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JANUARY 17, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 Concepción Rodríguez Parra, Radio Lobo ATTACKED Rodríguez, who works for “En la mira,” a weekly program on Radio Lobo that criticizes local authorities, was attacked by unidentified assailants in the southern state of Veracruz.

JANUARY 13, 2006 Posted: January 20, 2006 Mogi News ATTACKED Unidentified assailants hurled a percussion grenade at the premises of the daily newspaper Mogi News in the city of Mogi das Cruzes, state of São Paulo. No injuries or damage were reported.

CPJ UpdateThe Committee to Protect JournalistsJanuary 13, 2006

Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists is disappointed that a special prosecutor has not been appointed to investigate crimes against free expression despite your pledge to seek the position in response to a wave of murderous violence against the media in northern Mexico.

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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…