MAY 15, 2006 Posted: May 15, 2006 Fernando Batul, DYRB Radio THREATENED Two unexploded hand grenades were found at the home of radio commentator Fernando “Dong” Batul, in Puerto Princessa on Palawan Island, according to the Philippines Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility.
May 14, 2006 Posted: June 9, 2006 Dupont Ntererwa, Centre Lokole ATTACKED Ntererwa, a journalist with the Centre Lokole radio production studio in Bukavu, eastern DRC, was attacked by four youths in civilian clothes, who threatened him over his reporting on insecurity in the town, the studio said in a press release. The journalist told…
MAY 14, 2006 Posted May 30, 2006 Africa Independent Television (AIT) CENSORED Plainclothes security agents told managers at the Abuja bureau of Africa Independent Television (AIT) to stop broadcasting a privately produced 30-minute documentary about past failed efforts by Nigerian leaders to prolong their time in office. The agents also confiscated the master copy of…
MAY 13, 2006 Posted: June 1, 2006 Víctor Lara Martínez, ¡Por Esto! HARASSED Lara, a reporter for the Mérida-based daily Por Esto!, was detained at 6 p.m. on May 13 while covering a meeting at the local chamber of commerce. He was held for 17 hours at a local police station after being accused of…
Update: May 12, 2006 Original Alert: February 28, 2006 Chaacha Mwita, The Standard Dennis Onyango, The Standard Ayub Savula, The Standard IMPRIONED, LEGAL ACTION Mwita, Onyango, and Savula of Kenya’s independent daily The Standard appeared in court on March 2, 2006, after 48 hours in police detention. They were charged with publishing “alarming statements” and…
MAY 8, 2006 Posted: May 12, 2006 Hugo Basso, La Tribuna ATTACKED Basso, director of the Rufino-based weekly La Tribuna, was attacked by a local official after taking his photograph at a municipal meeting in the central province of Santa Fé, according to news reports and an interview with the journalist.
MAY 10, 2006 Posted: May 12, 2006 Luís Bahamonde, Correo Eliana Villavicencio, Correo THREATENED Bahamonde and Villavicencio, editor and reporter respectively for the Lima-based daily Correo in the northwestern city of Trujillo, were threatened with death by an anonymous caller after reporting on the arrest of members of a local drug cartel.
APRIL 27, 2006 Posted: May 8, 2006 Abraham Reta Alemu, Ruh IMPRISONED Alemu, former editor of the now defunct Amharic-language weekly Ruh, was sentenced on April 24 to one year in jail for defamation, and imprisoned the same day. The charge stemmed from an article published in Ruh several years ago, which accused senior government…
May 8, 2006 Rob Jamieson, The Chronicle Arnold Mlelemba, The Chronicle Dickson Kashoti, The Chronicle HARASSED, LEGAL ACTION Three journalists working for the private weekly newspaper The Chronicle were detained and charged with criminal libel in connection with an article alleging that Malawi’s then-attorney general was involved in the theft of a computer. Attorney General…
May 2, 2006 Posted: May 8, 2006 Camelo Luís de Sá, Quiterianópolis FM ATTACKED Sá, a reporter with the community radio station Quiterianópolis FM in the northeastern state of Ceará, was shot twice in the arm at the station’s offices, according to the local news agency Agencia Nordeste. Sá is known for criticizing the local…