2008

  

Press freedom in the news 10/27/08

The New York Times has updated coverage of the alleged poisoning of human rights lawyer Karinna Moskakleno in France. The article reports that French authorities have declared the poisoning a result of an accident, despite the fact that Moskalenko fell ill only days before she was set to attend pre-trail hearings in the murder case…

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Political activists attack journalist in Porto Alegre

OCTOBER 26, 2008 Graciliano Rocha, Folha de S.Paulo ATTACKED Supporters of local mayor José Fogaçaat, who won reelection on October 26, attacked Rocha, correspondent for the national daily Folha de S.Paulo in the southern city of Porto Alegre, in retaliation for his negative coverage of Fogaçaat’s government and his campaign, according to CPJ sources.

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CPJ concerned about Will probe

Dear Mr. Medina Mora: The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned by developments in the criminal investigation into the October 27, 2006, killing of U.S. journalist Bradley Roland Will in Oaxaca. The recent indictment of three protesters ignores considerable evidence indicating that pro-government gunmen were behind the killing.

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In Mexico, Brad Will probe sparks concern

Monday, October 27, marks the second anniversary of the killing in Mexico of Bradley Roland Will, a U.S. documentary filmmaker. Will was shot while covering clashes between anti-government protesters and government supporters in the southern state of Oaxaca. The investigation into the killing has become a source of great concern.

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Press freedom in the news 10/24/08

The deaths of two Croatian journalists, killed when a bomb exploded beneath their car Thursday in Zagreb, is getting extensive coverage across the region today. 

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Ethiopian journalists detained over misidentification

New York, October 23, 2008–An Ethiopian editor is facing criminal charges today because she accidentally misidentified a judge in a high-profile trial, according to local journalists. Two other journalists have been in police custody since Monday because of the same story.

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Tunisia seizes weekly, summons editor to court

New York, October 23, 2008–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Tunisian government’s decision to seize the latest issue of an opposition newspaper and to summon an independent editor to appear before a public prosecutor.

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Two journalists killed in car bomb

New York, October 23, 2008–The Committee to Protect Journalists mourns the deaths of Ivo Pukanic, owner and editorial director, and Niko Franjic, marketing director, of the Zagreb-based political weekly Nacional.

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In Croatia, CPJ shocked by bombing

After learning today that Ivo Pukanic, owner and editorial director, and Niko Franjic, marketing director, of the Zagreb-based political weekly Nacional, were killed when a bomb exploded under Pukanic’s car parked outside the paper’s building, we issued the following statement…

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No justice for Alisher

Alisher Saipov, a 26-year-old independent editor, was brutally silenced on October 24, 2007. An unidentified killer fired at him three times, using a Makarov pistol, in his hometown of Osh, Kyrgyzstan. 

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