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…
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…