Africa

New York, June 22, 2005—Chadian authorities have jailed three journalists since yesterday in the capital, N’Djamena, on criminal charges stemming from critical reporting, sources told the Committee to Protect Journalists. Today, authorities arrested and jailed Michaël Didama, publication director of the private weekly Le Temps. According to local sources, Didama was charged with defamation and…

JUNE 21, 2005 Posted: June 24, 2005 David Enyaku, The New Vision IMPRISONED, LEGAL ACTION Enyaku, a reporter working for the state-owned New Vision in the eastern town of Soroti, was detained and charged with “criminal trespassing” when he went to interview a town official.

JUNE 20, 2005 Posted: June 30, 2005 Nigerian Union of Journalists Segun Omolehin, Nigerian Union of Journalists Wole Ayodele, VanguardIsiaka Oyibo, The Daily Times HARASSED Police officers in Nigeria’s central Kogi State occupied the local chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), harassed local journalists, and detained the local union chairman, according to local…

Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned by the continued imprisonment of radio and online journalist Etienne Ndikuriyo in connection with an article he wrote about Your Excellency’s health.

New York, June 20, 2005—Authorities in the autonomous Puntland region of northeast Somalia arrested Abdi Farah Nur, editor of the weekly Shacab (Voice of the People), after the newspaper resumed publication yesterday in defiance of an indefinite government suspension. Farah was being held without charge in a Garowe jail today, Shacab General Manager Abdirahman Abdulle…

JUNE 19, 2005 Updated: July 25, 2005 Abdi Farah Nur, Shacab IMPRISONED Police in the autonomous Puntland region of northeast Somalia arrested Farah, editor of the weekly Shacab (The People), after the newspaper resumed publication in defiance of an indefinite government suspension. Farah was not immediately charged, but was being held in a Garowe jail,…

Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned that six months after the assassination of veteran journalist Deyda Hydara, official investigations into his murder have failed to make any significant progress in finding his killers. We are outraged at the recent National Intelligence Agency (NIA) investigation report, which bears more resemblance to a smear campaign against Hydara and his colleagues than an objective report by professionals.

JUNE 15, 2005 Posted: June 24, 2005 The Post CENSORED Supporters of the ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) attacked and harassed vendors working for the independent daily The Post, Zambia’s leading newspaper. The assailants also seized copies of the paper.

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JUNE 14, 2005 Updated: June 24, 2005 Etienne Ndikuriyo, Zoom Net and Bonesha FM LEGAL ACTION, IMPRISONED Radio and online journalist Ndikuriyo was arrested by the national intelligence agency in connection with a story that questioned the health of President Domitien Ndayizeye, according to The Associated Press and sources interviewed by the Committee to Protect…