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MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA: The Region
Bush, Blair should set the record straight on leaked Al-Jazeera threat
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November 23, 2005
Detained Al-Jazeera cameraman allegedly asked to inform on station
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October 26, 2005
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Attacks on the Press in 2004
Middle East and North Africa
Attacks on the Press in 2004
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Cases of attacks on the press in the Middle East and North Africa
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ALGERIA
Publisher released after two years in prison
NEWS ALERT
June 14, 2006
CPJ urges Bouteflika to repeal decree limiting free expression
PROTEST LETTER
MArch 22, 2006
Editors face prosecution
PROTEST LETTER
February 23, 2006
Journalists in Yemen and Algeria arrested over prophet cartoons
NEWS ALERT
February 13, 2006
Journalist jailed for criminal defamation
NEWS ALERT
February 2, 2006
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BAHRAIN
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EGYPT
Egypt, Tunisia, ban newspaper editions on controversy over pope's comments
NEWS ALERT
September 28, 2006
New law still threatens press freedoms
NEWS ALERT
July 12, 2006
Editor, reporter for weekly are sentenced to jail
NEWS ALERT
June 26, 2006
Journalists under fire as protests continue
NEWS ALERT
May 25, 2006
Journalists
assaulted, detained while covering protests
NEWS ALERT
May 11, 2006
Nobel
laureate Mahfouz calls for release of jailed Arab journalists
NEWS ALERT
May 5, 2006
Al-Jazeera
bureau chief, three print journalists held
NEWS ALERT
April 27, 2006
Court
sentences journalist to a year in prison
NEWS ALERT
March 10, 2006
Appeals court upholds
one journalist conviction, overturns others
NEWS ALERT
February 23, 2006
After
two years, Mubarak pledge unfullfilled
PROTEST LETTER
February 23, 2006
Journalists
covering elections harassed and attacked
NEWS ALERT
December 2, 2005
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IRAN
Iranian journalist languishes in jail without charge
NEWS ALERT
January 9, 2007
Appeals court upholds jail sentence of Kurdish journalist
NEWS ALERT
September 15, 2006
Authorities close prominent crtiical daily and a monthly
NEWS ALERT
September 11, 2006
Two journalists freed on bail
CASE UPDATE
June 15, 2006
State newspaper closed, editor and cartoonist arrested
NEWS ALERT
May 23, 2006
Journalist Ganji freed after six years in prison
NEWS ALERT
March 20, 2006
Seven journalists held
UPDATE
February 28, 2006
Seven journalists arrested over satirical article
NEWS ALERT
February 16, 2006
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IRAQ
CPJ condemns murder of APTN cameraman
NEWS ALERT
December 12, 2006
Al-Hurra correspondent shot and wounded
CASE
December 11, 2006
Radio station editor killed in Baghdad
NEWS ALERT
December 4, 2006
Journalist, two media workers murdered
NEWS ALERT
November 22, 2006
Iraqi TV journalist gunned down in Mosul
NEWS ALERT
November 13, 2006
CPJ writes to Rumsfeld over Iraq detention
LETTER
November 7, 2006
Two Iraqi channels ordered closed in aftermath of Saddam verdict
NEWS ALERT
November 6, 2006
Iraqi presenter, driver murdered in Baghdad
NEWS ALERT
October 30, 2006
British inquest rules ITN reporter unlawfully killed by U.S. troops
NEWS ALERT
October 13, 2006
Gunmen murder 11 at TV station in deadliest single attack on Iraqi press
NEWS ALERT
October 12, 2006
Journalist held without charge for three weeks by Iraqi forces
NEWS ALERT
October 11, 2006
Two journalist kidnappings reported
NEWS ALERT
October 11, 2006
Kidnapped journalist discovered in Baghdad morgue
NEWS ALERT
October 10, 2006
Driver
for state-owned TV gunned down
NEWS ALERT
October 6, 2006
Correspondent detained by Iraqi security forces
NEWS ALERT
September 20, 2006
TV correspondent murdered in Ramadi
NEWS ALERT
September 18, 2006
AP photographer held by U.S. military for months without charge
NEWS ALERT
September 17, 2006
Two journalists shot and killed in separate incidents
NEWS ALERT
September 13, 2006
Design editor of state-run paper murdered
NEWS ALERT
September 11, 2006
Journalist on trial for defamation missing for five days
NEWS ALERT
September 7, 2006
Government suspends Al-Arabiya TV over sectarian violence claim
NEWS ALERT
September 7, 2006
Three Iraqi journalists face trial on defamation charges
NEWS ALERT
September 1, 2006
Two killed in car bomb attack on Iraqi newspaper
NEWS ALERT
August 28, 2006
Editor abducted in Baghdad
NEWS ALERT
August 16, 2006
Two Iraqi journalists found murdered
NEWS ALERT
August 8, 2006
Two journalists slain
NEWS ALERT
August 2, 2006
Newspaper office ransacked, journalist stabbed
CASE
June 8, 2006
CPJ sends new prime minister press freedom recommendations
LETTER
June 6, 2006
Reuters cameraman released after 12 days in U.S. custody
NEWS ALERT
June 2, 2006
TV sports reporter gunned down in Baghdad
NEWS ALERT
May 31, 2006
Wounded CBS correspondent flown to Germany
NEWS ALERT
May 30, 2006
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CPJ mourns deaths of two CBS journalists
NEWS ALERT
May 29, 2006
Iraqi
reporter, support worker murdered south of Baghdad
NEWS ALERT
May 8, 2006
Journalist
facing trial on defamation charges
CASE
May 5, 2006
Journalists
from Kurdish weekly face arrest, trial
NEWS ALERT
May 2, 2006
Reuters
inquiry finds U.S. shooting death of journalist 'unlawful'
NEWS ALERT
April 10, 2006
CBS
cameraman released
NEWS ALERT
April 7, 2006
Detained
CBS camerman aquitted of charges
NEWS ALERT
April 5, 2006
CPJ
welcomes release of Jill Carroll
NEWS ALERT
March 30, 2006
Writer
sentenced to 18 months in Kurdistan
NEWS ALERT
March 27, 2006
U.S.
military pledges to expedite cases of detained journalists
NEWS ALERT
March 24, 2006
Trial
of CBS cameraman postponed
NEWS ALERT
March 22, 2006
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March 22, 2006
CBS camerman goes on trial
NEWS ALERT
March 21, 2006
Murder top cause of journalist deaths
NEWS ALERT
March 17, 2006
Iraqi editor gunned down in Baghdad
NEWS ALERT
March 14, 2006
Insurgents kill head of Iraq state television
NEWS ALERT
March 13, 2006
TV presenter murdered, station attacked and threatened for its reporting
NEWS ALERT
March 9, 2006
Three Iraqi journalists slain near Samarra
NEWS ALERT
February 23, 2006
Two journalists reportedly kidnapped in Baghdad
NEWS ALERT
February 1, 2006
Journalists wounded in Iraq blast flown to Germany
NEWS ALERT
January 30, 2006
Journalist evades kidnappers
CASE
January 30, 2006
ABC News anchor and cameraman wounded in blast
NEWS ALERT
January 29, 2006
Iraqi journalist killed in Ramadi clashes between U.S. forces and insurgents
NEWS ALERT
January 25, 2006
After months in prison, Iraqi journalist freed without charge
NEWS ALERT
January 23, 2006
CPJ welcomes calls by leading Muslims for Carroll's release
NEWS ALERT
January 19, 2006
CPJ issues appeal as kidnappers threaten reporter
NEWS ALERT
January 17, 2006
U.S. forces release two long-detained journalists
NEWS ALERT
January 16, 2006
CPJ protests 30-year jail term for Kurdish writer on defamation conviction
NEWS ALERT
January 11, 2006
CPJ appeals for release of freelance journalist seized in Baghdad
NEWS ALERT
January 9, 2006
CPJ protests criminal prosecution of local reporter
PROTEST LETTER
December 23, 2s005
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ISRAEL and the OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY
CPJ renews call for release of abducted AFP photographer
NEWS ALERT
January 03, 2007
AFP photographer latest journalist abducted in Gaza
NEWS ALERT
January 02, 2007
CPJ welcomes release of kidnapped AP photographer
NEWS ALERT
October 24, 2006
In Gaza, Israeli missle strikes Reuters vehicle and wounds two
NEWS ALERT
August 28, 2006
Abducted journalists freed in Gaza
NEWS ALERT
August 27, 2006
Islamic group says it holds two Fox journalists
NEWS ALERT
August 23, 2006
Concern grows for Fox News journalists kidnapped in Gaza
NEWS ALERT
August 17, 2006
CPJ calls for release of Fox News journalists kidnapped in Gaza
NEWS ALERT
August 14, 2006
CPJ seeks lifting of travel ban in Tyre
LETTER
August 9, 2006
Haaretz reporter wounded by shrapnel
NEWS ALERT
July 30, 2006
Palestine TV alleges cameraman was targeted by Israeli tank
NEWS ALERT
July
27, 2006
Lebanese TV crews allege targeting by Israeli warplanes in the south
NEWS ALERT
July 27, 2006
Lebanese journalist killed, TV transmitters hit
NEWS ALERT
July 24, 2006
TV crews in West Bank hit by rubber bullets
NEWS ALERT
July 20, 2006
Al-Jazeera reporters detained in northern Israel
NEWS ALERT
July 17, 2006
Israeli forces strike Al-Manar TV facilities
NEWS ALERT
July 13, 2006
Israeli authorities restrict Gaza press access
NEWS ALERT
June 27, 2006
Palestinian journalists attacked, threatened by leading factions
NEWS ALERT
June 6, 2006
Journalists attacked in Nablus by Israeli soldiers
NEWS ALERT
April 26, 2006
Bethlehem TV station destroyed by suspected PLO gunmen
NEWS ALERT
April 18, 2006
UK court rules IDF shooting of filmmaker in Gaza was murder
NEWS ALERT
April 7, 2006
Kidnappers free foreign journalists in Gaza
NEWS ALERT
March 15, 2006
Journalists, others kidnapped as prison siege sparks violence in Gaza
NEWS ALERT
March 14, 2006
Palestinian journalist harrassed
CASE
February 1, 2006
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JORDAN
Authorities harass journalists interviewing al-Zarqawi relatives
CASEss
June 8, 2006
Editors given two-month sentences for publishing Prophet cartoons
NEWS ALERT
May 31, 2006
Concerns about two editors
PROTEST LETTER
February 23, 2006
Jailing of editors for prophet cartoon draws alarm
NEWS ALERT
February 6, 2006
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KUWAIT
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LEBANONTueni's killers go unpunished one year on
NEWS ALERT
December 11, 2006
CPJ seeks lifting of travel ban in Tyre
LETTER
August 9, 2006
TV crews allege targeting by Israeli warplanes in the south
NEWS ALERT
July 27, 2006
Lebanese journalist killed, TV transmitters hit
NEWS ALERT
July 24, 2006
Israeli forces strike Al-Manar TV facilities
NEWS ALERT
July 13, 2006
Qassir's killers still at large after one year
NEWS ALERT
June 1, 2006
Journalists face charges of defaming president
NEWS ALERT
March 2, 2006
Jailing of Jordanian editors for prophet cartoon draws alarm
Attacks reported in Beirut
NEWS ALERT
February 6, 2006
CPJ urges Annan to broaden investigation
NEWS ALERT
December 16, 2005
CPJ condemns killing of Al-Nahar columnist and manager
NEWS ALERT
December 12, 2005
CPJ urges UN to expand Lebanon inquiry to include journalist attacks
PROTEST LETTER
October 11, 2005
TV anchor, a Syria critic, injured in bomb attack
NEWS ALERT
September 26, 2005
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MAURITANIA
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MOROCCOFacing record damages, Moroccan weekly’s survival in doubt
NEWS ALERT
December 28, 2006
Magazine banned over religious jokes
NEWS ALERT
December 22, 2006
Appeals court upholds record damages against independent weekly
NEWS ALERT
April 19, 2006
CPJ calls on king to probe government-organized protests of magazine
PROTEST LETTER
March 17, 2006
Moroccan court awards record damages against independent weekly
NEWS ALERT
February 17, 2006
Paper says it is victim of state-organized protests over cartoons
NEWS ALERT
February 15, 2006
Press faces aggressive judicial harassment
NEWS ALERT
January 18, 2006
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Journalist accused of un-Islamic writings is freed
NEWS ALERT
April 20, 2006
Journalist detained for writings
NEWS ALERT
April 7, 2006
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SUDAN
Sudanese journalists convicted for column on government perks
NEWS ALERT
December 27, 2006
Reporter held for secret reasons
NEWS ALERT
October 5, 2006
Authorities intensify newspaper censorship and seizures
NEWS ALERT
September 14, 2006
Jailed U.S. reporter to be freed
NEWS ALERT
September 8, 2006
Editor kidnapped and beheaded
NEWS ALERT
September 5, 2006
CPJ urges Sudan to release Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter
LETTER
August 28, 2006
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SYRIA Online journalist to serve six months in prison
NEWS ALERT
June 7, 2006
Two journalists detained after writing about divisions
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May 16, 2006
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Egypt, Tunisia, ban newspaper editions on controversy over pope's comments
NEWS ALERT
September 28, 2006
CPJ protests media repression
NEWS ALERT
June 6, 2006
Treatment of jailed writer draws deep concern
NEWS ALERT
March 31, 2006
Journalist freed after 15 years, another still held
NEWS ALERT
February 27, 2006
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TURKEY
Appeals court upholds jail term for Turkish-Armenian journalist
NEWS ALERT
June 12, 2006
Journalist acquitted but media prosecutions continue
NEWS ALERT
June 9, 2006
Turkish journalists face ongoing criminal prosecutions
NEWS ALERT
June 7, 2006
Journalist shot two weeks ago in Diyarbakir riots dies
NEWS ALERT
April 17, 2006
Charges dropped against 4 of 5 columnists
NEWS ALERT
April 11, 2006
Judge adjourns trial of five journalists amid scuffles
NEWS ALERT
February 7, 2006
Court to hear criminal charges against five journalists
NEWS ALERT
February 6. 2006
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YEMEN
Editor convicted and fined over Prophet cartoons
NEWS ALERT
December 6, 2006
Editor jailed for one year over Prophet cartoons
NEWS ALERT
November 28, 3006
Official daily smears award-winning editor
NEWS ALERT
November 28, 2006
Court fines opposition weekly
CASE
July 19, 2006
Harassment, attacks continue
NEWS ALERT
April 28, 2006
Journalist's abduction raises further alarm
PROTEST LETTER
March 24, 2006
Four journalists face prison
PROTEST LETTER
February 23, 2006
Journalists in Yemen and Algeria arrested over prophet cartoons
NEWS ALERT
February 13, 2006
Yemeni, Malaysian newspapers closed after running prophet drawings
NEWS ALERT
February 9, 2006 Paper closed, editor wanted for publishing cartoons
NEWS ALERT
February 7, 2006
CPJ delegation alarmed by worsening press situation in Yemen
NEWS ALERT
January 26, 2006
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