4 November 2011

Alerts - 2002 - January-March


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29 March 2002

Democratic Republic of Congo

Human rights minister accuses JED of supporting the opposition and rebellion

29 March 2002

Algeria

Daily faces eleven new charges of defamation

29 March 2002

South Africa

FXI condemns gagging order in environmental case

29 March 2002

Malawi

Three "Sun" reporters assault football coach

29 March 2002

Bangladesh

Court rules against private television station

29 March 2002

Ethiopia

Editor-in-chief imprisoned, another charged and released on bail

29 March 2002

Turkey

Report on freedom of expression in Turkey; recently adopted law fails writers

29 March 2002

Palestine / Israel

Palestinian cameraman seriously wounded in Ramallah

29 March 2002

Cuba

CPJ awardee granted asylum in the United States

28 March 2002

Cuba

Journalists' association targeted by secret police

28 March 2002

Bahrain

Government blocks websites

28 March 2002

Zimbabwe

Editor threatened with legal action

28 March 2002

Turkey

Editor, writers appear in court, trials continue

28 March 2002

Ethics committee calls for further restrictions on the media

28 March 2002

Zimbabwe

The Book Café banned from holding political discussions and debates

28 March 2002

Zimbabwe

British journalist arrested, charged under Public Order and Security Act

28 March 2002

International

IAPA urges governments to bring guilty to justice

28 March 2002

International

IAPA criticises judicial harassment against the media and journalists and demands access to public records

27 March 2002

Costa Rica

WPFC applauds elimination of Costa Rica's "Insult" Law; Further Reforms Are Needed

27 March 2002

Nepal

RSF's report on its mission to Nepal

27 March 2002

Nepal

Two journalists released

27 March 2002

Czech Republic

Czech publisher of "Mein Kampf" faces imprisonment

27 March 2002

Morocco

French magazine censored

27 March 2002

Turkey

Writer to be brought to court for writings on Kurdish issues

26 March 2002

Lebanon

Six journalists beaten by policemen

26 March 2002

Turkey

Another hearing scheduled for detained journalist

26 March 2002

Zimbabwe

Vendors assaulted for selling independent newspaper

26 March 2002

Zimbabwe

Poet faces jail after ridiculing Mugabe

26 March 2002

International

CPJ releases Attacks on the Press in 2001 Annual Report

26 March 2002

Comoros

Senior journalist jailed without charge

26 March 2002

Nepal

Journalist released, many others still detained

26 March 2002

Saudi Arabia

Largest pan-Arab daily subject to advance censorship

26 March 2002

Turkey

Six writers to appear in court during hearing of "FoX 2000" case

26 March 2002

Ethiopia

Two editors-in-chief appear before the Federal High Court

25 March 2002

Turkey

Television station ordered off the air for one year

25 March 2002

Kenya

Police ban vernacular play

25 March 2002

Kenya

Nairobi daily sentenced to pay damages to cabinet minister

25 March 2002

Egypt

Journalist and editor sentenced to six months' imprisonment for libel

25 March 2002

Colombia

Conference participants condemn attacks on media

25 March 2002

Venezuela

State press agency accuses independent journalists of complicity in global drug conspiracy

25 March 2002

Saudi Arabia

Editor-in-chief fired after poem appears in newspaper

25 March 2002

East Timor

Constitution fails to protect freedom of expression

25 March 2002

Cameroon

WiPC calls for review of imprisoned journalist's case

22 March 2002

Democratic Republic of Congo

National television station's music critic attacked in his home

22 March 2002

Uganda

Passing of anti-terrorist law that impedes press freedom causes concern

22 March 2002

Ethiopia

Journalist denied bail, remains in prison

22 March 2002

Morocco

RSF calls for new press law's revision

22 March 2002

Taiwan

RSF protests magazine's seizure for "endangering national security"

22 March 2002

Colombia

Head of paramilitary group being brought to trial for journalist's murder

21 March 2002

Taiwan

Government raids magazine offices

21 March 2002

Zimbabwe

Newly signed media law needs to be revisited, says minister

21 March 2002

Wallis and Futuna (France)

Newspaper shut down

21 March 2002

Uganda

Journalists risk ten-year jail sentences under new anti-terrorist law

21 March 2002

France

IPI concerned over attempts to prevent distribution of free daily newspapers

21 March 2002

Sierra Leone

Newspaper and editor suspended for two months

21 March 2002

Iran

RSF concerned about journalist Siamak Pourzand's trial

20 March 2002

Democratic Republic of Congo

Human Rights Watch condemns arrests and beatings of human rights activists and journalists, journalist's suspension

20 March 2002

Jordan

Journalist arrested for "harming image of the state"

20 March 2002

Canada

School board threatens to pull advertising from local media

20 March 2002

Ethiopia

Several editors face legal action

20 March 2002

Nepal

CPJ concerned over editor's recent detention

20 March 2002

Democratic Republic of Congo

RCD/Goma rebels release journalist Raphaël Paluku Kyana, arrest human rights activist

20 March 2002

Croatia

CPJ protests court rulings against satirical weekly

20 March 2002

Moldova

State-owned TeleRadio-Moldova journalists, media workers targets of intimidation

19 March 2002

Zimbabwe

Newspapers destroyed, vendors harassed

19 March 2002

Indonesia

Government refuses to renew Australian journalist's work permit

19 March 2002

Palestine

CPJ urges Israel to investigate shooting death of journalist, other attacks

19 March 2002

Russia

Lawsuits, assassination attempt threaten survival of independent newspaper

19 March 2002

Papua New Guinea

Journalists prevented from entering refugee camp in Papua New Guinea

19 March 2002

Bangladesh

Two journalists receive death threats, press club members threatened

19 March 2002

Nepal

CEHURDES condemns journalists' and rights activists' arrests

19 March 2002

France

Radio France journalists and editors charged over satirical sketch about Corsicans

18 March 2002

Cuba

Journalist arrested

18 March 2002

Belarus

Alleged killers of journalist Dmitri Zavadski sentenced

18 March 2002

Zimbabwe

Signing of media bill into law sparks criticism

18 March 2002

International

World Press Freedom Day materials available on WAN website

18 March 2002

Zimbabwe

President enacts Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act

18 March 2002

Democratic Republic of Congo

Newspapers seized, newspaper vendors and readers arrested in Kinshasa

15 March 2002

Thailand

TJA president calls for special committee to investigate government's attacks on media freedom

15 March 2002

Rwanda

Journalist murdered in Kigali bar

15 March 2002

Belgium

IFJ backs strike action after reporter jailed

15 March 2002

Thailand

TJA protests government's "excessive abuse of its executive power to intimidate media"

15 March 2002

Bangladesh

Journalists receive death threats

15 March 2002

Cuba

Journalist recuperating after brutal assault, two other journalists remain in detention

15 March 2002

Canada

IFJ condemns CanWest's censorship and victimisation of journalists

15 March 2002

Colombia

IPYS calls for special attention to be paid to case of two murdered journalists

15 March 2002

Afghanistan

IPI concerned about draft media law

15 March 2002

Moldova

Journalists launch work-to-rule protests, issue declaration demanding media freedom

15 March 2002

Seychelles

Country's only independent newspaper may fold after court orders it to pay exorbitant damages

14 March 2002

Vietnam

CPJ concerned about writer's safety

14 March 2002

International

RSF unveils charter to protect journalists working in dangerous conditions

14 March 2002

Turkey

IFJ concerned over journalist's ongoing trial and detention

14 March 2002

Malawi

Impounding of publishing house's assets may be politically motivated

14 March 2002

Russia

CPJ condemns murder of journalist in southwest Russia

14 March 2002

Kazakhstan

Suspended TV station permitted to broadcast again

14 March 2002

Palestine

CPJ mourns Italian photographer killed in West Bank clashes; Egyptian press vehicle shot at

14 March 2002

Jordan

Government attempts to stifle television news coverage

14 March 2002

Chile

Spanish journalist refused visa

14 March 2002

Uzbekistan

Journalist released but mistreated while in detention

14 March 2002

Democratic Republic of Congo

RSF protests detention of two journalists in rebel-held zones

13 March 2002

Morocco

IFJ condemns "cynical and unjust" sacking of union leader in press code battle

13 March 2002

Democratic Republic of Congo

Director of rural radio station arrested in Goma

13 March 2002

Serbia

Hand grenade thrown at Radio Paracin director's house

13 March 2002

Palestine

IPI condemns Israeli army's attacks on journalists and media outlets in Ramallah

13 March 2002

Iran

IFJ condemns journalist's "inhumane" trial

13 March 2002

Palestine

Journalists come under Israeli fire in West Bank hotel

13 March 2002

Pakistan

RSF welcomes SAARC appeal for the free circulation of journalists in the region

13 March 2002

Palestine

Italian journalist killed, French journalist injured

12 March 2002

Bangladesh

Journalist receives death threats, newspaper office attacked

12 March 2002

Colombia

Journalist receives telephone death threats, seven others also threatened

12 March 2002

Russia

Journalist killed, another escapes assassination attempt

12 March 2002

Colombia

Journalists receive notice of own funerals

12 March 2002

Zimbabwe

Information minister warns that BBC risks permanent ban

12 March 2002

Zimbabwe

Detained Botswana editor transferred to Harare prison

12 March 2002

Zimbabwe

Local radio station denied accreditation

12 March 2002

Zimbabwe

Minister threatens foreign journalists with jail

11 March 2002

Burma

RSF demands journalist U Win Tin's release

11 March 2002

Uzbekistan

Deputy executive director of Union of Independent Journalists of Uzbekistan detained

11 March 2002

Mozambique

Libel case against "Metical" reporter postponed

11 March 2002

Afghanistan

Canadian reporter Kathleen Kenna recovering from hand grenade attack

11 March 2002

Czech Republic

ARTICLE 19 calls for abolition of criminal defamation provisions in Czech Penal Code

11 March 2002

Bangladesh

Journalist receives death threats

11 March 2002

Zimbabwe

Journalists barred from vote-counting sites

8 March 2002

Nepal

Journalist released

8 March 2002

Bangladesh

Journalist receives death threats, another threatened by government official

8 March 2002

Pakistan

CPJ concerned about press conditions

8 March 2002

Russia

CPJ delegation in Moscow calls for Grigory Pasko's release

8 March 2002

Burundi

Two journalists assaulted by police officers

8 March 2002

Croatia

Satirical weekly's survival jeopardised by heavy fines

7 March 2002

Egypt

Al-Jazeera cameramen arrested

7 March 2002

Nepal

RSF protests journalist Gopal Budhathoki's arrest

7 March 2002

Canada

"Regina Leader-Post" reporters accuse newspaper's editors of censorship

7 March 2002

Kazakhstan

Television company's license suspended, independent mass media under attack

7 March 2002

Zimbabwe

ARTICLE 19 adds its voice to those condemning government's curtailment of freedom of expression

7 March 2002

Afghanistan

RSF pleased with progress in the investigation into the murder of four journalists

7 March 2002

Cuba

Five independent journalists attacked or arrested

6 March 2002

Nepal

Journalist kidnapped

6 March 2002

Afghanistan

Journalists warned of kidnap threat

6 March 2002

Zimbabwe

IFJ monitoring mission prevented from entering Zimbabwe

6 March 2002

Zambia

Photographer beaten by ruling party supporters

6 March 2002

Thailand

Government misuses "national security" to undermine freedom of expression, says ARTICLE 19

6 March 2002

Jordan

RSF protests censorship of newspapers following fraud scandal

(RSF/IFEX) - In a letter to Prime Minister Ali Abou-al-Ragheb, RSF protested the publication ban imposed on the most recent issue of the fortnightly "Al Majd". The newspaper planned to publish an article on a fraud scandal which is currently causing a stir in Jordan. "This censorship constitutes a fresh example of the decline in public freedoms in Jordan. Journalists should be able to publish all information that might shed light on important matters," stated Robert Ménard, the organisation's secretary-general. "We ask that you take measures that will allow journalists to give normal coverage to judicial matters," he added.
6 March 2002

Colombia

"Los Angeles Times" correspondent held by the FARC

6 March 2002

Colombia

FARC rebels silence community radio station in southern Huila

6 March 2002

Cameroon

Journalist arrested, another in hiding after denouncing sex scandal

6 March 2002

Ethiopia

CPJ welcomes editor's release

6 March 2002

Thailand

Radio programmes ordered off the air

6 March 2002

Jordan

Court censors opposition weekly over corruption coverage

5 March 2002

Peru

Pamphlets defaming journalist circulate in Loreto

5 March 2002

Tonga

Tonga-based editor and reporter charged

5 March 2002

New Caledonia (France)

Hundreds march for press freedom in New Caledonia

5 March 2002

Ethiopia

Journalist released after ten months' imprisonment

5 March 2002

Nepal

CEHURDES condemns arrest and torture of journalist

5 March 2002

Russia

CPJ delegation arrives in Vladivostok to support Grigory Pasko

5 March 2002

Bangladesh

CPJ condemns murder of journalist Harunur Rashid

5 March 2002

Bangladesh

Journalist receives death threat, another assaulted

4 March 2002

Afghanistan

Canadian reporter injured in ambush

4 March 2002

Ethiopia

EFJA President Kifle Mulat released after paying fine

4 March 2002

Bangladesh

Charges filed against journalist Nahar Ali's killers

4 March 2002

Bangladesh

Journalist killed, three suspects arrested

4 March 2002

France

Distribution of free daily "Metro" obstructed

4 March 2002

Pakistan

Influential editor resigns under pressure

1 March 2002

International

International PEN celebrates the achievements of women writers working under threat

1 March 2002

Mexico

Canadian journalist threatened with lynching

1 March 2002

Madagascar

Four radio stations attacked as post-election crisis deepens

1 March 2002

Cuba

Reuters journalists attacked by state agents

1 March 2002

Zimbabwe

CPJ urges government to give equal treatment to all journalists and news organisations with pending applications for accreditation

28 February 2002

Argentina

Journalist threatened in Santiago del Estero

28 February 2002

Malaysia / Thailand

RSF urges ASEAN secretary-general to intervene in support of the free circulation of information

28 February 2002

Zimbabwe

Two journalists arrested and detained for twenty hours

28 February 2002

Zambia

Police ordered to drop charge against "Post" newspaper editor-in-chief M'membe

27 February 2002

Iran

Sentences of writer Mehrangiz Kar and publisher Shahla Lahiji reduced on appeal

27 February 2002

Bangladesh

Journalists receive death threats

27 February 2002

Poland

IPI concerned over charges brought against three members of Presspublica managing board

27 February 2002

Algeria

CPJ urges the government to end its campaign against the independent media

27 February 2002

Solomon Islands

Police urged to arrest minister who threatened newspaper

26 February 2002

Colombia

Media hit by further constraints following breakdown in peace talks

26 February 2002

Madagascar

Press freedom threatened following state of emergeny declaration and attacks on private radio stations

26 February 2002

New Caledonia (France)

Editor-in-chief of radio station assaulted

26 February 2002

Venezuela

IAPA blames President Chávez for lack of press freedom

26 February 2002

Zimbabwe

Foreign journalist arrested for entering Zimbabwe illegally

26 February 2002

Zimbabwe

Journalist released, seized video camera and tapes returned

26 February 2002

Iran

Conservative daily suspended

25 February 2002

East Timor

ARTICLE 19 critiques freedom of expression provisions in draft constitution for East Timor

25 February 2002

Thailand

Thailand to deport foreign reporters

25 February 2002

Algeria

Trials of two journalists postponed

25 February 2002

Ethiopia

EFJA president appears before court, case adjourned

25 February 2002

Zambia

Editor-in-chief M'membe "put on his defence" over "Chiluba is a thief" editorial

25 February 2002

Malawi

Ruling party thugs abduct reporter, other journalists beaten

22 February 2002

Belarus

ARTICLE 19 expresses concern over the recent adoption in parliament of the Law "On the Fight Against Terrorism"

22 February 2002

Ethiopia

Charge pending against EFJA President Kifle Mulat

22 February 2002

Zimbabwe

Police and political party supporters disrupt radio promotional show

22 February 2002

Zimbabwe

Government urged to accredit South African journalists

22 February 2002

Peru

Journalist Álvaro Vargas Llosa faces legal measures

22 February 2002

Thailand

Two foreign journalists placed on government blacklist

22 February 2002

Pakistan

President Musharraf condemns killing of journalist Daniel Pearl

22 February 2002

Palestine

CPJ condemns IDF troops' destruction of Palestinian broadcast facilities in Gaza

22 February 2002

Israel

CPJ protests shooting of journalist

22 February 2002

United States

RSF calls on Donald Rumsfeld to categorically reject the use of propaganda

22 February 2002

Liberia

Journalists harassed under state of emergency

22 February 2002

Pakistan

Kidnapped journalist Daniel Pearl killed by his captors

21 February 2002

United Kingdom / Zimbabwe

RSF activist and editor-in-chief of "The Journalist" arrested by London police

21 February 2002

Palestine

IFJ condemns bombing of Palestinian radio and television facilities

21 February 2002

International

IPI publishes World Press Freedom Review 2001

21 February 2002

United States

U.S. court subpoenas journalists over reporting on Mexican drug trade

20 February 2002

Yemen

Weekly newspaper "Al-Shumou" suspended

20 February 2002

China

Lengthy prison sentence handed down to historian Xu Zerong

20 February 2002

Zimbabwe

Government employing selective accreditation of foreign journalists to cover elections

20 February 2002

Zimbabwe

Mugabe criticises independent press

20 February 2002

Algeria

Appeals Court prosecutor seeks one-year prison sentence against "El Watan" editor

19 February 2002

Italy

RSF urges Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to guarantee pluralism of audio-visual information

19 February 2002

Zimbabwe

Journalist detained, his video camera seized by police

19 February 2002

Paraguay

Newspaper ordered to pay "excessive" fine, says RSF

19 February 2002

Zambia

Reporter detained illegally by police officers

19 February 2002

Zambia

Bomb scare at media house

19 February 2002

Morocco

Spanish journalist murdered

18 February 2002

Zimbabwe

Swedish journalist refused accreditation

18 February 2002

Paraguay

Journalists threatened by state security officers

18 February 2002

Zimbabwe

Southern African media organisation to challenge Zimbabwean security and media laws

18 February 2002

Brazil

Photojournalists attacked

18 February 2002

Israel

Soldiers fire at journalist's car and injure him

18 February 2002

Morocco

"Journal hebdomadaire" editors' prison sentences commuted to suspended sentences

15 February 2002

Israel

Journalists prevented from entering Gaza Strip

15 February 2002

Venezuela

CPJ concerned by Chávez's threatening statements

15 February 2002

Tanzania

Government turns down journalist's application for naturalisation

15 February 2002

China

RSF urges US President Bush to intervene following arrests of seven foreign journalists in Beijing

15 February 2002

Syria

IPI denounces ongoing campaign of harassment and intimidation against journalist Nayyouf's family

15 February 2002

Nepal

Journalist released, another journalist's suspected murderer taken into custody

15 February 2002

Zambia

Editor appears in court for allegedly defaming the president

15 February 2002

Nepal

Journalist reportedly arrested and tortured

15 February 2002

Burma

CPJ releases special report on press conditions

15 February 2002

New Caledonia (France)

Editor of satirical newspaper assaulted

15 February 2002

Afghanistan / United States

American soldiers aim their rifles at "Washington Post" correspondent in Afghanistan

14 February 2002

Colombia

Attorney General's Office releases a statement on journalist Orlando Sierra's case

14 February 2002

China

Prominent journalists call for release of Chinese reporter

14 February 2002

Democratic Republic of Congo

Voice of America journalist arrested

14 February 2002

Burma

RSF welcomes journalist Myo Myint Nyein's release, concern continues for other imprisoned journalists

14 February 2002

Turkey

Publisher acquitted, concerns remain for other writers

14 February 2002

Russia

Supreme Court annuls second decree used to jail journalist Grigory Pasko

14 February 2002

Iran

Several journalists brought in for questioning by police

14 February 2002

Chad

Private radio station suspended for three weeks

13 February 2002

Australia

IFJ urges government to withdraw proposed Criminal Code amendments

13 February 2002

Burma

Journalist Myo Myint Nyein released

13 February 2002

Liberia

Newspaper shut down, four journalists arrested

13 February 2002

Philippines

Journalists warned of kidnap threat

13 February 2002

Russia

Supreme Court annuls decree used to jail journalist Grigory Pasko

12 February 2002

Zambia

Editor charged with "defamation of the president"

12 February 2002

Turkey

Number of writers before the courts mounts

12 February 2002

Colombia

Judge absolves individuals accused of having assassinated two journalists

12 February 2002

Turkey

WAN asks that charges against publisher and editor be dropped

12 February 2002

Pakistan

Police arrest main suspect in journalist Daniel Pearl's abduction

12 February 2002

Colombia

Journalist receives telephone threats from military telephones

12 February 2002

Bangladesh / Indonesia

"Newsweek" magazine censored

12 February 2002

Zimbabwe

CPJ urges police to launch prompt investigation into bombing of newspaper office; newsvendor accused of delivering anthrax to vice president

12 February 2002

Togo

Private radio station closed by the authorities

11 February 2002

Zambia

Journalists banned from covering election of national assembly speaker

11 February 2002

Zambia

Bomb scares at media houses

11 February 2002

Zimbabwe

Newspaper offices and printing press bombed

11 February 2002

Ukraine

Journalist's face burned in acid attack

11 February 2002

Zimbabwe

Newspaper offices pasted with campaign posters

11 February 2002

Palestine

Filming prohibited in Jenin

11 February 2002

Sri Lanka

Journalist's assailants sentenced to nine years' imprisonment

11 February 2002

International

Continued impunity encourages violence against journalists, states IAPA

8 February 2002

Uzbekistan

Journalist Ruslan Sharipov protests recent attacks

8 February 2002

Albania

Newspaper and its publisher receive death threats

8 February 2002

Croatia

State prosecutor plans to file charges against television programme host

8 February 2002

Uzbekistan / United States

RSF appeals to the United States to intervene on behalf of threatened independent journalist

8 February 2002

Mexico

General Gallardo released from prison

8 February 2002

Pakistan

Positive leads in case of kidnapped journalist Daniel Pearl

8 February 2002

Bangladesh

Journalist targeted in bomb attack

7 February 2002

Russia

Editor-in-chief of Samara's Echoes of Moscow radio station assaulted

7 February 2002

Colombia

Journalist Claudia Gurisatti explains why she fled into exile

7 February 2002

Kuwait

Call for thorough investigation into journalist's murder

7 February 2002

Egypt

Cassation Court accepts re-trial of sentenced academic and his colleagues

7 February 2002

International

RSF denounces press freedom violations by certain NEPAD member states

7 February 2002

Bangladesh

Energy minister orders journalist's arrest; four other reporters threatened, assaulted by BNP members

7 February 2002

Mexico

Journalist killed

7 February 2002

Belgium

Journalists' materials seized by Steenokkerzeel police

6 February 2002

Ecuador

Judge rules in favour of journalist

6 February 2002

International

Call for global safety strategy for journalists in dangerous areas

6 February 2002

Turkey

New bill to increase penalties for press crimes

6 February 2002

Philippines

Journalist disappears in Southern Philippines

6 February 2002

Panama

IAPA welcomes opening of access to public records

5 February 2002

Colombia

Journalist flees country after receiving death threats; another journalist dies two days after attack on his life

5 February 2002

Sudan

English-language newspaper and its editor fined heavily

5 February 2002

Zimbabwe

Attorney General refuses to prosecute journalist

5 February 2002

Iraq

Intimidation of journalist continues, another journalist receives death threats

5 February 2002

Tunisia

Editor of banned newspaper sentenced to nine years' imprisonment

4 February 2002

Zimbabwe

Police raid and search journalist's home

4 February 2002

Pakistan

CPJ urges journalist's captors to release him

4 February 2002

Zimbabwe

BBC correspondent arrested and released

4 February 2002

Zimbabwe

Australian journalist denied accreditation

4 February 2002

Senegal

Prime minister takes legal action against two journalists for "insults"

4 February 2002

Namibia

Radio station forced to reapply for broadcast licence

4 February 2002

Haiti

Senate refuses to lift Dany Toussaint's parliamentary immunity

4 February 2002

Zimbabwe

Government not opposed to formation of voluntary media council

4 February 2002

Venezuela

Bomb explodes in front of daily's offices

4 February 2002

Canada

FPJQ calls on government to implement safeguards to ensure diversity of opinion in news media

4 February 2002

Uzbekistan

Journalist assaulted by police

1 February 2002

Solomon Islands

PINA appeals for support for threatened newspaper

1 February 2002

Zimbabwe

Independent journalists state they would risk jail by not registering for accreditation required under new media bill

1 February 2002

South Africa

FXI calls for removal of books from banned list

1 February 2002

Eritrea

RSF calls on Parliament to seek imprisoned journalists' release

1 February 2002

Zimbabwe

Journalists who took part in protest released

1 February 2002

Guinea

Journalist arrested for implicating president's family in scandal

1 February 2002

Zimbabwe

Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Bill passed

1 February 2002

Rwanda

Two journalists arrested in Butare

1 February 2002

Afghanistan / United States

CPJ asks Pentagon to explain Al-Jazeera bombing

1 February 2002

Slovakia

MPs urge court to remove criminal defamation provisions from Penal Code

1 February 2002

France

RSF warns that telephone surveillance of journalists is a worrying abuse of press freedom

31 January 2002

Pakistan

RSF appeals for mobilisation in support of threatened "Wall Street Journal" correspondent

31 January 2002

Guatemala

AMARC expresses concern over intent to publicly auction radio broadcasting frequencies

31 January 2002

Pakistan

RSF asks religious authorities in the Muslim world to launch appeal for journalist Daniel Pearl's release

31 January 2002

Zimbabwe

Three journalists arrested

31 January 2002

Nepal

Editor arrested, released

31 January 2002

Colombia

Journalist in critical condition after attack

31 January 2002

Algeria

Editor of daily "Le Matin" brought in for questioning by police

30 January 2002

Colombia

TV station target of bomb attack

30 January 2002

Pakistan

CPJ alarmed by latest threat to "The Wall Street Journal" reporter Daniel Pearl

30 January 2002

Zimbabwe

RSF barred from entering Zimbabwe

30 January 2002

Iran

Another film magazine suspended

30 January 2002

Algeria

Army takes legal action against several journalists

30 January 2002

Pakistan

"The Wall Street Journal" managing editor prepared to work with journalist's kidnappers to secure his release

30 January 2002

Ukraine

Deputy prosecutor general makes misleading statement in attempt to delay launch of international commission of inquiry into journalist Georgiy Gongadze's disappearance and murder

29 January 2002

Montenegro

ANEM's media update for the week of 19 to 25 January 2002

29 January 2002

Australia

Journalist arrested

29 January 2002

Bolivia / Peru

Presidents of Bolivia and Peru sign Declaration of Chapultepec

29 January 2002

Pakistan

Journalist disappears for forty-eight hours

29 January 2002

Serbia

Editor-in-chief receives five-month suspended prison sentence

29 January 2002

Haiti

Five journalists threatened by government supporters

29 January 2002

Chile

Final ruling recognises right to access information

29 January 2002

Iran

Weekly film review suspended

28 January 2002

Chile

Judge absolves journalist, State Defense Council appeals, seeks five-year prison sentence

28 January 2002

Ethiopia

Publisher arrested and released on bail

28 January 2002

Democratic Republic of Congo

JED and RSF review press-freedom situation one year after Joseph Kabila's appointment

28 January 2002

Romania

Computer company co-owner imprisoned and prosecuted

28 January 2002

Indonesia

SEAPA concerned about ongoing police brutality against journalists

28 January 2002

Pakistan

Group claims to be holding "The Wall Street Journal" reporter

28 January 2002

Morocco

British journalist prohibited from entering the country

25 January 2002

Colombia

Media professionals' alleged assassins appear at public hearing

25 January 2002

Palestine

CPJ concerned over GPO's failure to renew Palestinian journalists' accreditation

25 January 2002

Colombia

Journalist murdered in Cali

25 January 2002

Afghanistan

Independent newspaper "Kabul Weekly" begins publishing again

25 January 2002

Haiti

Judge's mandate not renewed in Jean Dominique murder case

25 January 2002

Nepal

Journalist arrested; RSF demands that rights of twenty-four imprisoned media professionals be respected

25 January 2002

Zimbabwe

ARTICLE 19 condemns amendments to information bill as cosmetic

25 January 2002

Mexico

RSF outraged over journalist's murder

25 January 2002

Zimbabwe

Government hunts down foreign journalists for "illegal entry"

25 January 2002

Morocco

French dailies "Libération" and "Le Monde" censored

24 January 2002

Iran

Two journalists arrested; trial of nine others continues in camera

24 January 2002

Venezuela

Government supporters continue to attack the press

24 January 2002

Canada

Journalist prevented from attending provincial government media lock-up

24 January 2002

Serbia

ANEM concerned that delay in adopting new media legislation provokes new "cases"

24 January 2002

Angola

Journalist ordered to pay compensation to president

24 January 2002

Syria

Syria's only satirical newspaper suspends publication

23 January 2002

Russia

IFJ condemns closure of last independent TV station

23 January 2002

Vietnam

Journalist Bui Minh Quoc placed under house arrest in Dalat

23 January 2002

Chile

Television panelist facing charges for "insult" released on bail

23 January 2002

Bangladesh

Journalist Shahriar Kabir released on bail

23 January 2002

Cuba

Correction: Journalist Bernardo Arévalo Padrón still in prison

23 January 2002

International

Sixty journalists killed in 2001, says WAN

22 January 2002

Mexico

Journalist killed

22 January 2002

Tibet (China)

Tibetan ethnomusicologist and documentary filmmaker Ngawang Choephel released after six years' imprisonment

22 January 2002

Spain

Police defuse three parcel bombs sent to journalists in Spain's Basque Country

21 January 2002

Malaysia

CPJ concerned that political pressure may have prompted recent wave of resignations, suspensions and lay-offs at "The Sun" newspaper

21 January 2002

Peru

Journalist attacked by Loreto prefect

21 January 2002

Zimbabwe

ARTICLE 19 condemns further restrictions on media

21 January 2002

Mexico

Journalist receives death threats

21 January 2002

Zimbabwe

Independent newspapers destroyed by ruling party supporters

21 January 2002

Romania

Mayor files requisition order against national daily's regional bureau and blocks distribution of article accusing him of corruption

21 January 2002

Palestine

Israel destroys Palestinian radio and television building

21 January 2002

Uganda

Journalism student killed by police during opposition demonstration

18 January 2002

Peru

Toledo's supporters attack journalists in Chimbote

18 January 2002

Zimbabwe

Draconian bill deferred as minister considers amendments

18 January 2002

Angola

Journalist files case against Ministry of the Interior in effort to recover his travel documents

18 January 2002

Bangladesh

"Dainik Janakantha" newspaper harassed by authorities

18 January 2002

Argentina

Santa Fe province journalist shot at

18 January 2002

Uzbekistan

Uzbek journalist released

18 January 2002

Chile

TVN journalist faces charges for insult

18 January 2002

Zimbabwe

Community radio station denied licence

17 January 2002

Cameroon

Editor of weekly sentenced to five years' imprisonment

17 January 2002

Vietnam

New publishing restrictions introduced

17 January 2002

Nepal

Media and human rights organisations prevented from conducting impartial investigations in areas affected by the state of emergency

17 January 2002

Mozambique

President's son brings lawsuit against "Metical" reporter

17 January 2002

Burundi

Communications minister suspends independent news agency

17 January 2002

Cuba

Journalist Bernardo Arévalo Padrón released

16 January 2002

Chile

Television panelist detained for "contempt"

16 January 2002

Azerbaijan

Journalists' unions launch coalition

16 January 2002

Jordan

Editor arrested

16 January 2002

Israel

Palestinian journalists' press cards not renewed

16 January 2002

France

RSF concerned over French tribunals' continued calling into question of journalists' right to research and publish their information

16 January 2002

Chile

State Defence Council president files charges against newspaper for insult

15 January 2002

Zimbabwe

Journalists' all night vigil cut short as police threaten the use of force

15 January 2002

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean government wants radio broadcasts stopped

15 January 2002

Tunisia

Editor of banned newspaper expected to come out of hiding

15 January 2002

Mexico

Guerrero state newspaper target of attack

15 January 2002

Zimbabwe

Restrictive media clauses passed under Public Order and Security Bill

15 January 2002

Haiti

RSF calls for sanctions against twenty-four Haitian officials

14 January 2002

EFJA condemns government's proposed "code of ethics"

14 January 2002

Venezuela

President asserts that his supporters' siege on daily "El Nacional" was "peaceful"

14 January 2002

Chile

Businessman faces charges for "contempt" filed by Supreme Court

11 January 2002

Zimbabwe

ARTICLE 19 condemns recent legislative developments

11 January 2002

Russia

Court closes last independent TV station

11 January 2002

Argentina

Bill to decriminalise press law violations submitted to parliament

11 January 2002

India / Nepal

CEHURDES condemns ongoing arrests of journalists by security forces

10 January 2002

International

11 September 2001 - 11 January 2002: One hundred and twenty days of abuses to enduring freedoms

10 January 2002

International

Thirty-seven journalists killed for their work in 2001, says CPJ

10 January 2002

Peru

Journalist Pedro Carranza Ugaz released

10 January 2002

Zimbabwe

Army general threatens independent media and foreign journalists

10 January 2002

Morocco

Journalist forcibly held in prison for several hours

9 January 2002

Zimbabwe

Minister prohibits national broadcaster from airing CNN news bulletin

9 January 2002

Zimbabwe

IFJ calls for Europe to lead international action as press freedom faces "moment of truth" in Zimbabwe

9 January 2002

Morocco

Journalist barred from participating as guest on television programme

9 January 2002

Zimbabwe

Ruling party youths destroy copies of "The Daily News" and harass vendors during demonstration

9 January 2002

Serbia

Interference in reception of Radio B92; editor-in-chief threatened

9 January 2002

Zimbabwe

"Wayward" journalists to be arrested, says President Mugabe

9 January 2002

Rwanda

Journalist detained and released

9 January 2002

Venezuela

President's supporters besiege daily "El Nacional"'s offices

9 January 2002

Thailand

CPJ protests banning of magazine

8 January 2002

Serbia

ANEM's media update for the weeks of 22 to 28 December 2001 and 29 December to 4 January 2002

8 January 2002

Uzbekistan

Poet Yusuf Dzhumaev released

8 January 2002

Zimbabwe

CPJ condemns pending media bill

7 January 2002

Nepal

CEHURDES expresses shock, condemns security forces' action

7 January 2002

Iran

In camera trial of ten journalists set to open

7 January 2002

International

Sharp deterioration of press freedom in the world in 2001, says RSF

7 January 2002

Lebanon

Daily "Ash Sharq el Awsat" subject to advance censorship

4 January 2002

United States

Texas journalist released from jail

4 January 2002

Iran

Journalist arrested; trial of seven others to begin

4 January 2002

Turkey

Journalist's trial under way

4 January 2002

Malaysia

Government pressure on Sun newspaper undermines press freedom

4 January 2002

Pakistan

Daily suspended for thirty days

4 January 2002

International

RSF asks for the release of imprisoned journalists in the region

4 January 2002

India / Pakistan

Tensions between India and Pakistan lead to restrictions on communications by both countries

4 January 2002

Haiti

New act of intimidation against examining judge in Jean Dominique case

3 January 2002

Thailand

TJA's report on press situation in 2001

3 January 2002

Nepal

CEHURDES condemns interrogation of media executives

3 January 2002

Democratic Republic of Congo

Three journalists arrested on 31 December 2001 in Kinshasa released

3 January 2002

Paraguay

Public auction for community radio station frequencies declared illegal by Treasury Inspector's Office

3 January 2002

Democratic Republic of Congo

Three journalists arrested and detained in Kinshasa on Monday 31 December 2001

3 January 2002

Russia

Outrage at journalist Grigory Pasko's prison sentence

3 January 2002

Bangladesh

Journalists threatened, attacked

3 January 2002

Israel

RSF disappointed by report on injuries to foreign journalists covering violence in the Occupied Territories

2 January 2002

Czech Republic / Uzbekistan

Extradition hearing against writer refused, he returns to Norway

2 January 2002

Morocco

Rabat Tribunal rescinds ban on weekly "Demain Magazine"

2 January 2002

Sri Lanka

Two journalists stabbed, including editor of Tamilnet

2 January 2002

Bangladesh

Journalist receives threatening telephone call

2 January 2002

Indonesia

Police attack "Serambi Indonesia" journalist

2 January 2002

Indonesia

Year-end notes on press freedom in 2001

2 January 2002

Serbia

ANEM's media update for the week of 15 to 21 December 2001

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