Americas

2006

  

Journalists killed in 2005

Death toll is 47 worldwide; Iraq becomes deadliest recent conflict

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Harassed newspaper director loses criminal defamation appeal

New York, January 6, 2006 ­ The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by a decision by the Paraguayan Supreme Court of Justice to uphold the criminal defamation conviction of Aldo Zuccolillo, director of the Paraguayan daily ABC Color. The Court ordered Zuccolillo on December 28, 2005 to pay a fine of 1.3 billion guaraníes…

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Radio host accuses government of censorship for canning show

New York, January 4, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by an allegation of government censorship by a prominent Argentine journalist whose radio show was abruptly taken off air. José “Pepe” Eliaschev told CPJ that government- controlled Radio Nacional informed him on December 30 that his contract would not be renewed on January 1…

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Radio Rage in Brazil’s Northeast: Audio Slideshow

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2006