SPECIAL REPORTS

• CPJ names the ten most censored countries • On Assignment: A guide to reporting in dangerous situations • Journalist deaths spike to record in 2007 • Journalists in prison: CPJ's 2007 census • Anya's Paper • Faded Colors • Another Mystery in Moscow • Getting away with murder Rewriting the Law to Make Journalism a Crime Analysis from the Europe and Central Asia section of Attacks on the Press in 2007 Russia language version (pdf): Attacks on the Press in 2007

ALBANIA

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ARMENIA

European Court rules in favor of embattled television station
June 19, 2008

Media restrictions imposed as president declares emergency
March 3, 2008

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AZERBAIJAN

Journalist slammed with 10 years in prison for alleged treason
June 25, 2008

Agil Khalil barred from leaving the country
June 19, 2008

Journalist beaten by police, hospitalized in Azerbaijan
June 16, 2008

CPJ urges Azerbaijan to investigate assaults
LETTER
June 3, 2008

Assaults continue on reporter
May 20, 2008

Embattled reporter escapes attempts on his life
May 9, 2008

Opposition daily reporter stabbed outside his office
March 14, 2008

Genimet Zakhidov sentenced to four years in prison
March 7, 2008

Critical journalist receives numerous death threats
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January 28-30, 2008

Appeals court upholds verdict in Fatullayev case
January 16, 2008

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BELARUS

Authorities crack down on independent journalists
March 27, 2008

Libel laws crippling Belarusian newspapers
LETTER
March 6, 2008

Editor freed after being jailed for Prophet cartoons
February 25, 2008

Editor jailed over Muhammad cartoons
January 18, 2008

Authorities crack down on freelancers after a protest rally in Minsk
January 14, 2008

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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

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BULGARIA

Writer on organized crime shot and killed
April 8, 2008

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CROATIA

Reporter beaten by men with baseball bats
June 4, 2008

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CYPRUS

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DENMARK

Three arrested in plot to assassinate Prophet cartoonists
February 14, 2008

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FRANCE

French journalist investigated over intelligence leaks
December 10, 2007

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GEORGIA

Georgia shuts two TV stations, blocks others from news-gathering
November 8, 2007

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GERMANY

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HUNGARY

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IRELAND

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ITALY

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KAZAKHSTAN

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KYRGYZSTAN

Police raid newspaper, confiscate computer, seal newsroom
June 17, 2008

Broadcasting bill rolls back press freedom gains
May 15, 2008

Saipov’s murder investigation shut down again
April 10, 2008

CPJ urges resumption of Kyrgyz murder probe

LETTER
February 22, 2008

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LITHUANIA

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MOLDOVA

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POLAND

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ROMANIA

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RUSSIA

In Bashkortostan, journalists convicted of extremism
July 2, 2008

English-language paper closes because of state harassment
June 19, 2008

Three charged in Politkovskaya murder
June 18, 2008

Moscow court orders closure of North Caucasus news Web site
June 17, 2008

Court tosses out charges against journalism foundation director
June 3, 2008

Politkovskaya’s killer identified, charged, sought on an international warrant
May 12, 2008

Restrictive media law amendment moves forward in Duma
May 1, 2008

Canadian journalist harassed in Chechnya; press accreditation taken

April 24, 2008

Suspect in Kochetkov murder acquitted in Tula
April 8, 2008

Editor of an independent weekly stabbed in Kaliningrad
April 1, 2008

Two television journalists covering the North Caucasus murdered
March 21, 2008

Reporters stranded at airport for two days, harassed
February 28, 2008

For second time, reporter barred from Moscow
February 27, 2008

Human Rights Watch executive denied entry visa
February 20, 2008

Another paper raided over ‘pirated’ software
February 8, 2008

Police confiscate newspaper's computers
February 5, 2008

Ingushetia police detain, beat, deport journalists
January 29, 2008

Deported journalist declared threat to state security
January 17, 2008

Station faces criminal charges for slang use of Putin's name
January 10, 2008

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SERBIA

CPJ urges Serbian president to protect broadcaster B92
LETTER
March 4, 2008

Independent broadcaster B92 threatened, besieged
February 22, 2008

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SWITZERLAND

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TAJIKISTAN

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TURKMENISTAN

RFE/RL journalist tortured, forced into a psychiatric hospital
July 26, 2008

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UKRAINE

Three convicted in the abduction and murder of Georgy Gongadze
March 17, 2008

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UZBEKISTAN

Independent journalist arrested on allegations of drug possession
June 13, 2008

Journalists under tighter restriction since Andijan
LETTER
May 13, 2008

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