Attacks on the Press 2010: Venezuela
Top Developments • Censorship spikes: RCTV banished again, newspapers barred from using crime images. • New laws restrict Internet content, tighten control over broadcast licenses. Key Statistic 1,300: Hours of presidential speeches that were aired between 1999 and 2010. Using all the tools of power, President Hugo Chávez Frías continued his aggressive campaign to silence…
Attacks on the Press 2010: Vietnam
Top Developments • In run-up to Communist Party Congress, authorities clamp down on Internet. • Critical blogs targeted in hacking attacks; government complicity seen. Key Statistic 5: Online journalists imprisoned on December 1, reflecting crackdown on Internet commentary. Vietnam targeted online journalists in a clampdown on dissent ahead of a 2011 Communist Party Congress at…
Attacks on the Press 2010: Yemen
Top Developments • Special press and security courts are used to silence probing journalists. • Redlines bar critical coverage of civil unrest, terrorism, corruption. Key Statistic 29: Days that reporter Abulelah Shaea was held incommunicado after being seized by security agents. The government pursued a widening array of repressive tactics, prompting many journalists to say…
Attacks on the Press 2010: Zimbabwe
Top Developments • Press makes incremental gains as five private publication licenses are granted. • Police, ZANU-PF loyalists harass, assault independent journalists. Key Statistic 0: Broadcast licenses issued to private outlets since 2001. Regulators granted five private publishing licenses, the first in seven years, opening a window for press freedom in this long-oppressed nation. But…
Attacks on the Press 2010: Africa Developments
ATTACKS ON THE PRESS: 2010 • Main Index AFRICA Regional Analysis: • Across Continent, Governments Criminalize Investigative Reporting Country Summaries • Angola • Cameroon • Democratic Republic of Congo • Ethiopia • Nigeria • Rwanda • Somalia • South Africa • Uganda • Zimbabwe • Other nations BOTSWANA In August, a group of 32 media…
Attacks on the Press 2010: Americas Developments
ATTACKS ON THE PRESS: 2010 • Main Index AMERICAS Regional Analysis: • In Latin America, A Return of Censorship Country Summaries • Argentina • Brazil • Colombia • Cuba • Ecuador • Haiti • Honduras • Mexico • United States • Venezuela • Other nations BOLIVIA In October, President Evo Morales signed a measure named…
Attacks on the Press 2010: Asia Developments
ATTACKS ON THE PRESS: 2010 • Main Index ASIA Regional Analysis: • Partisan Journalism And the Cycle of Repression Country Summaries • Afghanistan • Burma • China • Indonesia • Nepal • Pakistan • Philippines • Sri Lanka • Thailand • Vietnam • Other nations BANGLADESH An unidentified man threatened photojournalist Shahidul Alam on March…
Attacks on the Press 2010: Europe and Central Asia Developments
ATTACKS ON THE PRESS: 2010 • Main Index Europe and Central Asia Regional Analysis: • On the Runet, Old-School Repression Meets New Country Summaries • Armenia • Azerbaijan • Belarus • Kazakhstan • Kyrgyzstan • Russia • Serbia • Ukraine • Uzbekistan • Other nations CROATIA In November, the Municipal Court in Zagreb convicted six…
Attacks on the Press 2010: Middle East and North Africa Developments
ATTACKS ON THE PRESS: 2010 • Main Index Middle East and North Africa: • Suppression Under the Cover of National Security Country Summaries • Egypt • Iran • Iraq • Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory • Lebanon • Morocco • Sudan • Tunisia • Turkey • Yemen • Other nations ALGERIA In September, police…
Attacks on the Press 2009
A Worldwide Survey by the Committee to Protect Journalists Table of Contents Preface by Fareed Zakaria Introduction by Joel Simon Journalists Killed Journalists in Prison Regional Analyses AFRICA: In African hot spots, journalists forced into exile AMERICAS: In the Americas, Big Brother is watching reporters ASIA: As fighting surges, so does danger to press EUROPE…