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Alerts - 2002 - July-September

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Brazil

Community radio station harassed by municipal authorities

Macedonia

Journalist attacked, near death in hospital

Malawi

President threatens newspapers

Russia

Investigative journalist assaulted and seriously injured, RSF alarmed over violence against journalists in Penza region

Brazil

Journalists and environmentalists attacked in the state of Pará

Colombia

Barranquilla mayor imposes restrictions on media outlets' access to information

Argentina

Judge subpoenas journalist's phone records

Russia

Cameraman killed during firefight in Ingushetia

Vietnam

CPJ condemns arrest of writer Nguyen Vu Binh

El Salvador

PFC protests attempts to restrict access to information and undermine anti-corruption efforts in El Salvador

Colombia

Journalist in Florencia receives death threats

South Africa

FXI condemns physical attacks, harassment and death threats against AENS journalists

Egypt

Student arrested following publication of his poetry

Venezuela

IAPA and IPI mission expresses deep concern about the serious deterioration of press freedom

South Africa

ARTICLE 19 expresses concern about proposed Broadcasting Amendment Bill

Argentina

Journalist pressured to reveal his sources

Côte d'Ivoire

CPJ concerned about journalists' safety, government restricts foreign broadcasts

Palestine / Israel

Palestinian journalist killed in Ramallah

Colombia

Controversial decision in Jaime Garzón murder case

Niger

Human Rights League president imprisoned for allegedly disseminating "false news"

Côte d'Ivoire

RSF urges authorities to guarantee press freedom

Venezuela

News crew attacked in Caracas

Venezuela

Shots fired at radio station director's home

Indonesia

International PEN alarmed by the detention of writer and academic Lesley McCulloch

China

Internet essayist arrested

Venezuela

President Chávez claims that media only publish "trash and lies"

Argentina

PERIODISTAS releases report on Attacks on the Press in 2001

Haiti

CPJ troubled by latest developments in case of murdered journalist Brignolle Lindor

Russia

Wave of violent attacks target journalists in Penza

United States

RSF urges US to break silence on Al-Jazeera journalist held at Guantanamo

Democratic Republic of Congo

Radio Okapi journalist released in Gbadolite

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist accused of making "harmful accusations", summoned to Lubumbashi court

Nepal

Two journalists receive death threats

Argentina

Three men accused in journalist's murder acquitted

Portugal

Journalist charged for refusing to reveal his sources

Brazil

Police arrest suspect in journalist's murder

Senegal

Journalists in Casamance receive death threats

Colombia

RSF criticises restrictions on foreign media

United Kingdom

Protection of journalists' sources called into question in "Holly and Jessica" case

Swaziland

Court order almost closes Swaziland Television Authority

Eritrea

CPJ confirms that four more journalists are in prison

Uruguay

Draft law sets limitations and penalises community radio stations

China

CPJ welcomes release of Web publisher Wan Yanhai

Togo

Publication director sentenced to four months' imprisonment

India

Editor shot, journalists threatened

International

Two more Caribbean nations endorse Declaration of Chapultepec

Hong Kong (China)

CPJ highlights press freedom concerns in Hong Kong and the mainland

Eritrea

18 journalists still in jail one year after ban on independent media

Democratic Republic of Congo

Radio Okapi journalist detained by armed rebel group

Iran

Two more newspapers closed

Colombia

Journalist assassinated in Cali

Colombia

Journalist goes into hiding

Zambia

Photographer assaulted

Argentina

CPJ opposes draft bill

South Africa

Journalist threatened

Sweden

Two journalists chased by neo-Nazis

Brazil

Journalists threatened over their investigations

South Africa

FXI welcomes removal of gag order in environmental case

France

RSF denounces harassment of radio journalist Daniel Mermet

Venezuela

Television station bombed

Colombia

IAPA requests an answer in journalist's murder case

Ukraine

CPJ marks second anniversary of journalist's disappearance

Zambia

Journalist ejected from army barracks, another barred from meeting

Haiti

RSF publishes report on journalist Brignol Lindor's murder investigation

Zambia

Editor and reporter face contempt of court charges

Belarus

CPJ outraged by conviction of independent journalist

Côte d'Ivoire

Police raid editorial offices

Venezuela

RSF calls for investigation into attacks on several journalists

Russia

Journalist Grigory Pasko transferred to forced labour camp

Zimbabwe

Foreign correspondent to leave Zimbabwe

Democratic Republic of Congo

CPJ deeply disturbed by prison sentences handed down to publication director and publisher

Afghanistan

CPJ congratulates government on progress toward press freedom

Peru

Journalist receives death threats

Cyprus

Wife of murdered journalist threatened

Brazil

Journalist charged with criminal defamation

Sri Lanka

Journalist harassed by police in Wariyapola

Sierra Leone

Media commission curbs press freedom

Argentina

Libel suit filed against lawyer for criticising governor

Pakistan

Journalists condemn new press laws

Romania

CPJ monitoring case of missing journalist

Nepal

Prime minister tells IPI: no re-imposition of state of emergency

Venezuela

News crew assaulted during opposition protest

International

RSF releases practical suggestions for safety of journalists in conflict zones

Kashmir (India)

Kashmiri journalist formally charged with spying for Pakistan

Chile

President Lagos submits bill to Congress that would eliminate "desacato" laws

Nepal

Government releases whereabouts of 16 journalists, location of others still unknown

Colombia

FLIP releases report on press freedom violations in August 2002

Democratic Republic of Congo

Two journalists sentenced to 6 and 12 months in prison and US$300,000 in fines

Palestine / Israel

IFJ condemns Israeli attack on private radio station in Nablus

Indonesia

ARTICLE 19 and AJI call on authorities to amend repressive draft broadcast bill

Tunisia

Prison sentence confirmed for newly released journalist

International

EFJ warns governments "not to use media for war-mongering"

Poland

European journalists accuse government of "political manipulation" over advertising ban

Zimbabwe

Foreign correspondent refused renewal of work permit

Sudan

Press attacked for criticising government's withdrawal from peace talks

Nepal

Journalist imprisoned

International

Press freedom since 9/11: CPJ releases overview of global press restrictions one year later

Mauritania

IPI condemns seizure of weekly newspaper's 19 August 2002 issue

Indonesia

CPJ alarmed by draft broadcast bill

Macedonia

Government targets media ahead of parliamentary elections

China

Human Rights Watch outraged over government's reported blocking of access to Google and AltaVista

Azerbaijan

Journalists receive death threats

Guatemala

Community media worker denied access to information and verbally assaulted

Gabon

Two private newspapers suspended for three months

Democratic Republic of Congo

Two journalists detained unlawfully at the Central Prison in Kinshasa

Niger

CPJ deeply concerned about arrests of journalists

Macedonia

IPI concerned over threat to newspaper's independence

Malawi

Journalist assaulted

International

The Internet on probation: anti-terrorism crusade threatens Internet freedoms worldwide

Lebanon

Broadcast stations shut down

Afghanistan

ARTICLE 19 welcomes Kabul declaration on independent and pluralistic media

Liberia

RSF demands information on missing journalist Hassan Bility

Tunisia

Newspaper editor Hamma Hammami released from prison

Colombia

WAN expresses concern over proposal to sharply increase taxes paid by newspapers

International

IAPA calls on hemispheric nations to regard crimes against journalists as federal offenses

Sudan

Journalist detained

Tanzania

Government warns "unethical" media

Colombia

Colombia denies the International Criminal Court jurisdiction over war crimes

Slovenia

New Act on Salaries and Reimbursement in the Public Sector threatens public service broadcaster's independence

Tunisia

Supreme Court upholds newspaper editor's jail sentence

Afghanistan

Recommendations submitted to International Conference on Promoting Independent and Pluralistic Media in Afghanistan

Mozambique

Suspect in murder of journalist Carlos Cardoso escapes from top security jail

International

IFJ condemns secrecy in talks over "war on terrorism"

China

Beijing police raid South Korean journalist's home

China

Authorities block access to Google search engine

Bangladesh

Government closes leading private television station after court withdraws licence

Kazakhstan

Journalist violently attacked

Burundi

Radio station's signal jammed, Internet censored: press freedom increasingly threatened

United Kingdom

CPJ calls on agency to respect confidentiality of journalistic sources

Zimbabwe

VOP bombing fourth such attack on independent media in last two years

Argentina

Trial of journalist's alleged murderers begins, suspicion surrounds investigation of case

Zimbabwe

Radio station bombed

China

CPJ calls for inquiry into missing Web publisher's whereabouts

Sri Lanka

FMM asks LTTE to launch internal investigation into attack on "Thinakkathir" newspaper

Palestine / Israel

RSF publishes report on investigation into death of Palestinian photographer Imad Abu Zahra

Denmark

Journalists' right to protect sources threatened

Peru

Photographer assaulted by members of Acción Popular political party

Cuba

Two journalists face five and six years in prison

Kazakhstan

RSF releases report on suspicious death of opposition journalist's daughter

Denmark

Secret phone-tap by Danish police "scandalous violation of journalists' rights," says IFJ

Niger

Second journalist arrested in context of Diffa mutiny investigation

Philippines

CPJ demands inquiry into murder of journalist

Togo

CPJ concerned about proposed amendment to press laws

Zimbabwe

CPJ releases first-person account of journalist's imprisonment

Pakistan

CPJ concerned that harassment of editor and his relatives is politically motivated, urges prompt inquiry into police actions

Palestine / Israel

Reuters photographer injured in Ramallah shooting incident

Palestine

Palestinian journalists' leaders overrule attempt to ban certain media coverage in West Bank and Gaza

Philippines

Another witness to murder of journalist Edgar Damalerio threatened

Bangladesh

Journalist seriously injured, four others receive death threats from Islamic militants

Nepal

FNJ and government hold talks; report claims journalist Krishna Sen was not in custody

Pakistan

Exiled editor faces scurrilous legal action

El Salvador

National defence law threatens confidentiality of sources

Israel

Army report on killing of photographer "lacking all balance and credibility," says IFJ

Palestine

IFJ calls for Palestinian journalists in Gaza to withdraw ban on media coverage of children

Tunisia

Newly released journalist sentenced to a further eight months in prison

Haiti

Judicial police director makes worrying statements about journalist's abduction

Burma

Student activist and journalist detained and released in Rangoon

Niger

Radio France Internationale and RSF correspondent briefly detained and released

Nepal

CEHURDES condemns brutal murder of editor

Brazil

Journalist assaulted by legislative assistant

Guatemala

Journalists and anthropologist receive death threats

Cuba

Jailed journalist Bernardo Arévalo Padrón threatened

Zimbabwe

Public broadcaster appeals against court ruling on banned programme

Zimbabwe

Two journalists held hostage, threatened

Ethiopia

EFJA statement on draft press law and journalists' code of ethics

Nepal

Editor of regional publication brutally murdered by Maoist rebels

Italy

Anti-terrorist police search two journalists' homes

Tunisia

Newly released journalist rearrested after appealing against banishment

Mauritania

Weekly newspaper censored by the authorities

Philippines

Journalist gunned down in San Pablo City

Uruguay

Community radio stations shut down

Togo

New bill makes provisions for five years' imprisonment for "insulting the head of state"

Russia

State television journalists' equipment confiscated by Russian armed forces

Colombia

Threats against journalist intensify

Peru

Television journalists assaulted in evangelical church

Colombia

Press photographer threatened in Medellín

Mexico

Journalist charged with criminal defamation

International

ARTICLE 19 launches Latin American freedom of information bulletin

Singapore

High Court denies journalists' right to protect sources

South Africa

FXI denounces censorship of biography

Peru

Anti-media pamphlets distributed at rally

Brazil

RSF increasingly concerned about Tim Lopes murder investigation after death of two suspects

International

Russian investigative journalist, EFJA named 2002 Freedom to Write Award winners

South Africa

FXI disturbed by numerous provisions contained in Broadcasting Amendment Bill

Democratic Republic of Congo

Two journalists briefly detained in Kinshasa

Israel

Reuters cameraman expelled after being refused entry at airport

Jordan

Editor-in-chief of weekly newspaper detained over cartoon lampooning Qatari authorities

Serbia / Montenegro

Radio editor dismissed, allegedly over protest at station

Kazakhstan

Television journalist brutally attacked

International

Johannesburg Summit on Sustainable Development must boost press freedom, says IFJ

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist released; two others to appear at prison hearing

India

Jailed journalist begins hunger strike

Philippines

Witness in journalist's murder case killed, another receiving threats

Philippines

Radio station attacked

Argentina

Government official attempts to censor theatrical production

Turkey

Turkey's media crisis: IFJ calls for action plan to confront power of media owners

Brazil

Governor orders dismissal of police officers for scandalous report on journalist's murder

Vietnam

Internet essayist to be tried on national security charges

Sierra Leone

CPJ releases special report on Sierra Leone

Kenya

Journalist released from prison

International

RSF publishes updated list of international press freedom predators

Algeria

Caricaturist Djamel Noun threatened by staff of state-owned television station

Belarus

Administrative obstacles threaten Radio Free Europe in Minsk

Kenya

Journalist transferred to maximum-security prison

Romania

Investigative reporter missing since June

International

Spanish version of CPJ's Attacks on the Press in 2001 now available online

Colombia

Journalists threatened by paramilitaries

Algeria

WAN concerned over high level of taxes charged on importation of foreign newspapers and magazines

Thailand

Journalist imprisoned after losing defamation case

Palestine / Israel

Israeli journalists come under fire

Democratic Republic of Congo

Justice minister denounces systematic arrests of journalists

Belarus

CPJ outraged by assault on independent press

International

CPJ urges African Union to guarantee press freedom

Nepal

Journalists arrested and released

Chile

Journalists appeal restrictions on the press imposed by Chamber of Deputies

Italy

Journalist imprisoned over 1960s articles

Kenya

CPJ outraged over jailing of journalist for criminal defamation

Colombia

RSF concerned over state of emergency's implications for press freedom

Sri Lanka

Newspaper office attacked, staff beaten, equipment stolen

Argentina

Journalist verbally assaulted by provincial governor

Iran

Arrest warrant issued against journalist, official news agency threatened with prosecution

Romania

Opposition journalist target of intimidation campaign

Malawi

Journalist killed in troubling circumstances

Kenya

Publisher jailed over magazine story

Peru

Right to information threatened by certain provisions in access to information law

Colombia

FLIP releases report on press freedom violations in July 2002

Colombia

Rebels detain journalists for two days, confiscate their film

Argentina

Journalist's home attacked

Serbia / Montenegro

Editor-in-chief and publisher of the daily "Danas" fined

Iran

WiPC makes special appeal for journalist's release on humanitarian grounds

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist arrested and detained at Court of Military Order in Kinshasa

Democratic Republic of Congo

Politician Joseph Olenghankoy threatens to "break" JED

Venezuela

CPJ special report on Venezuela: Journalists as Cannon Fodder

Nepal

Journalist arrested and released

Cyprus

Two editors jailed by Northern Cypriot court

Colombia

News crew kidnapped in Risaralda

Peru

Journalists assaulted during demonstration

Rwanda

Journalists released

Iran

More newspapers closed

Venezuela

RSF calls for inquiries into attacks on several journalists

Azerbaijan

CPJ concerned about ongoing harassment of independent magazine

Cuba

Independent press under siege

Lebanon

Television station under investigation

Bangladesh

Drug traffickers target provincial newspaper "Andoloner Bazar", journalist found dead

Burkina Faso

AFP and RSF correspondent arrested

Belarus

Authorities target two more independent newspapers

Argentina

Town councillor threatens press

Uzbekistan

PEN calls for inclusion of Uzbek writers in possible amnesty

Jordan

Al-Jazeera Amman office closed

Turkey

Asiye Güzel Zeybek?s trial postponed until 16 October 2002

Eritrea

CPJ confirms detention of fourteenth journalist

China

Activist sentenced to eleven years in prison for downloading Internet articles

Nepal

CPJ protests editor's detention

Italy

Media pluralism under increasing threat

The Gambia

Journalist detained over alleged slur against vice-president's late husband

Liberia

IPI condemns government's continuing refusal to release editor

Peru / Colombia

Colombian journalists Omar García and Carlos Pulgarín receive threats in Peru

Niger

State of alert threatens independent media

Belarus

State official brings legal action against newspaper

Pakistan

Government lifts ban on newspapers

Ghana

Newspaper editor-in-chief receives two death threats

Cuba

Journalist arrested

Nepal

Two editors arrested and released, journalist manhandled

Nepal

CEHURDES condemns journalist's abduction

Liberia

Authorities refuse to produce journalist

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM protests amendments to Montenegrin media legislation passed by Parliament

India

Newspaper employees injured in attack

Afghanistan

Afghan civil society makes recommendations for a free and pluralistic media

Argentina

Newspaper director receives numerous death threats

Turkey

Publisher convicted

France

RSF protests police brutality against German journalists

Serbia / Montenegro

IFJ concerned over attempts by politicians to manipulate media through changes to law

Mongolia

Editor jailed for publishing false information that led to woman's death

Kenya

Journalist threatened by provincial commissioner

Eritrea

Government admits holding journalists in secret detention

Tajikistan

Independent news agency Asia Plus to receive radio licence

Burma

Detained journalist U Win Tin transferred to Rangoon hospital

Uganda

Rebel chief issues death threat against Belgian journalist

Russia

IPI concerned at apparent lack of progress made in cases of several journalists murdered since the start of 2002

France

Police attack German journalists

The Gambia

CPJ urges president not to sign media bill

Palestine / Israel

RSF urges Israeli authorities to release five Palestinian journalists

Iran

International PEN disturbed by reports of journalist Siamak Pourzand's televised "confession"

Kazakhstan

CPJ concerned by harassment of opposition weekly

Peru

Journalist faces possible arrest

Democratic Republic of Congo

CPJ gravely concerned about imprisonment of two journalists

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist from the satirical newspaper "Pot-Pourri" arrested within Belgian embassy enclosure in Kinshasa

Rwanda

Three journalists sentenced to "preventative detention"

France

RSF warns interior minister of threat to Internet freedom posed by new security law

Egypt

Prison sentence against academic Saad El Deen Ibrahim and others confirmed

Bangladesh

Government threatens to prosecute newspaper for sedition

Egypt

International PEN shocked by court's decision to sentence academic to seven years in prison

Algeria

Television journalist assassinated

Azerbaijan

ARTICLE 19 concerned over measures taken against newspaper "Famida"

The Gambia

Congolese correspondent arrested and held without charge

Peru

Journalist attacked, her equipment stolen

Venezuela

Media workers assaulted

Vietnam

Cyberdissident Pham Hong Son imprisoned at secret location for past four months

Kenya

Journalist sentenced to nine months in prison

Serbia / Montenegro

ANEM's media update for the week of 13 - 19 July 2002

Czech Republic

CPJ backs investigation of plot to murder journalist

Haiti

Radio journalist forced into hiding

India

Colin Powell asked to bring up case of jailed Kashmiri journalist during his official visit

Chile

Chamber of Deputies restricts press's access to National Congress

Pakistan

Editor abducted by intelligence agency officers and later released

Yemen

CPJ concerned about recent incidents of official legal harassment of the press

Iran

Appeals court confirms newspaper closure and editor's prison sentence

Poland

Two radio stations lose their broadcasting licences

Colombia

Newspaper distributor assassinated in Roncesvalles

Nicaragua

Journalist "invited" to reveal his sources

Georgia

CPJ releases statement marking anniversary of television journalist's murder

Ethiopia

CPJ calls on government to stop restrictions on journalists

Democratic Republic of Congo

Three private broadcasters ordered not to mention opposition figure on their programmes

International

Thirty-seven writers from nineteen countries receive Hellman/Hammett Grants

Bangladesh

World Bank report outlines constraints on the media's effectiveness

Iraq

Al-Jazeera correspondent barred from working for 10 days

Rwanda

Three journalists arbitrarily arrested

Burma

Imprisoned journalist U Win Tin's health worsens

Kenya

IPI calls on government to repeal criminal defamation laws

Afghanistan

RSF demands inquiry into US forces' arbitrary detention of Pakistani journalist

Vietnam

Writer held incommunicado

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist prevented from working in rebel-controlled area

Chile

Chilean leaders support scrapping "insult" laws

Nepal

Pro-Maoist journalist arrested

Burma

Photographer Khin Aye Kyu released, cameraman Ko Sein Ohn still detained

Democratic Republic of Congo

Publisher of daily "Alerte Plus" arrested, publication director tortured in prison

Colombia

Journalists in Cali and newscasts in Bogotá declared "military targets"

Serbia / Montenegro

New broadcast law adopted by Parliament

Palestine / Israel

IPI condemns killing of freelance photographer and journalist, wounding of news agency photographer

Tajikistan

Independent radio station denied license

Democratic Republic of Congo

Journalist imprisoned

Kenya

Journalist on hunger strike in bid to win compensation for police brutality, another forced into exile

United Kingdom

IPI calls upon Interbrew to halt application to freeze assets of daily "The Guardian"

Czech Republic

Four arrested in plot to kill investigative journalist

Colombia

RSF and the Damocles Network will officially be part of the prosecution of journalist Jaime Garzón's killers

Burma / Thailand

RSF condemns ongoing obstacles to press freedom by Burmese and Thai governments

Serbia / Montenegro

ARTICLE 19 concerned over proposed amendments to 1998 Public Information Law

Yemen

Foreign correspondents repeatedly summoned by the authorities

Colombia

Another journalist flees into exile

Colombia

Another journalist murdered, two more escape death

Pakistan

Prosecution, defence file appeals in Pearl case

Belarus

Supreme Court confirms former senior police official's life sentence in disappearance of journalist Dmitri Zavadski

Guatemala

Local offices of news agency CERIGUA broken into

Venezuela

Photojournalist physically threatened

Venezuela

Two media owners kidnapped in less than a month in San Cristóbal

United States

Publisher and editor convicted of criminal defamation

Burma / Thailand

CPJ condemns recent moves by Burmese and Thai authorities to restrict media amid bilateral tension

Haiti

Missing journalist found; reporter tells CPJ of ordeal with captors

Zimbabwe

Deportation order for U.S. journalist suspended

Morocco

Independent newspaper's photographer barred from covering royal wedding

Pakistan

Two newspapers forced to close for one month, editors arrested

Palestine / Israel

Israeli army occupies Palestinian Internet offices

Colombia

FLIP releases report on press freedom violations in May and June 2002

Venezuela

IFJ report on coup condemns President Chavez and media owners for press freedom violations

Palestine / Israel

Mission urges joint Palestine-Israeli action to break deadlock over press cards

International

RSF supports British media in appeal to European Court of Human Rights over protection of sources

United Kingdom

IPI calls on Interbrew to halt legal action against media until all possible legal procedures exhausted

Burma / Thailand

TJA condemns Burmese government's blacklisting of 15 Thai journalists

Colombia

IAPA voices alarm over latest murder, wave of violence against journalists in Colombia

Kazakhstan

Independent journalist charged with criminal defamation

Haiti

Investigative radio journalist missing

Georgia

IFJ calls for urgent probe into break-in at journalists' association offices

Iran

RSF condemns newspaper's suspension for defying censorship order

Sudan

Independent daily censored

Liberia

IPI concerned over latest arrests of journalists critical of the government

Bangladesh

World Bank calls for shift in "culture of secrecy" to open up information channels

Burma / Thailand

Travel bans on journalists violate freedom of expression, says ARTICLE 19

China

New regulations require Internet companies to censor news

Colombia

Kidnapped media workers released

Paraguay

Radio station's equipment to be returned, community stations reach favourable agreement with national telecommunications commission

Serbia / Montenegro

CPJ concerned about safety of independent journalist

Iran

Reformist newspaper banned for violating news blackout

France

Lawsuit against journalist Daniel Mermet dismissed

India / Nepal

Three Nepalese journalists arrested in New Delhi

Serbia / Montenegro

Journalists interrogated

Bangladesh

Journalist kidnapped, feared dead

Philippines

Journalist endangered by military blunder

Pakistan

Principal accused in kidnapping and murder of "Wall Street Journal" reporter Daniel Pearl receives death sentence, three co-accused receive 25-year sentences

Iran

National Security Council restricts coverage of top cleric's resignation

Palestine / Israel

CPJ urges Israeli authorities to conduct a thorough investigation into photographer's death

Zimbabwe

Correspondent from "The Guardian" found not guilty of publishing falsehoods but served deportation order

Zimbabwe

CPJ releases special report on recent attacks under the Mugabe administration

Democratic Republic of Congo

Five newspaper employees arrested and later released, daily's complete print-run seized in Kinshasa

Zimbabwe

Information minister rejects applications for satellite broadcasting licences

Palestine / Israel

RSF outraged by death of Palestinian photographer in Jenin; Ariel Sharon added to list of "press freedom predators"

Nepal

CEHURDES demands launch of independent inquiry into journalist Krishna Sen's death

Colombia

Press under threat in Barrancabermeja

Venezuela

Reporter assaulted

Colombia

President questions media outlets' impartiality

Georgia

Offices of Tbilisi Press Club and press freedom group ransacked by thugs

Colombia

Journalist killed during week of threats

Kashmir (India)

Editor shot in Srinagar

Ethiopia

Former editor sentenced to two years on press charges

Guatemala

Journalist receives death threats

Paraguay

Ñemity radio station closed, equipment confiscated

Russia

Two journalists prosecuted after questioning President Putin about regional corruption

Palestine / Israel

Israeli army occupies Jordanian radio and television offices in Ramallah

Colombia

Four media workers kidnapped by guerrillas; local newspapers threatened by paramilitaries in Barrancabermeja

Venezuela

IAPA protests wave of violence against journalists

Bangladesh

Publisher forced into exile; RSF condemns banning of opposition newspaper

Bangladesh

One reporter kidnapped, another assaulted

Ukraine

IPI concerned over threats against editor-in-chief

Mauritania

Newspaper censored by the authorities

Nepal

Nepalese journalists take action to protest attacks on press freedom

Peru

Journalist threatened by supporters of political movement in Loreto

Iran

Journalist Siamak Pourzand's 11-year jail sentence confirmed on appeal

Botswana

"Botswana Gazette" sports reporter assaulted

International

IFJ outlines challenge of globalisation for World Summit on Information Society

France

Journalist's telephone tapped in Corsican affair

Peru

IPYS condemns accusations against journalists in Arequipa

Bangladesh

Newspaper's licence revoked

Zimbabwe

Reporter charged for "writing falsehoods"

Botswana

Radio station, presenter sued

Venezuela

Journalists assaulted while on duty

Malawi

Regulatory authority back-pedals on threat to radio station

Ethiopia

Two editors released on bail

Costa Rica

On first anniversary of journalist's death, RSF concerned that crime remains unpunished

Republic of Congo

Senior police official threatens journalist

Palestine / Israel

Two Moroccan journalists detained by Israeli military

Niger

Publication director of "Le Canard déchaîné" sentenced to eight months' imprisonment without parole

Vietnam

CPJ condemns media crackdown

Venezuela

Owner of daily "La Nación" kidnapped

Belarus

CPJ releases statement marking anniversary of cameraman's disappearance

Yemen

CPJ protests ongoing detention of journalists

France

European Court of Human Rights condemns France for attacks on the freedom to inform; RSF calls for review of 1881 press law

Colombia

Radio station journalists threatened

Macedonia

Cover price of government-owned newspaper cut in half

Liberia

Detained journalist may be at risk of torture and ill-treatment, says Human Rights Watch

Serbia / Montenegro

Serbian government blocks democratisation of media

Liberia

Journalist accused of plotting against president disappears: RSF presses United Nations to act

Zambia

High Court grants journalists bail

Zimbabwe

Thirteen journalists charged under repressive laws

Zimbabwe

Reporter thrown out of courtroom

Colombia

IAPA protests journalist's murder

International

RSF draws attention to impunity of journalists' killers as International Criminal Court begins its work

Rwanda

RSF stresses the importance of justice at the local level as International Criminal Court begins its work

Colombia

Paramilitaries suspected in killing of radio station owner

Liberia

Journalist accused of plotting against the president

Kazakhstan

Editor's daughter killed in mysterious circumstances

Nepal

CPJ asks government to respond to reports of custodial killing, pro-Maoist editor Krishna Sen feared dead

Yemen

Journalist arrested

Cuba

Journalist receives death threat in custody

Senegal

IFJ condemns threats against Senegalese sports journalists

Japan

IFJ condemns proposed laws as "threat to press freedom and journalism"

Sri Lanka

Fact-finding mission notes progress in investigation into journalist Nimalarajan's assassination

Italy

IPI criticises pressure on Italian media and notes failure to keep politics at arms-length

Egypt

Camera crews detained; journalist attacked by thugs