Africa

JULY 6, 2005 Updated: August 17, 2005 Abiy Gizaw, Netsanet LEGAL ACTION Gizaw, editor-in-chief of the private Amharic-language weekly Netsanet, was arrested and accused of defaming the Defense Ministry in connection with three separate articles, according to CPJ sources.

New York, June 10, 2005—Authorities on the semi-autonomous Tanzanian island of Zanzibar have banned political columnist Jabir Idrissa from writing, saying he was working without permission. Idrissa told the Committee to Protect Journalists that he believes he was banned for criticizing the Zanzibar government. The Zanzibar-based Idrissa is a well-known political columnist for the weekly,…

JUNE 9, 2005 Posted: June 24, 2005 La Verdad CENSORED Police at the airport in Bata, the largest city on Equatorial Guinea’s mainland, seized 200 copies of La Verdad, a publication run by the tiny opposition Convergence for Social Democracy (CPDS) party. La Verdad, which is licensed by the government but appears irregularly, is printed…

JUNE 9, 2005 Updated: June 24, 2005 Jabir Idrissa, Rai CENSORED Authorities on the semi-autonomous Tanzanian island of Zanzibar banned political columnist Jabir Idrissa from writing, saying he was working without permission. Idrissa told the Committee to Protect Journalists that he believes he was banned for criticizing the Zanzibar government.

Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned by the recent harassment and censorship of journalists who reported on Ethiopia’s May 15 parliamentary elections and their aftermath. CPJ sources say that pressure on the media has increased amid violent post-election clashes between government security forces and opposition supporters.

JUNE 7, 2005 Posted: June 13, 2005 Helen Mohammed, Voice of America Temam Aman, Voice of America Bereket Teklu, Voice of America Taddesse Engidaw, Deutsche-Welle Assegedech Yiberta, Deutsche-Welle LEGAL ACTION

New York, June 6, 2005 ­The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the killing of radio journalist Duniya Muhyadin Nur, who was shot to death on Sunday while covering a protest in Afgoye, some 18.6 miles (30 km) from the capital, Mogadishu. Muhyadin, 26, was a reporter for the Mogadishu-based radio station Capital Voice, owned by…

Senegal’s leaders promise new rights, while its laws deny them.

JUNE 5, 2005 Posted: June 7, 2005 Duniya Muhyadin Nur, Capital Voice KILLED Radio journalist Duniya Muhyadin Nur was shot to death on Sunday while covering a protest in Afgoye, some 18.6 miles (30 km) from the capital of Mogadishu.

JUNE 4, 2005 Posted: June 7, 2005 Ngaradoumbé Samory, L’Observateur IMPRISONED Chad’s National Security Agency (ANS) arrested Samory, editor of the private weekly L’Observateur, which is based in the capital, N’Djamena. The following day he was transferred to the custody of the judicial police, before being released without charge on June 6 following protests from…