Die Radio Journalistin DUNIYA MUHYADIN, 26, ist in der Nähe von Mogadischu erschossen worden, in Ausübung ihrer Arbeit – als sie über eine Protestaktion von LKW-Fahrern in AFGGOYE berichten wollte, 30 Kilometer von Mogadischu entfernt. Sie ist damit die zweite Medienschaffende, die in diesem Jahr in SOMALIA getötet wurde – Muhyadin starb sofort, als ein Bewaffneter eine Kugel in den Fonds ihres Taxi abfeuerte – so REPORTER OHNE GRENZEN (Reporters Without Borders/Reporters Sans Frontières/RSF) – mehr – allerdings auf Englisch:
—-| IFEX COMMUNIQUÉ VOL 14 NO 23 | 7 JUNE 2005
The IFEX Communiqué is the weekly newsletter of the International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX), a global network of 64 organisations working to defend and promote the right to free expression. IFEX is managed by Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (www.cjfe.org).
The IFEX Communiqué is also available in French (www.ifex.org/fr), Spanish (www.ifex..org/es),
Russian (www.ifex.cjes.ru/) and Arabic (http://hrinfo.net/ifex/).
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FREE EXPRESSION SPOTLIGHT:
1. Uzbekistan: Human Rights Watch Urges International Inquiry into Massacre
REGIONAL NEWS:
2. Lebanon: Popular Columnist Assassinated
3. Libya: Missing Journalist Found Dead
4. Somalia: Reporter Shot Dead
TAKE ACTION!
5. China: Hong Kong Journalist Detained
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
6. IFJ Supports Press Freedom Monitoring in Asia
REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS:
7. ARTICLE 19 Offers Election Coverage Tools for Iraqi Journalists
8. Senegal’s Media Laws Impede Press Freedom: CPJ Report
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
9. CJFE International Press Freedom Awards
USEFUL WEBSITES:
10. Iran Scan 1384
11. Anti Corruption Handbook
ALERTS ISSUED BY THE IFEX CLEARING HOUSE IN THE PAST WEEK
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FREE-EXPRESSION SPOTLIGHT
1. UZBEKISTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH URGES INTERNATIONAL INQUIRY INTO MASSACRE
A Human Rights Watch investigation has concluded that the crackdown on peaceful demonstrators by Uzbek authorities in the city of Andijan in May was a massacre. The IFEX member has released a new report, „Bullets Were Falling Like Rain: The Andijan Massacre“, which documents the Uzbek government’s indiscriminate use of force against unarmed people on 13 May 2005, and its efforts to silence witnesses. It provides the most extensive independent review thus far of the tragedy.
„The Uzbek authorities are trying to whitewash this massacre,“ says Human Rights Watch.
The watchdog is calling for a comprehensive international investigation into the tragedy, saying the Uzbek government lacks any credibility to conduct an internal inquiry. „The Uzbek government has a long record of censorship, repression, and impunity for human rights abuses,“ says Human Rights Watch.
Witnesses and victims of the massacre told Human Rights Watch that on 13 May, government forces fired indiscriminately into crowds of mostly unarmed demonstrators. „No warning was given when shots were fired in most cases, and no other means of crowd control were attempted. Thousands of people had gathered in Bobur Square, Andijan, to vent their frustration over growing poverty, corruption and government repression. Although some were armed, the government’s use of force was neither proportionate nor appropriate to the danger they posed, says Human Rights Watch.
Uzbek authorities deny responsibility for the killings and claim that 173 people were killed, including „Islamic extremists“ whom they accuse of provoking the shootings. Eyewitness accounts suggest the number of dead to be far higher than the government figure. Human Rights Watch says it found no evidence that any of the speakers at the protest promoted an Islamist agenda.
In the aftermath of the events, Uzbek authorities have virtually sealed off Andijan from the outside world. Journalists have been harassed and expelled from the city, and information about the massacre has been tightly controlled.
According to the International Press Institute (IPI), journalists who were invited to Andijan on 18 May to report on the violence were shown pre-selected areas and fed the government’s version of the 13 May events. They were barred from interviewing local residents. IPI says many local journalists who work for foreign media and witnessed the violence are also fearful of reprisals.
Human Rights Watch is calling on the US government, an ally of Uzbekistan in its „war on terror“, to suspend talks with President Islam Karimov over the future of its air base there until an international inquiry into the massacre is carried out.
Read Human Rights Watch’s report: http://hrw.org/reports/2005/uzbekistan0605/
Visit:
– IPI: http://www.freemedia.at/Protests2005/pr_Uzbekistan06.06.05.htm
– Index on Censorship: http://tinyurl.com/bxoan
– Former British Ambassador Speaks Out on Uzbekistan’s Poor Human Rights Record: http://tinyurl.com/7wbjv
– Committee to Protect Journalists: http://www.cpj.org/news/2005/Uzbek16may05na.html
– RSF Report on Uzbekistan: http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=13459&Valider=OK
– International Crisis Group:
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=3469&l=1
– Central Asia News: http://enews.ferghana.ru/main.php
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REGIONAL NEWS:
MIDDLE EAST
2. LEBANON: POPULAR COLUMNIST ASSASSINATED
IFEX members are calling for justice in the murder of prominent Lebanese columnist Samir Kassir, who was killed in a car bombing outside his home in Beirut on 2 June 2005.
Kassir died instantly when a bomb placed under his car exploded as he left for work. The journalist wrote a popular and influential column in the daily newspaper „Al-Nahar“, and was fiercely critical of Syria and its 29-year military and political presence in Lebanon. He was threatened and harassed for his outspoken writing. Kassir was also a university lecturer and founder of the Democratic Left movement, which helped mobilise huge demonstrations against Syria in March. In April, Syria began withdrawing its troops from Lebanon.
The International Press Institute (IPI), The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemned the murder, as did Lebanese journalists, who staged a silent rally on 3 June to protest Kassir’s assassination. Lebanese authorities say they will launch an investigation and seek assistance from French police and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The assassination came four days after the start of the country’s parliamentary elections, which run until 19 June. In his last column, which appeared on „An-Nahar’s“ front page on 27 May, Kassir criticized Syria’s lack of desire to enact rapid change, saying: „Reform for the [ruling] Ba’athists does not mean accepting opposing views. The huge regional changes from Iraq to Lebanon only drive them [the Ba’athists] to warn of US dangers without thinking for a minute of the best ways to prevent this danger.“
Visit these links:
– IPI: http://www.freemedia.at/Protests2005/pr_Lebanon06.06.05.htm
– IFJ: http://www.ifj.org/default.asp?Index=3169&Language=EN
– CPJ: http://www.cpj.org/news/2005/Lebanon02june05na.html
– RSF: http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=13984
– Hundreds Mourn Kassir: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=820606
– A Thorn in Syria’s Side: http://www2.rnw.nl/rnw/en/currentaffairs/region/middleeast/leb050603?view=Standard
– Report on Press Freedom in Libya: http://www.cpj.org/attacks04/mideast04/lebanon.html
AFRICA
3. LIBYA: MISSING JOURNALIST FOUND DEAD
Daif al-Ghazal al-Shuhaibi, a former reporter for a state-owned newspaper in Libya, was found dead on 2 June 2005 in the coastal city of Benghazi, east of Tripoli, reported the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF). He had been tortured.
Al-Shuhaibi, 32, had gone missing since 22 May, when two gunmen identifying themselves as national security officials abducted him, according to RSF. At the time of his death, the journalist wrote for the London-based online newspaper www.libya-alyoum.com („Libya Today“). His articles were critical of the Movement of Revolutionary Committees (MRC), Libya’s de facto ruling party.
Last year, Al-Shuhaibi had called on Libyan intellectuals to form a civil society committee against corruption and had received threats from the MRC, says RSF. Previously, Al-Shuhaibi worked for „Azahf Al-Akhdar“, a daily newspaper owned by the MRC. He quit in 2003.
Libya’s media is tightly controlled by the government, says CPJ. Outside of the country, little information about Libya is available. According to a recent report by Human Rights Watch, Libya has taken important steps over the past year to improve its human rights record, but serious problems remain. Libyan laws continue to criminalise free expression and anyone who criticises President Muammar Qaddafi or the 1969 revolution that brought him to power can be sentenced to death.
Visit these links:
– RSF: http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=14012
– CPJ: http://www.cpj.org/news/2005/Libya06june05na.html
– Human Rights Watch Report: http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/05/23/libya10983.htm
– AlertNet: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/GH0627945.htm
– Amnesty International: http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGMDE190022004
4. SOMALIA: REPORTER SHOT DEAD
In Somalia, a country which has had no effective central government since the fall of dictator Siad Barre in 1991, journalists face violence and lawlessness. On 5 June 2005, radio journalist Duniya Muhyadin Nur was shot and killed while covering a protest in Afgoye, 30 km from the capital, Mogadishu, reported the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF). She was the second journalist killed in Somalia this year.
Muhyadin, 26, died instantly when a gunman fired a single bullet at the back of her taxi. She was reporting on a protest by truck drivers who had blockaded the Mogadishu-Afgoye road to express anger over the proliferation of militia checkpoints in the country. Militia groups control more than 40 checkpoints in Somalia, which bring in US$40,000 every day from passing buses and trucks.
Muhyadin was a reporter for the Mogadishu-based radio station Capital Voice, owned by the HornAfrik media company. She hosted a call-in radio programme titled „Mogadishu Today“, covering issues affecting minorities, women and children.
Last February, BBC producer Kate Peyton was shot to death outside a Mogadishu hotel where she had spoken to officials from Somalia’s transitional government. Her killers are still at large.
Visit these links:
– CPJ: http://www.cpj.org/news/2005/Somalia06june05na.html
– RSF: http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=14015
– IFJ: http://www.ifj.org/default.asp?index=3165&Language=EN
– BBC In-Depth Profile of Somalia: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/africa/2004/somalia/default.stm
– IRIN News: http://www.irinnews.org/frontpage.asp?SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa&SelectCountry=Somalia
– HornAfrik: http://www.hornafrik.com/
Read IFEX Members‘ Reports on Somalia:
– CPJ: http://www.cpj.org/attacks04/africa04/somalia.html
– RSF: http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=10200
– International Press Institute: http://www.freemedia.at/wpfr/Africa/somalia.htm
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TAKE ACTION!
5. CHINA: HONG KONG JOURNALIST DETAINED
The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) and Reporters Without Borders asks press freedom advocates to sign an online petition calling on Chinese authorities to immediately release journalist Ching Cheong, a Hong Kong-based reporter for Singapore’s „Straits Times.“ Ching Cheong, 55, was detained in China on 22 April 2005 and may face charges of stealing state secrets. He had traveled to China to collect documents connected with the former Communist Party leader, Zhao Ziyang, who died in January while under house arrest.
Sign the petition here: http://www.petition-chingcheong.org
For more information on the case, see:
– http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/04/international/asia/04china.html
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CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
6. IFJ SUPPORTS PRESS FREEDOM MONITORING IN ASIA
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is organising events in Indonesia and Taiwan as part of its Media and Democracy programme to help strengthen the role of journalists in monitoring elections and promoting press freedom.
In Jakarta, Indonesia, the IFJ’s affiliate, the Alliance of Independent Journalists (Aliansi Jurnalis Independen, AJI), is holding a national seminar on election reporting from 6 to 8 June 2005. Supported by the European Commission, the seminar is aimed at improving Indonesian journalists‘ capacity to act as watchdogs in upcoming local government elections. It will feature speakers from the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Local Election Commission, political experts, local non-governmental organisations and leading editors.
In Taiwan, IFJ is organising a conference from 7 to 10 July in Taipei, where affiliates will meet to discuss issues facing journalists and their associations in the Asia-Pacific region. The conference will examine the state of press freedom in the region, the working rights of journalists and union management. The conference will be hosted by the Association of Taiwan Journalists, with support from the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy.
For more information on these events, contact: ifj@ifj-asia.org
Visit: http://www.ifj-asia.org/
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REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS
7. ARTICLE 19 OFFERS ELECTION COVERAGE TOOLS FOR IRAQI JOURNALISTS
ARTICLE 19 has published a set of guidelines and briefing notes to equip Iraqi media with important information on covering elections. Commissioned by UNESCO, the publications aim to inform journalists about international free expression standards and best practices in election coverage.
Author Toby Mendel says they are tailored to an audience with little or no practical experience of the democratic process and can be used by journalists in other countries undergoing democratic transitions. „Guidelines for Election Broadcasting“ examines media self-regulation, restrictions on freedom of expression and media monitoring, and discusses the key obligations and responsibilities of the media during elections, such as the duty to inform the public and report in a balanced and impartial way.
The Briefing Notes provide an overview of international standards relating to media and elections, including voters‘ rights and the interpretation of opinion polls. Both publications are available in English, French and Arabic, with translation into other languages expected in the near future.
„Guidelines for Election Broadcasting“ can be downloaded here: http://tinyurl.com/cyrks
For further information, contact Toby Mendel at: toby@article19.org
Other resources on election coverage:
– UNESCO Election Guide for Iraqi Media: http://tinyurl.com/cxxeu
– IMPACS/IMS Elections Reporting Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/e3a9k
8. SENEGAL’S MEDIA LAWS IMPEDE PRESS FREEDOM: CPJ REPORT
Compared to most of its neighbours in West Africa, Senegal is a model of stability, boasting a sturdy functioning democracy and one of the region’s strongest independent presses. In May 2005, it won UNESCO’s endorsement when it was picked to host the UN agency’s World Press Freedom Day celebrations. However, local journalists say the country’s media laws pose a long-term threat to press freedom unless the government acts on its promises to reform, reports the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
CPJ has released a new report, „Freedom… With Limits“, which looks at journalists‘ struggles to end criminal sanctions for press offenses and other repressive legal provisions. It says that a year after President Abdoulaye Wade promised to scrap a repressive provision from the Penal Code and decriminalise press offenses, there has been little progress toward meeting these goals and the government has scaled back its reform initiatives.
Read the report here: http://www.cpj.org/Briefings/2005/senegal_05/senegal_05.html
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AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
9. CJFE INTERNATIONAL PRESS FREEDOM AWARDS
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) seeks nominations for the 2005 CJFE International Press Freedom Awards, which honour journalists who demonstrate courage in defending press freedom. Two winners are selected each year.
The winners of the award will be journalists who have overcome enormous odds to report on human rights and demonstrate a commitment to human rights by reporting without bias or discrimination. Preference will be given to candidates who have not won a major press freedom award from another organization and who stand to benefit from international exposure due to the difficulties caused by their work.
The awards are also open to individual media outlets. To be eligible for an award, applicants must be nominated by an organisation or individual. Self-nominations are not accepted. Each award consists of a framed plaque and cash prize of CDN$3,000. They will be presented to the winner at a ceremony in Toronto, Canada on 1 November 2005.
When making a nomination, please send a cover letter, biographical information on the nominee, samples of the nominee’s work and contact details.
Submissions must reach CJFE by 31 July 2005.
For further information, please contact Julie Payne at CJFE, 489 College Street, Suite 403, Toronto, Ontario M6G 1A5 Canada; Tel: +1 416 515 9622; Fax: +1 416 515 7879; E-mail: jpayne@cjfe.org
To see last year’s award winners, visit: http://cjfe.org/eng/awards/awards.html
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USEFUL WEBSITES
10. IRAN SCAN 1384
openDemocracy.net, an online global magazine of politics and culture, is monitoring the 17 June presidential election in Iran by tapping into the views of the country’s burgeoning blogging community. Iran Scan 1384 (year 2005 in the Iranian calendar) reports the observations of leading bloggers, including Toronto-based activist Hossein Derakhshan.
Visit: http://www.opendemocracy.net/blogs/page/Iran/Weblog
11. ANTI-CORRUPTION HANDBOOK
Transparency International, the global corruption watchdog, has added a chapter on Access to Information to its Anti Corruption Handbook, containing links, resources, best practice case studies and background information on the importance of access to information. The Anti Corruption Handbook is a manual for policy-makers and anti-corruption advocates who seek to make governments and corporations more transparent.
Visit: http://www.transparency.org/ach/strategies/access_info/discussion.html
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ALERTS ISSUED BY THE IFEX CLEARING HOUSE DURING THE PAST WEEK
30 MAY 2005
Brazil – Jury convicts suspected drug lord in murder of investigative reporter (CPJ) – alert update
http://www.ifex.org/20fr/layout/set/print/layout/set/print/content/view/full/66946/
Morocco – Journalist assaulted over Western Sahara coverage ((RSF) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/20fr/layout/set/print/layout/set/print/content/view/full/67001/
Uzbekistan – Government tries to block information about killings in Andijan (Human Rights Watch) – alert update
http://www.ifex.org/20fr/layout/set/print/layout/set/print/content/view/full/66999/
Greece – Curator of Athens art exhibition on trial for painting „insulting the Orthodox Church“ (GHM) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/20fr/layout/set/print/layout/set/print/content/view/full/66998/
Pakistan – Government bans state-sponsored advertising in two newspapers (CPJ) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/20fr/layout/set/print/layout/set/print/content/view/full/66996/
Colombia – Journalist’s murder still unpunished 15 months later (IAPA) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/20fr/layout/set/print/layout/set/print/content/view/full/66993/
Nepal – Private radio production company closed (CEHURDES) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/20fr/layout/set/print/layout/set/print/content/view/full/66995/
Libya – Detained bookseller and cyber-dissident charged with „possession of a pistol“ (RSF) – alert update
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/archivealerts/20/offset/50
Syria – EOHR calls on authorities to end intimidation, kidnapping and arbitrary detention of human rights activists (EOHR) – alert http://www.ifex.org/20fr/layout/set/print/layout/set/print/content/view/full/66988/
Brazil – Photographer harassed in Ceará state (IPYS) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/20fr/layout/set/print/layout/set/print/content/view/full/66984/
Uzbekistan – Two weeks after Andijan, media crackdown continues (RSF) – capsule report
http://www.ifex.org/20fr/layout/set/print/layout/set/print/content/view/full/67004/
31 MAY 2005
Peru – Three radio journalists threatened (IPYS) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/67032/
Guatemala – Journalist receives death threats (CERIGUA) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/67028/
Colombia – Attack on Latina Estéreo radio station in Puerto Asís, Putumayo (FLIP) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/67026/
Zimbabwe – Journalist faces trial over accusation of practicing journalism without accreditation (MISA) – alert update http://www.ifex.org/20fr/layout/set/print/layout/set/print/content/view/full/67025/
Philippines – Chief suspect in Endrinal murder case arrested (RSF) – alert update
http://www.ifex.org/20fr/layout/set/print/layout/set/print/content/view/full/67023/
International – Press freedom deteriorating world-wide, says WAN report (WAN) – press release
http://www.ifex.org/20fr/layout/set/print/layout/set/print/content/view/full/67022/
Iraq – Prosecutor’s Office reveals journalists‘ kidnapping may have been orchestrated by guide (RSF) – alert update
http://www.ifex.org/20fr/layout/set/print/layout/set/print/content/view/full/67018/
Somalia – Two journalists imprisoned briefly (IFJ) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/20fr/layout/set/print/layout/set/print/content/view/full/67017/
Ukraine – RSF concerned over adoption of decree on online registration (RSF) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/20fr/layout/set/print/layout/set/print/content/view/full/67015/
South Africa – FXI welcomes court ruling on Laugh It Off’s „Black Labour, White Guilt“ T-shirt (FXI) – alert update
http://www.ifex.org/20fr/layout/set/print/layout/set/print/content/view/full/67014/
Democratic Republic of Congo – Soldiers try to kill radio journalist in Lubumbashi (RSF) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/20fr/layout/set/print/layout/set/print/content/view/full/67012/
Peru – Two television journalists detained for seven hours (IPYS) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/20fr/layout/set/print/layout/set/print/content/view/full/67010/
Paraguay – IAPA expresses concern over proposed mandatory licensing of journalists (IAPA) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/20fr/layout/set/print/layout/set/print/content/view/full/67008/
Nepal – IFJ calls for restoration of press freedom as media restrictions continue (IFJ) – capsule report
http://www.ifex.org/20fr/layout/set/print/layout/set/print/content/view/full/67007/
China (Hong Kong) – Hong Kong reporter detained by Chinese authorities (IFJ) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/20fr/layout/set/print/layout/set/print/content/view/full/67006/
1 JUNE 2005
Sudan – MSF staff arrested, charged over report on rights abuses (RSF) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/67069/
Tunisia – IFEX-TMG members condemn defamation campaign targeting the spokesperson of the National Council for Freedoms in Tunisia (CNLT) (TMG) – joint action
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/67049/
Sierra Leone – Journalists released on bail, charges may be dropped (MFWA) – alert update
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/67038/
Botswana – Court upholds deportation order against professor (MISA) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/67037/
China – CPJ calls for immediate release of journalist being held on suspicion of espionage (CPJ) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/67036/
Burma – IFJ welcomes lifting of ban on Mizzima website (IFJ) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/67035/
International – WAN condemns press freedom violations in Cuba, Iraq, Eritrea and Nepal (WAN) – press release
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/67034/
2 JUNE 20005
Belarus – Authorities continue to undermine press freedom (RSF) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/67092/
Peru – Trial of journalist accused of „revealing state secrets“ due to begin (IPYS) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/67089/
Tajikistan – Journalist arrested (Adil Soz) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/67088/
Bahrain – Courts try to silence women’s rights activist (Human Rights Watch) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/67082/
Costa Rica – Allegations of corruption in granting of radio frequencies (AMARC) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/67080/
Uruguay – Two journalists receive death threats (RSF) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/67077/
Russia – RSF urges authorities to open murder investigation into cameraman’s death (RSF) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/67074/
Lebanon – Leading newspaper columnist Samir Kassir killed in Beirut car bombing (RSF) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/67072/
Russia (Chechnya) – Polish TV crew detained in Ingushetia (CPJ) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/67071/
3 JUNE 2005
Honduras – Television journalist faces defamation complaint launched by municipal government officials (PROBIDAD) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/67112/
Botswana – Professor deported (IPI) – alert update
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/67108/
Guatemala – Journalist detained and assaulted, another journalist expelled from a meeting (APG) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/67104/
Iran – Ten IFEX members issue joint appeal calling for journalist Akbar Ganji’s release (CJFE/PEN Canada) – joint action
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/67103/
Nepal – Journalists fight FM radio crackdown (CPJ) – alert update
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/67102/
Zimbabwe – Repeated jamming of its transmission signal forces SW Radio Africa to switch frequency (MISA) – alert update
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/67101/
Pakistan – Cases registered against two reporters for alleged „anti-state“ activities (IFJ) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/67100/
China – New accusation extends jail time without trial for „New York Times“ researcher (CPJ) – alert update
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/67099/
Thailand – Government orders closure of community radio stations (SEAPA) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/67098/
Sri Lanka – Grenade attack on television station in Vavuniya (IFJ) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/67097/
Bangladesh – Violence against the press on the rise (CPJ) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/67096/
Bangladesh – Editor of daily newspaper stabbed to death (IFJ) – alert
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/67095/
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