2006

  

Thailand: Thaksin brings criminal libel charges against newspaper

New York, June 2, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a decision by caretaker prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his Thai Rak Thai party to file criminal defamation charges against the newspaper Manager Daily, its editor, a columnist, and two senior executives. The charges filed on Tuesday relate to articles which alleged that Thaksin and…

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Iraq: Reuters cameraman freed after 12 days in U.S. custody

New York, June 2, 2006— An Iraqi cameraman for Reuters news agency was released Thursday after being held for 12 days by the U.S. military. Ali al-Mashhadani, 37, was arrested at a U.S. base in his home town of Ramadi on May 20 while trying to recover Reuters cell phones confiscated from him a week…

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Courts grant injunctions against two newspapers

New York, June 2, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned that courts in Brazil have issued gag orders on two newspapers for their critical reporting on politicians in the run-up to a general election in October. On May 8, the Civil Court in Campo Grande, capital of Mato Grosso do Sul state, granted an…

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A Difficult Journey From Repression to Democracy

Ann Cooper Nieman Reports Summer 2006 Issue Brave journalists who challenge authoritarian regimes often ‘enter a postauthoritarian era full of compromises and new repressions.

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Foreign journalists target of new restrictions

JUNE 1, 2006 Posted August 4, 2006 All foreign journalists CENSORED On June 1, Eritrean authorities tightened restrictions on foreigners seeking to travel inside the country, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported and several CPJ sources confirmed. The new restrictions were at least partly aimed at curtailing foreign journalists from reporting outside the capital, Asmara, the sources…

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BBC reporter arrested in widening crackdown

New York, June 1, 2006—Gambian security officers arrested a local journalist working for the BBC on Tuesday, a local source told the Committee to Protect Journalists. A BBC source in London confirmed that Lamin Cham had been detained. His whereabouts are unknown. His arrest comes amid a government crackdown on a critical U.S.-hosted Web site,…

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Journalist arrested for criticizing government

New York, June 1, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the detention of a journalist in Burundi for criticizing the government. Aloys Kabura, a correspondent for the state news agency Agence Burundaise de Presse, was arrested late Wednesday for speaking “defamatory words” in public against state institutions, international media quoted a local prosecutor as saying.…

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Qassir’s killers still at large after one year

New York, June 1, 2006—A year after Lebanese journalist Samir Qassir was murdered in a Beirut car bombing those responsible remain at large. The Committee to Protect Journalists reiterates its call to Lebanese authorities and the international community to work urgently to bring to justice those behind Qassir’s murder, and the murder and maiming of…

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Radio journalist assaulted twice by militias

June 1, 2006 Posted August 1, 2006 Maryan Mohamud Qalanjo, Radio Shabelle ATTACKED, HARASSED, CENSORED Qalanjo, a reporter for the private, Mogadishu-based station Radio Shabelle, was twice assaulted by militias loyal to the Rahanweyn Resistance Army in the city of Baidoa, where the weak transitional government is based, according to the National Union of Somali…

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