2005

FEBRUARY 24, 2005 Posted: March 22, 2005 Viktor Panov, RIA Novosti IMPRISONED, EXPELLED Panov, Ashgabat correspondent for the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, was forced to leave Turkmenistan after being detained for more than two weeks.

FEBRUARY 23, 2005 Posted: March 28, 2005 Al-Mamun Sagar, Jugantor ATTACKED, THREATENED Members of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s youth wing, the Jatiyiatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), beat Al-Mamun Sagar, a correspondent for the daily Jugantor.

FEBRUARY 22, 2005 Posted: March 7, 2005 The Media Support Center HARASSED Authorities cut off electricity on February 22 to the country’s only independent printing house. The Media Support Center, funded and operated by the U.S.-based non-governmental organization Freedom House, prints the country’s major independent and opposition newspapers.

FEBRUARY 20, 2005 Posted: February 22, 2005 RCN Television and Radio ATTACKED A car bomb exploded at 10:15 p.m. outside the offices of RCN Television and Radio in Cali, Colombia’s third-largest city. A security guard and sound engineer were injured in the blast, which significantly damaged the facilities.

FEBRUARY 16, 2005 Posted: February 23, 2005 Mohamed Lamine Diallo (also known as Benn Pépito), La Lance IMPRISONED, HARASSED Security forces arrested Diallo, known by his pen name Benn Pépito, at his home in the capital, Conakry. He was released on February 19, after three days in custody. Local journalists said they believe the arrest…

FEBRUARY 15, 2005 Posted: March 7, 2005 Iván García Quintero, freelance HARASSED, THREATENED State security officials summoned García to a Havana police station, where they threatened to imprison him for his journalism.

FEBRUARY 15, 2005 Posted: March 14, 2005 Meutya Hafid, Metro TV Budiyanto, Metro TV ABDUCTED Gunmen seized reporter Hafid, cameraman Budiyanto and their driver, Ibrahim Abdel Khader, near the city of Ramadi. They were en route from Amman, Jordan, to cover the observance of Ashura, one of the most important religious events for Shiites, according…

FEBRUARY 14, 2005 Posted: February 16, 2005 Net-Press CENSORED The government-appointed media regulatory body, the Conseil National de la Communication (CNC), banned the private Net-Press news agency for seven days following libel complaints.

FEBRUARY 14, 2005 Updated: March 10, 2005 Radio Carré Jeunes Télévision Zion CENSORED Togolese authorities shuttered privately owned Radio Carré Jeunes and religious broadcaster Télévision Zion, citing alleged unpaid administrative fees. Togo’s Telecommunication and Postal Services’ regulatory agency claimed that the stations, which are based in the capital, Lomé, owed the equivalent of thousands of…

FEBRUARY 14, 2005 Posted: March 14, 2005 Angus Shaw, freelance Jan Raath, freelance Brian Latham, freelance HARASSED, THREATENED Zimbabwean police repeatedly visited the shared offices of Shaw, Raath, and Latham on February 14, 15, and 16. Threats and intimidation from police and government officials led the journalists, who are Zimbabwean citizens, to flee the country…