4 November 2011
Alerts - 2001 - October-December
31 December 2001
Costa Rica
IAPA calls for reversal of anti-press freedom court ruling against private television station
31 December 2001
Uganda
Journalist burnt to death by unknown assailants
28 December 2001
Cuba
Police assault journalists
28 December 2001
Colombia
IAPA calls for an investigation into journalist's murder
28 December 2001
Iran
Reformist student newspaper closed
28 December 2001
Haiti
Press's situation still tense after alleged coup attempt
28 December 2001
Azerbaijan
Draft proposal for changes and amendments to mass media law
28 December 2001
Serbia
Correction: Radio journalist assaulted
28 December 2001
Serbia
Radio journalist assaulted
28 December 2001
Nepal
Journalists detained at Bhadragol detention center
27 December 2001
Morocco
De facto banning of "Demain Magazine"
27 December 2001
Russia
Grigory Pasko receives four-year prison sentence
24 December 2001
Canada
FPJQ relaunches protest website for journalists at Montreal daily newspaper
24 December 2001
Israel
CPJ responds to Israeli army report on journalist shootings
21 December 2001
Argentina
PERIODISTAS condemns police brutality
21 December 2001
Afghanistan / United States
Three photographers attacked near Tora Bora
21 December 2001
Burundi
Director of Net Press news agency arrested
21 December 2001
Germany
IFJ condemns "dirty campaign" against creators in struggle for new copyright law
21 December 2001
Palestine
IFJ condemns Israel's press card rules as "spiteful discrimination" against Palestinian journalists
20 December 2001
Chile
Government company censors promotional material for human rights documentary
20 December 2001
Azerbaijan
Protesters demand resumption of closed newspapers' activities
20 December 2001
Canada
Corporate control of editorial policy threatens press freedom, says IFJ
20 December 2001
Nepal
Nine pro-Maoist journalists still detained secretly
19 December 2001
Tunisia / United Kingdom
New complaint filed against Al Mustakillah television station
19 December 2001
Nepal
Three journalists arrested, two of them released
19 December 2001
Serbia
ANEM's media update for the week of 8 to 14 December 2001
19 December 2001
Cyprus
Opposition daily closes following repeated government harassment
18 December 2001
Colombia
Military officer seizes journalistic materials and mistreats journalist
18 December 2001
Croatia
Radio station refused regional frequency licence
18 December 2001
Bolivia
National Electoral Court authorised to suspend publications
18 December 2001
Haiti
Government supporters attack the press after coup attempt
18 December 2001
Colombia
IAPA asks for review of Garzón case
18 December 2001
Serbia
Police officers sue "Blic" editor-in-chief
18 December 2001
Colombia
Police officers attempt to seize journalist's publication
18 December 2001
Jordan
Two Al-Jazeera journalists taken in for questioning
18 December 2001
Iran
Reza Alijani released on bail, two other journalists sentenced to jail
17 December 2001
Guinea
Photographer beaten by police officers
17 December 2001
Mexico
Journalist punched, video camera taken away from him
17 December 2001
International
IFJ report: 100 journalists and media staff killed in 2001
17 December 2001
Kenya
IPI expresses concern over proposal for media law amendments that would adversely affect media freedom
17 December 2001
Southern Africa
Newspaper charged for publishing photograph; licencing of journalists proposal panned
17 December 2001
Russia
Vladivostok Military Court prosecutor seeks nine-year prison sentence against journalist Grigory Pasko
17 December 2001
Chile
Government urged to comply with Inter-American Court of Human Rights' ruling
17 December 2001
Ghana
IPI concerned about plight of staff from Liberian newspaper who are seeking refugee status
14 December 2001
Democratic Republic of Congo
RFI correspondent released from prison but barred from leaving the country until further notice
14 December 2001
Palestine
Israeli army destroys Palestinian radio and TV headquarters in Ramallah
14 December 2001
Canada
CORRECTION: Journalists at Montreal's English-language daily say newspaper's new owners are trying to limit press freedom in Canada
14 December 2001
Senegal
Two journalists assaulted by police officers during demontsration by former UN peacekeepers
14 December 2001
Ukraine
IFJ condemns government plan to provide weapons for journalists
14 December 2001
Namibia
Journalist assaulted
14 December 2001
Zimbabwe
Foreign correspondents association created
13 December 2001
Mexico
Journalist threatened by police officer
13 December 2001
Panama
Journalist threatened with imprisonment
13 December 2001
Morocco
"Demain Magazine" suspended until further notice
13 December 2001
Cameroon
Journalist assaulted after trying to interview President Biya
13 December 2001
Malawi
Printing company censors newspaper
13 December 2001
Guatemala
IAPA welcomes reopening of Flaquer case
13 December 2001
East Timor
Indonesian journalist's killers convicted of "crimes against humanity"
13 December 2001
Canada
Journalists at Montreal's English-language daily say newspaper's new owners are trying to limit press freedom in Canada
12 December 2001
Azerbaijan
Journalists arrested, one seriously injured during demonstration
12 December 2001
Malawi
Printing company censors newspaper
12 December 2001
Niger
Publication director of "Le Canard Déchaîné" released
12 December 2001
Togo
Publication director of weekly "Le reporter des temps nouveaux" sought by police
12 December 2001
Kosovo (Serbia)
ANEM's media update for the week of 1 to 7 December 2001
12 December 2001
Burkina Faso
Three years of impunity for journalist Norbert Zongo's killers; RSF holds the authorities responsible for the fate of Marcel Kafando, the only person jailed in connection with the case
11 December 2001
Lebanon
Two journalists risk the death penalty
11 December 2001
Democratic Republic of Congo
RSF asks for journalist Frédéric Kitengie's release
11 December 2001
Pakistan
Newspaper office ransacked
11 December 2001
Afghanistan
Joint statement of concerned international organisations: strategic action plan for media in post-war Afghanistan
11 December 2001
Iran
Editor-in-chief of "Amin-é-Zanjan" sentenced to thirty lashes and barred from practicing journalism for three years
11 December 2001
Bolivia
IAPA requests that political propaganda law be repealed
11 December 2001
Haiti
RSF seeks arrest of journalist Brignol Lindor's killers following their confession
10 December 2001
Democratic Republic of Congo
Twenty-five journalists have been imprisoned because of their work under Joseph Kabila
10 December 2001
Serbia
Editor-in-chief sentenced to three months' imprisonment
10 December 2001
Pakistan
British journalist assaulted by mob
10 December 2001
Morocco
Authorities use all possible means to prevent publication of "Demain Magazine"
10 December 2001
Syria
Journalist Nizar Nayyuf also starts hunger strike
10 December 2001
Tunisia
Tunisian opposition figures prevented from communicating with the outside world
7 December 2001
Azerbaijan
Journalist attacked and threatened
7 December 2001
South Africa
Publisher decides to not publish novel, fears possible defamation action
6 December 2001
Syria
Nizar Nayyouf's brother assaulted, three family members begin hunger strike
6 December 2001
South Korea
Three journalists detained for over one month under National Security Law
6 December 2001
Azerbaijan
Journalists freed after receiving suspended prison sentence
6 December 2001
Vietnam
Human Rights Watch urges international donors to press for respect of freedom of expression and other rights
6 December 2001
India
Journalist secretly detained in Karnataka State
6 December 2001
Guatemala
IAPA rejects new law that restricts press freedom
6 December 2001
Iran
WiPC fears for safety of missing journalist and film critic Siamak Pourzand
6 December 2001
Mozambique
Mediacoop cooperative to sue judge over photojournalist's arrest
5 December 2001
Serbia
ANEM's media update for the week of 24 to 30 November 2001
5 December 2001
Azerbaijan
President's brother levels serious accusations against opposition media
5 December 2001
Peru
Police capture Argentine fugitive who created a web page to defame journalists and politicians opposed to former president Fujimori
5 December 2001
Comoros
Director of Tropic FM released, Radio Karthala director remains detained
5 December 2001
Ethiopia
Journalist sentenced to one year in jail
5 December 2001
Bangladesh
Bomb attack on journalist's home
5 December 2001
Botswana
Botswana media bill raises concerns
5 December 2001
Haiti
RSF expresses anger after journalist killed by assumed government supporters
4 December 2001
China
Imprisoned writer Xu Wenli believed to be in critical condition
4 December 2001
Niger
RSF seeks clarification further to adoption of law that threatens private press's continued existence
4 December 2001
Chile
Film remains banned
4 December 2001
Haiti
IFJ condemns slaying of journalist
4 December 2001
Nepal
Journalists detained and released, editor's whereabouts unknown
4 December 2001
Togo
Private radio station's two programmes suspended, labelled "defamatory" by the authorities
3 December 2001
Eritrea
CPJ demands release of jailed journalists
3 December 2001
Afghanistan
Journalist Ken Hechtman released by the Taliban
3 December 2001
International
International writers' meeting opposes repressive anti-terrorism legislation
3 December 2001
Iran
Reza Alijani receives RSF Prize, repression continues in Iran
3 December 2001
Mozambique
Photojournalist jailed over US$5 fine
3 December 2001
Zimbabwe
Photojournalist attacked, copies of independent newspapers destroyed
3 December 2001
Zimbabwe
Draconian media bill passed
3 December 2001
Botswana
IFJ condemns "dangerous" draft media law
3 December 2001
Haiti
Assassination of journalist Jean Dominique: RSF urges parliamentary commission to decide in favour of lifting Dany Toussaint's parliamentary immunity
3 December 2001
Russia
Prominent television journalist assaulted in Moscow
3 December 2001
Zimbabwe
Reporter detained by police, charged
30 November 2001
Nepal
CEHURDES expresses concern over continued attacks on journalists
30 November 2001
International
Fifty-three journalists and media workers killed so far in 2001, according to IPI
30 November 2001
Afghanistan
RSF concerned about new measures being introduced by authorities in Kabul that target the press
30 November 2001
Algeria
Weekly newspaper "El Mouaad el Djazairi" censored
30 November 2001
Bangladesh
At least forty journalists attacked or threatened by government supporters
30 November 2001
Nepal
Emergency regulations threaten press freedom
29 November 2001
International
Iranian journalist Reza Alijani awarded Tenth RSF - Fondation de France Prize
29 November 2001
Kenya
Court orders newspaper to pay damages
29 November 2001
Zimbabwe
CPJ expresses concern over draft security bill, visa requests denied
29 November 2001
Syria
Journalist Nayyouf's family about to be exiled, held incommunicado
28 November 2001
Afghanistan
FPJQ and CJFE alarmed about the disappearance of a Canadian journalist
28 November 2001
Serbia
Government investigates two publications for printing list of alleged war criminals
28 November 2001
Syria
Journalist Nizar Nayyouf's family exiled
28 November 2001
Afghanistan
CPJ saddened over killing of Swedish journalist by armed robbers
28 November 2001
The Gambia
IPI condemns journalist Alhagie Mbye's continued detention
28 November 2001
Indonesia
West Papua offices of journalists' association attacked
28 November 2001
International
Zimbabwe risks civil conflict without free press, says South Africa president
28 November 2001
Egypt
Two journalists sentenced to two years' imprisonment
28 November 2001
International
Zimbabwean editor Geoffrey Nyarota awarded 2002 Golden Pen of Freedom
28 November 2001
Afghanistan
Independent Canadian journalist kidnapped, RSF fears for his life
27 November 2001
Nepal
Concern over police action against newspapers and journalists
27 November 2001
Russia
Appellate court upholds liquidation of private Russian station TV-6
27 November 2001
Colombia
RSF and IPYS release report, "The press as a 'military target': armed groups against press freedom"
27 November 2001
Afghanistan
IFJ condemns killing of Swedish cameraman
27 November 2001
Cuba
Upon his release, a cyber-dissident outlines the conditions under which he was detained
27 November 2001
Canada
FPJQ defends journalist's right to free expression
26 November 2001
Argentina
Government wants to cut radio stations' electricity supply
26 November 2001
International
Press freedom under attack worldwide
26 November 2001
New Zealand
IPI condemns government's decision to include criminal defamation provision in electoral bill
26 November 2001
Serbia
Police interrogate journalists
26 November 2001
Egypt
EOHR calls for poet's release
26 November 2001
Bangladesh
Journalist charged with "involvement in anti-state activities"
23 November 2001
The Gambia
Journalist arrested in Banjul after denouncing electoral fraud
23 November 2001
Zimbabwe
Foreign correspondents accused of aiding terrorists
23 November 2001
Bangladesh
Journalist arrested for investigating violence against Hindu minority
23 November 2001
Sudan
Thirty newsmen arrested in Khartoum
23 November 2001
Morocco
Journalist arrested and mistreated in Western Sahara
23 November 2001
Tunisia
Journalist Taoufik Ben Brik's wife's vehicle vandalised
23 November 2001
India
Proposed anti-terrorism law threatens press freedom
22 November 2001
Serbia
Independent economic magazine now required to pay general circulation tax
22 November 2001
Ethiopia
Two journalists arrested as harassment of free press continues
22 November 2001
International
Joint declaration from OSCE, UN and OAS representatives on freedom of expression
22 November 2001
Liberia
Two private newspapers closed, newspaper chairman arrested
22 November 2001
United States
IAPA reiterates its support for jailed writer Vanessa Leggett
22 November 2001
Russia
WPFC expresses concern over ongoing legal harassment of independent media outlets
22 November 2001
Argentina
Member of parliament threatens journalists
(PERIODISTAS/IFEX) - On 15 November 2001, National Member of Parliament (MP) for the Justicialista Party Norma Godoy threatened reporters of the programme Puntodoc/2, who wanted to interview her about a baby trafficking case in which she is allegedly implicated.
22 November 2001
International
Media freedoms and minorities in Greece and the Balkans
22 November 2001
Haiti
Journalist assaulted by ruling party supporter
22 November 2001
Morocco
Director of "Demain Magazine" sentenced to four months' imprisonment
22 November 2001
Israel / Lebanon
Israeli soldiers shoot at Lebanese journalists in Lebanon
21 November 2001
Zimbabwe
Bill to gag media brought to parliament
21 November 2001
Colombia
Threatened journalists flee their homes
21 November 2001
Canada
FPJQ demands withdrawal of Canada's proposed anti-terrorist bill
21 November 2001
Syria
RSF welcomes journalist 'Adel Isma'il's release but remains concerned about pressure on the Nayyouf family
21 November 2001
Zimbabwe
Reporters released
21 November 2001
Mexico
Six journalists threatened and attacked
21 November 2001
Afghanistan
Bodies of four journalists killed on the road between Kabul and Jalalabad formally identified
20 November 2001
Ethiopia
Two more journalists charged as harassment of free press continues
20 November 2001
Kazakhstan
Ministry of the Interior orders armed occupation of independent television station
20 November 2001
Cuba
Poet and journalist Raúl Rivero harassed by the authorities
20 November 2001
Uzbekistan
Journalists blocked at Afghan border
19 November 2001
Zimbabwe
Cellular phone service provider drops news service
19 November 2001
Colombia
RSF expresses concern over paramilitary group's latest threats against the press
19 November 2001
Zimbabwe
Journalist arrested, newspapers destroyed, news crew attacked
19 November 2001
Afghanistan
Four journalists killed on the road between Kabul and Jalalabad
19 November 2001
Zimbabwe
Court drops charges against editor
19 November 2001
Pakistan
Journalists prevented from crossing the Afghan border
16 November 2001
Iran
Private companies barred from providing Internet services
16 November 2001
Guinea-Bissau
Two journalists arrested by state prosecutor's order
16 November 2001
Argentina
CPJ awardee presents case to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
16 November 2001
Palestine
IFJ report condemns "vindictive campaign" against journalists in Palestine crisis
16 November 2001
Brazil
Ruling prohibits publication of interview
16 November 2001
United States
RSF protests Al-Jazeera correspondent's detention for questioning
16 November 2001
France
Police confiscate journalist's videotapes
15 November 2001
Haiti
Death of a second suspect in custody raises doubts as to the authorities' willingness to shed light on Radio Haïti Inter director's murder
15 November 2001
Afghanistan
RSF seeks clarification following destruction of Al-Jazeera's Kabul office
15 November 2001
Slovakia
Parliament rejects amendment to the Penal Code that would have abolished provisions on insult laws
15 November 2001
Azerbaijan
Journalists arrested again
15 November 2001
Canada
CJFE demands substantial revisions to anti-terrorism bill
15 November 2001
Serbia
ANEM protests decision to take independent producer's programme off the air
15 November 2001
Democratic Republic of Congo
Journalist arrested in Kananga
15 November 2001
China
Foreign and Chinese journalists barred from investigating AIDS epidemic in Henan province
14 November 2001
Comoros
Radio station director detained under committal order
14 November 2001
Albania
SEEMO condemns attack on independent newspaper publisher
14 November 2001
Montenegro
ANEM's media update for the week of 3 to 9 November 2001
14 November 2001
France
RSF urges French authorities not to reimpose controls on information because of situation in Afghanistan
14 November 2001
Haiti
RSF and the International Alliance for Justice for Jean Dominique express concern that the Senate has yet to vote on lifting Dany Toussaint's parliamentary immunity
14 November 2001
Belarus
CPJ denounces closure of independent weekly newspaper
14 November 2001
Afghanistan
IFJ expresses concern over media in firing line after US missile strikes Al-Jazeera television station in Kabul
13 November 2001
Afghanistan
RSF urges Taliban authorities to release Japanese journalist Yanagida Daigen
13 November 2001
Zimbabwe
Broadcasting Bill gazetted
13 November 2001
Syria
Authorities threaten to exile journalist Nizar Nayyouf's family
13 November 2001
Zimbabwe
Public broadcaster and information minister taken to court over ban on television programme
13 November 2001
Pakistan
British journalists expelled
13 November 2001
Zambia
Ruling cadres raid radio station, assault staff member, disrupt programme
13 November 2001
Afghanistan
CPJ mourns three journalists killed on assignment in Afghanistan
13 November 2001
Ethiopia
Several more journalists charged with press offences
12 November 2001
Guatemala
CPJ concerned by lack of progress in Larry Lee murder investigation
12 November 2001
Afghanistan / Pakistan
Irfan Qureshi arrested in Pakistan after being released by the Taliban
12 November 2001
Serbia
Police confiscate videotape from B92 crew
12 November 2001
Argentina
Advertising withdrawn from radio programme
12 November 2001
Colombia
Journalists in Nariño department threatened by the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia
12 November 2001
Afghanistan
Two French journalists and one German journalist killed in Taliban ambush
9 November 2001
Ethiopia
IFJ expresses concern over the fate and safety of 25 Ethiopian journalists
9 November 2001
Zimbabwe
Editor released on bail
9 November 2001
Afghanistan
RSF asks US army not to target Afghan media
9 November 2001
Uruguay
AMARC reacts to closure of local radio stations, asks Communication Services Regulatory Division to explain its administrative policy
9 November 2001
Afghanistan / Pakistan
Taliban ambassador under pressure to stop his press conferences
9 November 2001
Togo
Three journalists released
9 November 2001
Togo
Copies of private newspaper seized
9 November 2001
Syria
Authorities' and ruling party members' harassment of Nayyouf's relatives continues
8 November 2001
Zimbabwe
CPJ condemns editor's arrest
8 November 2001
Ethiopia
New wave of harassment against journalists
8 November 2001
Rwanda
RSF report on press freedom situation in Rwanda
8 November 2001
Democratic Republic of Congo
Journalist Freddy Loseke released in Kinshasa
7 November 2001
Serbia
ANEM responds to prime minister's accusations
7 November 2001
Bulgaria
IFJ says political will and journalists' unity key to Bulgarian broadcasting reform
7 November 2001
Swaziland
Senate House endorses heavy fines for journalists
7 November 2001
Swaziland
Journalists warned by state police
7 November 2001
Zimbabwe
Independent newspaper faces closure
7 November 2001
Mexico
IAPA responds to president's statements
7 November 2001
Costa Rica
Four months after journalist Parmenio Medina's murder, his assassins are still at large
6 November 2001
Zimbabwe
Minister orders journalist's ejection from meeting
6 November 2001
Zimbabwe
Broadcast Authority of Zimbabwe chairperson attacks High Court
6 November 2001
Zimbabwe
Central Intelligence officer attacks photographer outside court
6 November 2001
Southern Africa
FXI condemns SADC call for journalists' accreditation
6 November 2001
International
RSF publishes list of thirty-nine "press freedom predators"
5 November 2001
Venezuela
President Chávez attacks the media and journalists
5 November 2001
Guinea-Bissau
RSF protests closure of two private newspapers
5 November 2001
Panama
IPI expresses concern over criminal defamation charges pending against editorial cartoonist
5 November 2001
Sri Lanka
Plot to kill two newspaper editors exposed
5 November 2001
Malawi
Ruling party draws up list of journalists to be beaten
5 November 2001
Afghanistan
Michel Peyrard released but Irfan Qureshi and Mukkaram Khan remain detained
2 November 2001
China
CPJ awardee receives nine-year sentence
2 November 2001
Belarus
International PEN concerned about "Pahonia" trial
2 November 2001
Democratic Republic of Congo
Journalist arrested in rebel-held territory
2 November 2001
The Gambia
IPI concerned that private radio station owner may be targeted
2 November 2001
Namibia
Minister reacts to media concerns over new Defence Bill
2 November 2001
Mozambique
Cameraman assaulted and threatened
2 November 2001
Peru
Canal N cameraman assaulted and his camera confiscated temporarily
2 November 2001
Costa Rica
Concern over government's decision to limit access to information on its activities
2 November 2001
Paraguay
Journalists under pressure for reporting on overfishing
2 November 2001
Morocco
Issue of French weekly "Le Canard enchaîné" banned
2 November 2001
Zimbabwe
Minister threatens to sue newspaper
2 November 2001
Cuba
Librarian Julia Cecilia Delgado unexpectedly released
2 November 2001
Afghanistan
CPJ concerned by detention of Japanese journalist in Taliban-controlled territory
1 November 2001
Paraguay
Lebanese ambassador threatens journalist
1 November 2001
South Africa
ANC members of parliament attack broadcaster
1 November 2001
Chile
Soccer coach insults journalist from "La Tercera"
1 November 2001
Indonesia
Youth group members assault journalists
1 November 2001
Ethiopia
Editor-in-chief charged and released on bail
1 November 2001
Cuba
Journalists forced to cancel training course
1 November 2001
Georgia
CPJ condemns government raid on independent TV station
1 November 2001
Morocco
Director of "Demain Magazine" charged; Spanish press harassed
31 October 2001
Serbia / Montenegro
ANEM demands that proposed draft of Public Broadcasting Act be urgently adopted
31 October 2001
Ethiopia
CPJ urges Ethiopia to remove remaining press restrictions
31 October 2001
Guinea-Bissau
Two independent publications closed
31 October 2001
Croatia / Montenegro / Serbia
SEEMO expresses concern for news magazine director's safety
31 October 2001
Georgia
Independent television station Rustavi-2 harassed and intimidated
31 October 2001
Togo
Two more journalists imprisoned in Lomé
31 October 2001
South Africa
FXI expresses concern over recommendations made by the National Assembly's Communications Committee
31 October 2001
Iran
Reformist weekly "Amin-é-Zanjan" suspended, director sentenced
30 October 2001
Togo
RSF welcomes Lucien Messan's release, another journalist transferred to Lomé prison
30 October 2001
The Gambia
Owner of private radio station arrested
30 October 2001
Tunisia
Taoufik Ben Brik's documents confiscated at the airport
30 October 2001
Togo
Jailed journalist released
30 October 2001
Turkey
Editor-in-chief of "Idea Politika" magazine tried for "insulting the army"
30 October 2001
Pakistan
CPJ concerned over discriminatory visa policy for journalists
29 October 2001
Zimbabwe
Information Bill delayed
29 October 2001
Czech Republic
IPI condemns state harassment of journalists and media
29 October 2001
Iran
At least 1,000 satellite dishes confiscated
29 October 2001
Bangladesh
Attacks against journalists continue in post-election violence
29 October 2001
Argentina
Journalist stabbed
26 October 2001
Israel
Israeli forces harass journalists, bar them from covering clashes
26 October 2001
Afghanistan
Michel Peyrard and his two Pakistani colleagues soon to be sentenced by an Islamic court
26 October 2001
Turkey
Journalist threatened
26 October 2001
Zimbabwe
Member of parliament threatens to sue newspaper
26 October 2001
Zimbabwe
Commercialisation of Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation approved
26 October 2001
Sudan
Two journalists arrested
25 October 2001
Afghanistan
Japanese journalist detained by the Taliban
25 October 2001
Sri Lanka
Daily newspaper threatened as election campaign gets underway
25 October 2001
Venezuela
State regulatory commission investigates television station
25 October 2001
Czech Republic
CPJ denounces threat by prime minister to bankrupt independent weekly
25 October 2001
Cuba
Courses banned, journalists harassed
25 October 2001
International
Journalists from Tajikistan, Burma win CJFE press freedom awards
24 October 2001
Russia
CPJ calls for justice in trial of journalist Grigory Pasko
24 October 2001
Democratic Republic of Congo
Tribunal sentences journalist Freddy Loseke Lisumbu to prison on defamation charges
24 October 2001
Sri Lanka
Daily newspaper threatened as election campaign gets underway
24 October 2001
Palestine / Israel
Journalists refused access to two villages
24 October 2001
Zimbabwe
Musician slaps editor
24 October 2001
Chile
Ban on book lifted
24 October 2001
Israel
State radio station Kol Israel banned from broadcasting live interviews with Palestinian leaders
23 October 2001
Qatar / United States
CPJ issues special briefing on Al-Jazeera's coverage of new war
23 October 2001
Guatemala
WiPC gravely concerned for historian's safety
23 October 2001
France
Ministry of Defence censors satellite images of Afghanistan
23 October 2001
Argentina
Charges against journalist's attacker dropped
23 October 2001
International
IFJ issues report on media, war and terrorism
23 October 2001
Namibia
Namibian Broadcasting Corporation censors radio phone-in programme
23 October 2001
Namibia
Namibian company moves to muzzle media
23 October 2001
Kosovo (Serbia) / Montenegro / Serbia
Political link possible in murder of Kosovo journalist
23 October 2001
International
Fiji, Solomon Islands news media honoured for courage in coup crises
22 October 2001
Swaziland
Police assault photographer and threaten journalists
22 October 2001
Namibia
Ruling party member of parliament calls for clampdown on journalists' rights
22 October 2001
Burundi
Director of private radio station arrested and beaten
22 October 2001
Serbia / Montenegro
Journalist killed, another seriously wounded
22 October 2001
International
Four international journalists honored with CPJ Press Freedom Awards
22 October 2001
International
IPI deplores governmental interference in countries on "IPI Watch List"
22 October 2001
Algeria
Journalist assaulted
22 October 2001
South Africa
South African Media Freedom Day
19 October 2001
Sri Lanka
Journalist killed one year ago, justice efforts stalled
19 October 2001
Mexico / United States
CPJ expresses concern over investigation of journalist?s murder
19 October 2001
Niger
Publication director sentenced to six months' imprisonment for defamation
19 October 2001
Gabon
Satirical newspaper "Le Gri-Gri International" banned in Gabon
19 October 2001
Tunisia
Issue of "Le Monde Diplomatique" banned
19 October 2001
Democratic Republic of Congo
Journalist released on bail, radio programme suspended
18 October 2001
Iran
Journalist sentenced to six months' imprisonment and 50 lashes
18 October 2001
United States
The Pentagon censors satellite pictures of Afghanistan
18 October 2001
Paraguay
Journalist's assassin sentenced
18 October 2001
Democratic Republic of Congo
ANR asks to read community radio station's news bulletins before their broadcast
18 October 2001
Brazil
High Court upholds sentence against newspaper
(PERIODISTAS/IFEX) - On 4 October 2001, the High Court (Superior Tribunal de Justicia) upheld a sentence against the weekly "O Debate", ordering it to pay a fine that is beyond its capacity and would force the newspaper to close. The newspaper is published in Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo (375 kilometres west of Sao Paulo). It is facing a complaint for "moral damages" filed in 1975 by a local judge who was offended by a number of articles criticising his conduct.
18 October 2001
Syria
Two of journalist Nizar Nayyouf's brothers dismissed, another intimidated
18 October 2001
United States
IAPA report on press freedom violations
18 October 2001
Sierra Leone
RSF expresses concern for journalists' safety
18 October 2001
Angola
Government says journalist's murder "not politically motivated"
17 October 2001
Azerbaijan
Two imprisoned journalists pardoned, CPJ protests other jailings and forcible closures
17 October 2001
Pakistan
Three journalists risk heavy sentences for guiding French reporters
17 October 2001
United States
Anthrax: RSF concerned about threats against the press
17 October 2001
Bangladesh
At least eighteen journalists attacked by BNP and Jamat-e Islami activists
17 October 2001
International
SEEMO Print Media Committee to facilitate free flow of information
17 October 2001
Haiti
Radio Haïti Inter journalist assaulted
17 October 2001
Turkey
Attacks against journalists resume
16 October 2001
Bangladesh
Journalists continue to be targeted in post-election violence
16 October 2001
Switzerland
IFJ condemns harassment of Al-Jazeera journalist
16 October 2001
Togo
Journalist held for questioning for "distribution of false news"
16 October 2001
Chile
Journalist resigns after programme censored
16 October 2001
Chile
Film that had been censored since 1992 finally screened
16 October 2001
Democratic Republic of Congo
Government returns private radio-television stations RTKM and Canal Kin to their owners
16 October 2001
France / Burkina Faso
President Blaise Compaoré's visit to France: RSF activists beaten up in front of Socialist Party headquarters; fourteen members of the organisation arrested
16 October 2001
Russia
Journalist flees to Vienna after receiving threats
15 October 2001
Democratic Republic of Congo
Two journalists arrested
15 October 2001
Namibia
Charges against journalist withdrawn
15 October 2001
South Africa
Reporter assaulted
15 October 2001
Zimbabwe
Newspaper threatened with lawsuit over story
15 October 2001
Namibia
Police arrest journalist, seize camera
15 October 2001
South Africa
Minister sues independent newspaper
15 October 2001
Russia
Newspaper editor escapes assassination attempt
12 October 2001
Sudan
"Khartoum Monitor" suspended for the second time in one month
12 October 2001
Pakistan / Afghanistan
Another reporter detained in Pakistan
12 October 2001
Jordan
CPJ gravely concerned about Penal Code amendments
12 October 2001
Tibet (China)
NFFE protests Chinese authorities' jamming of radio signal
12 October 2001
France / Burkina Faso
French courts refuse to hear complaint against Burkina Faso president
12 October 2001
Southern Africa
CPJ concerned about deterioration of press freedom in SADC region
12 October 2001
United States
US media caught between pull of patriotism and self-censorship
11 October 2001
Afghanistan
French journalist and two Pakistani guides charged with espionage
11 October 2001
Paraguay
Supreme Court to reexamine journalist's sentence
11 October 2001
Bangladesh
Fundamentalist group's student wing threatens journalists
11 October 2001
Serbia / Montenegro
Roma community television station closed
11 October 2001
Jordan
Measures against the press introduced as part of anti-terrorism campaign
11 October 2001
Pakistan
CPJ demands release of three local journalists
11 October 2001
Afghanistan
Three journalists charged with espionage
11 October 2001
France / Burkina Faso
RSF files complaint against Blaise Compaoré with French authorities
10 October 2001
Bangladesh
Journalists targeted in post-election violence
10 October 2001
Pakistan
Two French photographers beaten by policemen
10 October 2001
Pakistan
Three journalists detained in Peshawar
10 October 2001
Palestine
Ban on filming Palestinian reactions to American offensive in Afghanistan
10 October 2001
Afghanistan
CPJ welcomes release of British journalist
10 October 2001
Afghanistan
Taliban arrest French journalist
10 October 2001
France
Fight against terrorism and Internet controls
10 October 2001
Serbia / Montenegro
ANEM's media update for the week of 29 September to 5 October 2001
10 October 2001
Paraguay
Sports journalists under attack
9 October 2001
Ethiopia
CPJ envoy meets with jailed journalist
9 October 2001
Democratic Republic of Congo
Journalist arrested in Lubumbashi
9 October 2001
Qatar / United States
IPI expresses concern over attempts by United States State Department to influence flow of news in Middle East
9 October 2001
Pakistan
Mob attacks foreign media
9 October 2001
Canada
CJFE urges government to respect freedom of expression in its fight against terrorism
9 October 2001
Afghanistan
British journalist Yvonne Ridley released
9 October 2001
Israel
Photographer's vehicle hit by bullets
9 October 2001
Zambia
Judge upholds injunction against state broadcaster
5 October 2001
Peru
Journalist Gargurevich Oliva released
5 October 2001
Colombia
FARC rebels harass journalists
5 October 2001
Azerbaijan
Newspapers go on precautionary strike
5 October 2001
Haiti
RSF once again concerned by impunity in assassinated journalist Jean Dominique?s case
5 October 2001
Serbia / Montenegro
ANEM's report on the media twelve months after political change
5 October 2001
Qatar / United States
CPJ dismayed by U.S. pressure against Arab satellite news channel
5 October 2001
Afghanistan
Detained British journalist faces trial
5 October 2001
International
IFLA statement on terrorism, the Internet and free access to information
5 October 2001
Sudan
Two newspapers banned for twenty-four hours
4 October 2001
United States
IAPA offers support for jailed journalist
4 October 2001
Swaziland
Journalist killed
4 October 2001
Serbia / Montenegro
Telecommunications ministry bans television station
4 October 2001
Costa Rica
Inter-American Court of Human Rights grants relief to local paper
4 October 2001
Afghanistan
CPJ disturbed by Taliban accusations against detained journalist
3 October 2001
Cameroon
Editor-in-chief of independent newspaper harassed
3 October 2001
China
Jailed journalist asks United Nations for justice
2 October 2001
Greece
Aromanian activist's appeals trial postponed again
2 October 2001
Argentina
Supreme Court sentences magazine for violating the right to privacy
2 October 2001
Slovenia
IFJ concerned over lack of progress in investigation of attack on journalist
2 October 2001
United States
IPI supports Voice of America decision to air interview with the leader of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia
2 October 2001
Uganda
Human Rights Watch concerned over proposed law that would limit civil society's activities
2 October 2001
Afghanistan
CPJ demands release of British journalist and colleagues
2 October 2001
Northern Ireland (United Kingdom)
CPJ condemns investigative reporter's murder
2 October 2001
Russia / International
RSF concerned about threats to information freedom and pluralism in Russia
1 October 2001
Russia
CPJ concerned over takeover of TVK television station
1 October 2001
Guatemala
Member of governing party could be implicated in journalist's assassination
1 October 2001
Paraguay
Journalist receives death threat
1 October 2001
Afghanistan
British journalist arrested by the Taliban
1 October 2001
Mexico
General Gallardo moved to punishment cell "for own safety"
1 October 2001
United States
IFJ condemns "knee-jerk censorship" in Voice of America Taliban row
1 October 2001
Tunisia
Journalist Taoufik Ben Brik's sister and brother-in-law on trial
1 October 2001
Northern Ireland (United Kingdom)
Journalist killed
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