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2007

  

Journalists attacked at legislator’s home

November 1, 2007 Posted November 2, 2007 Prakash Singh, NDTV Habab Ali, NDTV Ajay Kumar, ANI ATTACKED Prakash Singh and at least two other journalists were assaulted in the central eastern state of Bihar, according to NDTV camera operator Anamitra Chakladar and local news reports.

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Editor attacked, beaten

SEPTEMBER 15, 2007Posted October 3, 2007 Ovannes Galagzhian, Iskakan IravunkATTACKED Two unidentified assailants attacked and severely beat Ovannes Galadzhian, editor of the Yerevan-based newspaper Iskakan Iravunk on September 15 as he was leaving his newsroom at around 7 p.m. The two used metal rods to hit Galadzhian mainly on the head; he was hospitalized.

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Assailants fire shots at TV host’s car

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007 Posted September 25, 2007 Ricardo Borges, TV Carajás ATTACKED Two individuals fired shots at a car parked outside the home of television reporter Borges in Campo Mourão in the southern state of Paraná, reported the Brazilian press. No one was injured.

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COLOMBIA: Two politicians arrested for 2003 journalist murder

September 13, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 José Emeterio Rivas, Calor Estéreo KILLED Two local politicians have been arrested by Colombian authorities in the northern city of Barrancabermeja in connection with the April 2003 Rivas murder, according to press reports.

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IVORY COAST: Five journalists questioned, one threatened by official

SEPTEMBER 11, 2007Posted October 5, 2007   Nando Dapa, Le RebondHARASSED, THREATENED Laure Gozo, Le RebondAssouan N’Gueeta, Le RebondCoulibaly Seydou, Le Jour PlusAlexis Noumé, Le Jour PlusHARASSED

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SOMALIA: Journalist beaten, robbed by police

September 6, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Abdi Rizak Warsame, Radio ShabelleATTACKED Warsame, a reporter of leading independent Radio Shabelle in the capital Mogadishu, was assaulted and robbed by two policemen from Somalia’s Ethiopian-backed transitional government on his way home from work, according to news reports and local journalists.

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Satellite news channel shut for seven days

September 6, 2006 Posted: September 11, 2007 Chrono Satellite Broadcast (CSB) News SHUTDOWN The Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) ordered CSB to close for seven days. BTRC said a document applying for a frequency in October 2006 was forged in order to meet a filing deadline. BTRC officials and security personnel walked in to the…

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GABON: Intelligence agents question journalist over critical report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007 Posted October 12, 2007 Nicaise Moulombi, Croissance Saine EnvironmentHARASSED Intelligence agents in the capital, Libreville, questioned Nicaise Moulombi, member of Gabon’s Council of the Republic and director of the private monthly Croissance Saine Environment, for two hours over a report in August alleging fraud in a public construction project, according to news…

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ZIMBABWE: London-based paper’s top reporter acquitted

 UPDATE  September 4, 2007Posted September 17, 2007 Original Alert: April 2, 2007 Gift Phiri, The ZimbabweanLGL

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Radio station attacked in the wake of presidential elections

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Radio Nuevo Mundo ATTACKED An unidentified individual fired a gunshot into the offices of the Guatemala City-based Radio Nuevo Mundo in the afternoon of September 4, the station’s director Marbin Robledo told CPJ. No one was injured.

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