001
International
CPJ testifies before US congress on press freedom conditions
20 July 2001
Burma
WiPC welcomes release of eleven NLD members
20 July 2001
Democratic Republic of Congo
Home of "L'Avenir"'s publication director searched
20 July 2001
Belarus
ARTICLE 19 concerned over break-in at newspaper's office
20 July 2001
Burma
Two foreign reporters blacklisted
19 July 2001
Chile
Court ruling recognises right to access information
19 July 2001
Pakistan
Four journalists released on bail
19 July 2001
Uzbekistan
Journalist assaulted
19 July 2001
United States
Two journalists arrested while covering Greenpeace demonstration
19 July 2001
The Gambia
Journalist assaulted by soldiers
19 July 2001
Chile
Congress repeals film censorship, however new measure has yet to take effect
19 July 2001
Zimbabwe
Journalist challenges deportation
19 July 2001
Zambia
Police drop criminal libel charge against journalist
18 July 2001
Afghanistan
Internet banned by the Taliban
18 July 2001
Sri Lanka
FMM welcomes government decision to allow journalists into war zone
18 July 2001
International
Thirty-three journalists killed this year: WAN
18 July 2001
Democratic Republic of Congo
Journalists and other employees of daily "L'Avenir" harassed
18 July 2001
Paraguay
SPP condemns law that hinders freedom of expression and access to information
18 July 2001
Angola
CPJ concerned over latest deterioration in Angolan press freedom
18 July 2001
Ukraine
Media executive assaulted
18 July 2001
Canada
Journalist subject to death threats and intimidation
18 July 2001
Burma
San San Nweh released after seven years of detention
18 July 2001
Nepal
Journalists arrested by police and released the same day
18 July 2001
Chile
Journalist now in Chile
17 July 2001
Colombia
FLIP condemns journalist's assassination in San Pablo-Bolívar
17 July 2001
Venezuela
IAPA asks for safeguards for Venezuelan journalist
17 July 2001
Serbia / Montenegro
ANEM's media update for the week of 7 to 13 July 2001
17 July 2001
Sri Lanka
Posters confiscated, journalists threatened
16 July 2001
Hungary
IPI concerned over appointment of Hungarian Television president
16 July 2001
Angola
Journalist detained in Viana
16 July 2001
Syria
Journalist allowed to leave country for medical treatment
16 July 2001
Botswana
Legal battle between newspapers and government continues
13 July 2001
Sri Lanka
FMM concerned over prorogation of parliament and call for referendum
13 July 2001
Iran
Twenty-one journalists behind bars in unknown places
13 July 2001
Angola
Journalists barred from reporting on Boavista camp
13 July 2001
Russia / China
Russian police arrest a dozen opponents of Beijing 2008 Olympic bid, including two RSF representatives
13 July 2001
Russia / Tajikistan
Russian authorities free Tajik journalist
13 July 2001
Colombia
CPJ investigating murders of three journalists
13 July 2001
Pakistan
Journalists jailed for more than a month on blasphemy charges
12 July 2001
Togo
CPJ protests newspaper seizure and sentencing of editor
12 July 2001
China
RSF article titled "Internet: a Chronicle of Repression" online
12 July 2001
Angola
Print journalists detained in police cells
12 July 2001
Belarus
ARTICLE 19 representatives denied visas
12 July 2001
Angola
Rádio Ecclésia shuts down
12 July 2001
Zambia
Freelance journalist arrested and charged with criminal libel
12 July 2001
Tibet (China) / Russia
Russian photographer and six Tibetan activists arrested
11 July 2001
Chile
Organizers censor themselves and suspend screening of the "Last Temptation of Christ" out of fear that they would face legal action
11 July 2001
Nicaragua
Government uses placement of advertising to blackmail media
11 July 2001
Russia
Russian journalist in "fighting spirits" on eve of trial
11 July 2001
Ukraine
CPJ strongly condemns murder of television journalist
11 July 2001
Costa Rica
CPJ expresses sorrow over killing of radio journalist
11 July 2001
Senegal
Editor-in-chief of "Le Matin" detained by police
11 July 2001
Democratic Republic of Congo
Newspapers seized in Kinshasa
11 July 2001
Angola
Provincial journalist murdered
11 July 2001
Bangladesh
Government bans news sent on mobile phones
11 July 2001
Algeria
Penal Code amendment published in official gazette
10 July 2001
Ethiopia
Journalist released, he and two others flee the country
10 July 2001
Chile
Detention order against Alejandra Matus annulled, she can now return to Chile
10 July 2001
Panama
Cartoonist prohibited from leaving the country
10 July 2001
South Korea
WAN condemns tax probe of newspapers
10 July 2001
Serbia / Montenegro
ANEM's media update for the week of 30 June to 6 July 2001
10 July 2001
Canada
Police return reporter's video footage after using it in court
10 July 2001
Sri Lanka
FMM marks second anniversary of attack on photojournalists at opposition rally
10 July 2001
Venezuela
TSJ plenary ratifies ruling that limits freedom of expression
9 July 2001
Colombia / Costa Rica
Journalists murdered in Costa Rica and Colombia
9 July 2001
India
Editor faces contempt of court charges, fears his life would be in danger were he to appear in Kashmir state
9 July 2001
Venezuela
Court orders journalist's imprisonment
9 July 2001
Morocco
Editor of "Demain Magazine" threatened
9 July 2001
Pakistan
WAN expresses concern over newspaper owner's death sentence
9 July 2001
China
Swiss photographer deported
9 July 2001
Belarus
No progress on missing cameraman investigation
9 July 2001
Russia / Tajikistan
Fears for arrested journalist's safety if extradited to Tajikistan
9 July 2001
Russia
Tajik journalist arrested
6 July 2001
Colombia
Three journalists killed in ten days
6 July 2001
Nicaragua / Costa Rica
Nicaraguan presidential candidates pledge to uphold press freedom, IAPA concerned over self-censorship in Costa Rica
6 July 2001
Colombia
FLIP's report on attacks against the press during May and June 2001
6 July 2001
Tunisia
Journalist Sihem Bensedrine remains in detention
6 July 2001
Turkey
ARTICLE 19 expresses concern over recent trial of intellectuals
6 July 2001
Nigeria
Agence France-Presse correspondent threatened with lynching
6 July 2001
Ukraine
Television station director attacked, currently in coma
6 July 2001
Swaziland
CPJ protests Royal Decree
6 July 2001
Ethiopia
"Wogahta" editor-in-chief arrested
6 July 2001
France / Israel
Thirty journalists shot and wounded in the Occupied Territories in the last nine months
5 July 2001
Slovakia
President's aide states that charges of criminal defamation against journalist will not be dropped
5 July 2001
Mexico
Journalist's son receives death threats
5 July 2001
Ethiopia
Two editors-in-chief detained by police
5 July 2001
Ethiopia
Editor-in-chief sentenced to one month in prison; call for support of journalist who is unable to pay bail
5 July 2001
Serbia / Montenegro
ANEM's media update for the week of 23 to 29 June 2001
5 July 2001
Panama
Renewed threats against press freedom
5 July 2001
Kenya
Photographer assaulted by ruling party supporters
5 July 2001
Indonesia
Two Belgian documentary filmmakers still held hostage
5 July 2001
Russia
State seizure of radio station's shares
5 July 2001
Zimbabwe
Journalists arrested and released
4 July 2001
Chile
Detention order against journalist upheld despite case's closure
4 July 2001
Zimbabwe
Civic group threatens to sue public broadcaster
4 July 2001
Togo
WAN meets Togolese prime minister, calls for journalist's release
4 July 2001
Democratic Republic of Congo
Journalist Freddy Loseke remains imprisoned
4 July 2001
Cuba
IAPA calls for the release of imprisoned journalist
4 July 2001
Greece
Aromanian activist's appeals trial postponed
4 July 2001
China
New wave of Internet censorship
4 July 2001
Colombia
Journalist killed
4 July 2001
Togo
Authorities seize opposition newspaper's print-run
3 July 2001
Guatemala
Journalists continue to face intimidation and death threats
3 July 2001
Nigeria
CPJ protests editor's prosecution for criminal defamation
3 July 2001
Papua New Guinea
Journalists attacked, television station vehicle burnt in anti-privatisation conflict
3 July 2001
Indonesia
IFJ secures safety guarantee for journalists in Aceh
3 July 2001
South Korea
IPI appeals to authorities to proceed with caution in prosecutions for tax evasion
3 July 2001
Serbia / Montenegro
Two more journalists attacked by Milosevic supporters
3 July 2001
Argentina
Journalist attacked by police
3 July 2001
Serbia / Montenegro
Journalists, others attacked at Gay Pride parade
3 July 2001
Serbia / Montenegro
Milosevic supporters attack journalists
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