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Alerts - Belgium

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Belgium / Turkey

Ten arrested in police raid on Kurdish TV station

Police organised simultaneous raids at 25 locations in the country that were alleged to be connected to the Kurdistan Workers' Party.

International / Belgium

Belgian prosecutors dismiss complaint brought by European Anti-Fraud Office against journalist

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 6 January 2009 media release of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), an IFJ regional group:

International / Belgium

IPI welcomes ECHR decision affirming journalists' right to protect sources

(IPI/IFEX) - The following is an IPI press release:

Belgium

IPI protests measures adopted by Parliament in response to broadcast of fake documentary

(IPI/IFEX) - The following is a 12 January 2007 IPI press release:

International / Belgium

European court considers journalist's complaint of official mistreatment legitimate, but out of its jurisdiction

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is an IFJ media release:

Belgium

EFJ condemns proposed legislation on protection of sources

(FIJ/IFEX) - The following is an abridged version of a 12 December 2005 media release by the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), an IFJ affiliate:

Rwanda / Belgium

Belgian courts urged to exonerate Guy Theunis

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has welcomed Father Guy Theunis' return to Belgium on 20 November 2005 under an accord between Rwanda and Belgium under which the Belgian judicial authorities will investigate charges brought against him in Rwanda.

Belgium

Mongolian journalist faces imminent deportation

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is an abridged translation of a 22 November 2005 IFJ press release:

Belgium

Three Moroccan journalists assaulted

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is an abridged version of a joint press release by the IFJ and the Association Générale des Journalistes Professionnels de Belgique (AGJPB):

Belgium

European Commission urged to "keep hands off" reporter's files following court decision

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 20 April 2005 media release by the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), an IFJ affiliate:

International / Belgium

IFJ backs former investigative reporter in legal fight to protect sources

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 30 March 2005 IFJ media release:

Belgium

European Federation of Journalists welcomes adoption of law on protection of journalists' sources

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 21 March 2005 IFJ media release:

Belgium

Police question two journalists in latest attack on confidentiality of sources

(RSF/IFEX) - RSF has condemned the 25 January 2005 police interrogation of reporter Anne De Graaf and editor-in-chief Yves Desmet, of the Flemish-language newspaper "De Morgen". The journalists were questioned about their sources for a May 2004 report on police fears of a terrorist attack in Antwerp.

International / Belgium

IFJ vows to continue fight for protection of sources in Tillack case

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is an IFJ media release:

Democratic Republic of Congo / Belgium

Music critic attacked by musician's bodyguard

(JED/IFEX) - Marc Tabu, a Congolese music critic based in Brussels, suffered injuries to the head on 10 July 2004, at approximately 5:00 a.m. (local time), following a violent attack by one Tony Osvaldo, also known as Tony Mokomboso. Osvaldo, who is of Angolan nationality, is a bodyguard for the Congolese musician Antoine Agbepa Mumba, better known as Koffi Olomide. Tabu hosts the weekly music review programme "Europa Live", recorded in Europe and rebroadcast in Kinshasa on the private broadcaster Raga TV.

Belgium

Court battle begins over authorities' action against German investigative reporter

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is an IFJ media release:

Belgium

IFJ welcomes move to adopt law on protection of sources, concerns remain over exceptions

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 27 March 2004 IFJ media release:

Belgium

IPI condemns journalist's detention

(IPI/IFEX) - The following is a 24 March 2004 IPI letter to Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt and Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Laurette Onkelinx:

Belgium

Journalist detained, his home and office searched

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is an IFJ media release:

Belgium

EFJ welcomes court ruling on protection of journalists' sources

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 16 July 2003 IFJ media release:

Belgium

IFJ calls on European court to guarantee journalists' right to protection of sources

Belgium

Two journalists fined for refusing to reveal their sources

Belgium

IFJ backs strike action after reporter jailed

Belgium

Journalists' materials seized by Steenokkerzeel police

Belgium

Radio Campus-Bruxelles transmitter seized

Belgium

Police raid and shut down Kurdish television station

Belgium

Police search media offices; calls into question the issue of the protection of sources