OCTOBER 2, 2007 Posted December 19, 2007 Rufus X, Krem Radio, Krem TV ATTACKED An unidentified assailant attacked Rufus X, host of news programs on local Krem TV and Krem Radio, outside his home in Belize City, breaking his arm with an iron rod, according to reports on the local press.
September 29, 2007 Posted October 1, 2007 More than 20 journalists ATTACKED Police used tear gas and batons against a group of more than 20 journalists outside the Election Commission in the Supreme Court building in Islamabad. Police said they were trying to clear a path for officials leaving the building. The journalists were covering…
SEPTEMBER 28, 2007 Posted December 18, 2007 Evan Hyde, Amandala, Krem TV, Krem Radio THREATENED Unidentified individuals vandalized a car owned by Hyde, host of news programs on Belize City-based TV Krem and Radio Krem and contributor to the local biweekly publication Amandala, outside his home in Belize City on September 28. According to reports…
UPDATE September 27, 2007 Original case: September 20, 2007 Amaury Ribeiro Jr., Correio BrazilienseATTACKEDFederal district police arrested four men in Brasilia in connection to Ribeiro’s shooting on September 19. Although one of the detainees confessed to shooting Ribeiro, an investigative reporter for the Brasilia-based daily Correio Braziliense, during an attempted robbery, the reporter said he believed he…
SEPTEMBER 2007 Posted September 25, 2007 Harrys Robert Mintya, Le Devoir THREATENED Harrys Robert Mintya, the managing director of the independent newspaper Le Devoir, said he received three telephone threats in mid-September in relation to the Yaounde newspaper’s reporting.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2007 Reported September 27, 2007 Milli Paygham (National Message) radio station Radio Istiqlal (Independence) radio station ATTACKED The two stations, both affiliates of Internews, a U.S.-based media training and advocacy group, were attacked at roughly the same time. Shortly after 12 a.m. September 24, a group of unknown gunmen attacked the Milli Paygham…
UPDATE September 22, 2007 Original case: August 13, 2007 Juan Pablo Monsalve, RCN THREATENED Monsalve, a reporter for the nightly news program “La Noche” on national TV station RCN, was forced to flee Colombia in September after receiving death threats linked to his reporting on government corruption in Cantagallos, a small town in the northern…
UPDATE SEPTEMBER 16, 2007 Original Alert: September 14, 2007 Mohamed Hussein Jimaale, Puntlandpost IMPRISONED Jimaale, a correspondent of the Puntland-based news Web site Puntlandpost, was freed without charges after the National Union of Somali Journalists negotiated his release, according to local journalists.