2005
AFGHANISTAN
SEPTEMBER 14, 2005 Posted October 11, 2005 Mohammed Taqi Siraj Bamyan Baseer Seerat, Kabul Film Production Company ABDUCTED Unknown assailants seized Mohammed Taqi Siraj, chief editor of the weekly Bamyan, when he was returning from Nuristan Province, where he had been working for the Kabul Film Production Company. The company was making a video about…
NEPAL
SEPTEMBER 13, 2005 Posted October 17, 2005 Tilak Mahat, Rupandehi FM ATTACKED Mahat was attacked by police along with other journalists covering pro-democracy protests at Bagh Bazar in the capital, Kathmandu. He received four stitches for a head wound. The Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ) said that police appeared to be violently targeting journalists covering…
CPJ condemns closure of Internews
New York, September 12, 2005 – The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned a civil court ruling ordering the closure of the Tashkent office of Internews Network, a U.S.-based media training and advocacy organization. Internews said the court made its ruling on Friday on the basis of the August 4, 2005 criminal conviction of two…
Two journalists detained
Editor’s note: The original text of this alert has been changed to clarify Pina’s relationship with Lavalas. New York, September 12, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists today expressed concern at the arrest on Friday of a U.S. filmmaker and a Haitian reporter who were covering a police search in the capital Port-au-Prince. Kevin Pina, a filmmaker…
Arson attack on newspaper and two radio stations
New York, September 12, 2005 – The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns yesterday’s arson attack on the offices of daily Diário de Marília and sister radio stations Diário FM and Dirceu AM in the city of Marilia, in the state of São Paulo. José Ursílio, Diário de Marília’s editor in chief, declined to speculate who…
TANZANIA
SEPTEMBER 10, 2005 Posted: September 21, 2005 Mpoki Bukuku, The Sunday Citizen ATTACKED A group of prison wardens and prisoners acting on their orders assaulted Bukuku, chief photographer for the private Sunday Citizen, as he attempted to cover the eviction of families from houses that were being repossessed by the Tanzanian Prisons Department. The houses…
Reporters face police violence and restrictions in Katrina aftermath
New York, September 9, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by police violence against reporters in New Orleans and attempts by the authorities to restrict coverage of the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. U.S. and international media outlets have complained of attacks on staff and the confiscation of film of shoot-outs between police and looters…
UZBEKISTAN
SEPTEMBER 9, 2005 Posted October 17, 2005 Internews Network Legal Action A civil court ordered the closure of the Tashkent office of Internews Network, a U.S.-based media training and advocacy organization. Internews said the court made its ruling on the basis of the August 4, 2005 criminal conviction of two Internews employees for technical violations…
HAITI
SEPTEMBER 9, 2005 Posted October 17, 2005 Kevin Pina, KPFA Jean Ristil, Associated Press IMPRISONED A U.S. filmmaker and a Haitian reporter who were covering a police search in the capital Port-au-Prince were arrested. Kevin Pina, a filmmaker and correspondent with “Flashpoints,” a California-based radio show produced by station KPFA Berkeley , and Jean Ristil,…