Program Coordinator: Alex Lupis Program Researcher: Nina Ognianova
Cases of Attacks on the Press in Europe and Central Asia in 2004
Attacks on the Press in Europe and Central Asia in 2003
Country Summaries
from CPJ's annual report
Attacks on the Press 2003
Breaking News
Special Reports
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| Overview: Europe and Central Asia |
| Albania |
| Armenia |
| Azerbaijan |
| Belarus |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina |
| Croatia |
| Georgia |
| Kazakhstan |
| Kyrgyzstan |
| Moldova |
| Romania |
| Russia |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
| Tajikistan |
| Turkmenistan |
| Ukraine |
| Uzbekistan |
| Country Summaries 2002 |
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RUSSIA: CPJ disturbed by journalist's conviction
POSTED December 17, 2004
UNITED STATES/RUSSIA: Klebnikov family calls for journalists worldwide to probe editor's unsolved murder
POSTED November 18, 2004
BULGARIA: Romanian journalist detained in border city
POSTED November 18, 2004
UZBEKISTAN: Persecuted journalist granted asylum in U.S.
POSTED October 26, 2004
AZERBAIJAN: CPJ condemns politicized conviction of editor
POSTED October 25, 2004
BELARUS: Journalist killed in her apartment
POSTED October 21, 2004
RUSSIA: Crime unpunished: Killers go free 10 years after journalist's murder
POSTED October 15, 2004
RUSSIA: Court acquits suspect in Togliatti ediotr's murder
POSTED October 12, 2004
RUSSIA: CPJ concerned about criminal inquiry against a North Ossetian journalist
POSTED October 8, 2004
RUSSIA: Backing off earlier statements, Moscow police deny progress in Klebnikov case
POSTED October 4, 2004
RUSSIA: Moscow police say two Chechens suspected in Klebnikov murder
POSTED September 28, 2004
SERBIA & MONTENEGRO: Kosovo journalist attacked
POSTED September 24, 2004
LITHUANIA/RUSSIA: Kremlin pressures Lithuania to close pro-Chechen web site
POSTED September 21, 2004
UKRAINE: Four years later, case of murdered journalist Gongadze remains unsolved
POSTED September 16, 2004
UZBEKISTAN: Court shuts Internews ahead of parliamentary elections
POSTED September 14, 2004
MOLDOVA: Cameraman arrested during railway seizure;
sentenced to 15 days in prison
POSTED September 9, 2004
RUSSIA: Independent coverage obstructed in Beslan; detentions, harassment reported
POSTED September 7, 2004
RUSSIA: Prominent Russian journalist sentenced to prison for "hooliganism"
POSTED September 3, 2004
RUSSIA: Journalist reportedly poisoned en route to hostage negotiations
POSTED September 2, 2004
TAJIKISTAN: CPJ calls for end to intimidation campaign
POSTED August 31, 2004
ARMENIA: Photographer assaulted after taking pictures of official's villa
POSTED August 25, 2004
RUSSIA: CPJ delegation calls on U.S., Russian officials to bring Klebnikov killers to justice
POSTED August 19, 2004
UKRAINE: Investigative journalist attacked, tapes taken
POSTED August 19, 2004
KAZAKHSTAN: Restrictions lifted against journalist
POSTED August 17, 2004
UKRAINE: Threatened radio director gets refugee status in U.S.
POSTED August 12, 2004
RUSSIA: CPJ calls on Putin to ensure editors' killers are brought to justice
POSTED August 9, 2004
RUSSIA: Chechen editor reports ongoing harassment
POSTED August 6, 2004
BELARUS: Mother of missing journalist requests new investigation of the case
POSTED August 5, 2004
UZBEKISTAN: A journalist released, but struggling
POSTED August 4, 2004
RUSSIA: Environmental journalist Grigory Pasko receives international passport
POSTED August 4, 2004
RUSSIA: CPJ calls on Putin to end harassment of Chechen newspaper
POSTED July 29, 2004
RUSSIA: Journalist found dead outside Moscow
POSTED July 21, 2004
GEORGIA: Police raid independent newspaper
POSTED July 20, 2004
RUSSIA: CPJ calls on Putin to end "climate of lawlessness, impunity"
POSTED July 15, 2004
RUSSIA: Forbes editor shot and killed
POSTED July 9, 2004
AZERBAIJAN: Court closes criminal defamation case against journalist after local and international outcry
POSTED July 1, 2004
MOLDOVA: Journalist attacked after exposing high-level corruption
POSTED June 25, 2004
POLAND: Journalist jailed after sentence upheld
POSTED June 23, 2004
UKRAINE: Breakthrough in Gongadze case met with deep suspicion
POSTED June 22, 2004
BELARUS: CPJ condemns deportation of independent journalist
POSTED June 22, 2004
RUSSIA: Director of television channel in Dagestan wounded
POSTED June 21, 2004
AZERBAIJAN: CPJ concerned about harassment of journalists in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
POSTED June 18, 2004
UZBEKISTAN: CPJ calls for review of case of imprisoned journalist
POSTED June 15, 2004
RUSSIA: Court acquits suspects in journalist's murder for a second time
POSTED June 11, 2004
RUSSIA: Federal Security Services refuse to issue international passport to journalist Pasko
POSTED June 4, 2004
RUSSIA: Leading TV show canceled, anchor fired
POSTED June 2, 2004
AZERBAIJAN: CPJ calls on government to allow journalist to return to country
POSTED June 2, 2004
SERBIA & MONTENEGRO: Opposition newspaper editor shot dead
POSTED May 28, 2004
FRANCE: European Court of Human RIghts condemns Russia in media case
POSTED May 20, 2004
UKRAINE: RFE/RL programming aired despite crackdown
POSTED May 14, 2004
RUSSIA: Turkmen journalist brutally beaten in his Moscow apartment
POSTED May 12, 2004
RUSSIA: Reuters journalist killed in Chechnya bombing
POSTED May 10, 2004
GEORGIA: Journalists beaten at opposition rally
POSTED May 4, 2004
FRANCE: Council of Europe calls for sanctions against Belarus
POSTED April 30, 2004
KYRGYZSTAN: TV station back on the air after a 40-day shutdown
POSTED April 28, 2004
KAZAKHSTAN: Journalist's prison sentence commuted
POSTED April 27, 2004
MOLDOVA: Parliament removes defamation article from Criminal Code
POSTED April 26, 2004
KAZAKHSTAN: President vetoes restrictive draft media bill
POSTED April 22, 2004
BELARUS: Prosecutors close investigation into journalist’s abduction
POSTED April 19, 2004
ARMENIA: Journalists beaten at opposition rally
POSTED April 13, 2004
ARMENIA: Journalists attacked at an opposition rally
POSTED April 6, 2004
KAZAKHSTAN: CPJ concerned about deteriorating press freedom conditions
POSTED April 1, 2004
TURKMENISTAN: RFE/RL correspondents are released from prison
POSTED March 24, 2004
POLAND: Journalist's prison sentence postponed following protests
POSTED March 23, 2004
RUSSIA: Fixer abducted in February has been released
POSTED March 18, 2004
UZBEKISTAN: Imprisoned journalist transferred to house arrest
POSTED March 17, 2004
UKRAINE: CPJ concerned about recent closures of independent media outlets
POSTED March 11, 2004
GEORGIA: Journalist
attackedPOSTED March 5, 2004
TURKMENISTAN: CPJ concerned about RFE/RL journalists
POSTED March 5, 2004
RUSSIA: Journalist harassed and fixer abducted
POSTED March 2, 2004
NEWS RELEASE: CPJ receives OSCE prize for journalism and democracy
POSTED February 19, 2004
POLAND: Journalist sentenced to three months in prison
POSTED February 12, 2004
RUSSIA: CPJ concerned about security services' harassmnent of media
POSTED February 5, 2004
RUSSIA: Explosion rocks home of journalist
POSTED February 2, 2004
KAZAKHSTAN: CPJ concerned about draft legislation
POSTED January 29, 2004
CZECH REPUBLIC: Editor of independent weekly attacked
POSTED January 20, 2004
News from Euorpe and Central Asia in 2003
