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Attacks on the Press
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UPDATE
APRIL 17, 2007
Original alert January 10, 2006
Sandro Brontz, SonntagsBlick
Beat Jost, SonntagsBlick
APRIL 17, 2007
Original alert January 10, 2006
Sandro Brontz, SonntagsBlick
Beat Jost, SonntagsBlick
Attacks on the Press
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Attacks & Developments Throughout the Region
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CPJ Update
December 2006 News from the Committee to Protect Journalists |
New York, January 10, 2006—Swiss Defense Minister Samuel Schmid has instructed military officials to open a criminal inquiry after a Zurich-based weekly SonntagsBlick published a confidential document about purported CIA prisons in Eastern Europe, according to international press reports.
Defense Ministry spokesman Jean-Blaise Defago said on Monday that Schmid "ordered an investigation into how this secret document became public" and may take legal action against SonntagsBlick for publishing the document in violation of Swiss law, The Associated Press reported.
Defense Ministry spokesman Jean-Blaise Defago said on Monday that Schmid "ordered an investigation into how this secret document became public" and may take legal action against SonntagsBlick for publishing the document in violation of Swiss law, The Associated Press reported.
Central Africa Republic
President François Bozizé's government imprisoned two prominent publication directors and harassed many other journalists as initial optimism that he would enact reforms gave way to the reality of civil strife and a bleak economy. Bozizé took power in this mineral-rich but chronically unstable nation after toppling former President Ange-Félix Patassé in a March 2003 coup. As the country prepared for legislative and presidential elections in early 2005, the press faced increasing intolerance from the government.
President François Bozizé's government imprisoned two prominent publication directors and harassed many other journalists as initial optimism that he would enact reforms gave way to the reality of civil strife and a bleak economy. Bozizé took power in this mineral-rich but chronically unstable nation after toppling former President Ange-Félix Patassé in a March 2003 coup. As the country prepared for legislative and presidential elections in early 2005, the press faced increasing intolerance from the government.
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CPJ Update
June 21, 2004 News from the Committee to Protect Journalists |
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CPJ Update
June 21, 2004 News from the Committee to Protect Journalists |
Attacks on the Press
| Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Switzerland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Although the number of journalists in prison in Africa at the end of 2003 was lower than the previous year, African journalists still faced a multitude of difficulties, including government harassment and physical assaults. Many countries in Africa retain harsh press laws. In the wake of the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, some countries have also moved to introduce tough antiterrorist legislation, which journalists fear could be used to stifle civil liberties, including press freedom. For example, Uganda, which faces a rebellion in the north, used its antiterrorism law in 2003 to shutter a radio station for more than a month.
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