14 May 2012
IFEX Digest | 7 - 13 May 2012
International
Panel discusses effective mechanisms to ensure safety of journalists worldwide (IPI)
Media freedom in the spotlight "as rarely before", says Index on Censorship (Index on Censorship)
Africa
ARTICLE 19's oral statement to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ARTICLE 19)
Burundi
Prosecutor requests life imprisonment for journalist charged with terrorism (RSF)+ Prosecutor requests life sentence for journalist (CPJ)
Democratic Republic of Congo
Two journalists held by police in Kisangani (JED)JED warns of grave threats to Radio Okapi journalist's safety (JED)
Equatorial Guinea
Opposition figure wrongly convicted (Human Rights Watch)Kenya
Journalist in western Kenya faces death threats (CPJ)China's media footprint in Kenya (CPJ)
Nigeria
RSF report highlights daily abuses suffered by journalists (RSF)Sudan
Journalist detained; newspapers confiscated (CPJ)+ Freedom House calls for release of journalist (Freedom House)
+ Call for an end to harassment of detained journalist Faisal Mohamed Salih (RSF)
Zimbabwe
IFJ welcomes release of New Zealand photographer (IFJ)Publisher Trevor Ncube wins inaugural MISA-Zimbabwe Press Freedom Award (MISA)
Americas
Guatemala
Community radio stations raided, journalist arrested (CERIGUA)Six TV stations closed due to political pressure (CERIGUA)
Honduras
IAPA urges government to act speedily on abduction of journalist (IAPA)+ CPJ condemns attacks against Honduran journalists (CPJ)
+ Radio journalist kidnapped (IPI)
Journalist, human rights defender killed (C-Libre)
+ Journalist and rights activist found dead (RSF)
TV programme director gets hundreds of threatening text messages (C-Libre)
Peru
Police investigation points to mayor as mastermind behind journalist's murder (IPYS)Asia and Pacific
AMARC calls for legislative reform and equitable frequency distribution (AMARC) IFJ releases Press Freedom in the Pacific report (IFJ)
Cambodia
CCHR Fundamental Freedoms Fact Sheet: Freedom of Information (CCHR)China
Microblog regulates, suspends users - again (CPJ)Chen Guangcheng reporting censored, obstructed (CPJ)
China shuts out Al-Jazeera English in Beijing (CPJ)
China's media footprint in Kenya (CPJ)
India
AMARC urges spectrum fee roll back (AMARC)Indonesia
AMARC calls for legislative reform and equitable frequency distribution (AMARC)Nepal
Journalists intimidated, harassed while covering protests (Freedom Forum)Pakistan
Office of television station attacked, journalist killed (IFJ)Two journalists injured in blast at poet's shrine (PPF)
CPJ calls on Cameron to address journalists' security in upcoming meetings (CPJ)
IFJ launches mission reports (IFJ)
ARTICLE 19's submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review (ARTICLE 19)
Philippines
Sometime weather reporter killed (CMFR)+ Another journalist murdered, police fuel hostile climate for media (RSF)
Radio broadcaster shot dead in Davao Oriental (CMFR)
+ Another journalist killed (IFJ)
+ Philippines must determine motive in journalist murders (CPJ)
+ Another journalist gunned down, fourth since start of 2012 (RSF)
Columnist killed in Laguna province (CMFR)
+ Journalist killed (IFJ)
+ Journalist shot dead in the Philippines (IPI)
Thailand
"Uncle SMS" dies after serving 3 months of his 20-year prison sentence (ARTICLE 19)TJA highlights new challenges for press freedom (TJA)
Vietnam
Attack on state media reporters shows all journalists are at risk (CPJ)Europe and Central Asia
Azerbaijan
European Broadcasting Union should speak out on government's appalling record on freedom of expression, says Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch)Greece
TV journalist attacked, injured (IPI)Kosovo (Serbia)
Draft criminal code undermines media freedom (Human Rights Watch)Moldova
Reporter injured in vicious attack (IPI)Russia
Putin's new mandate starts inauspiciously for media (RSF)+ Russian government must be held accountable for crackdown on protests (Freedom House)
Turkey
One hundred journalists in prison on World Press Freedom Day (BIANET)United Kingdom
Queen announces a defamation reform bill (Index on Censorship)+ Government promises defamation reform but backslides on expression and surveillance (ARTICLE 19)
CPJ calls on Cameron to address journalists' security in upcoming meetings (CPJ)
Middle East and North Africa
Algeria
Crackdown on protest as election nears (Human Rights Watch)Bahrain
Prominent rights activist Nabeel Rajab arrested (BCHR)+ Index condemns the arrest of prominent rights activist Nabeel Rajab (Index on Censorship)
+ Authorities urged to release human rights defender Nabeel Rajab (ARTICLE 19)
+ Bloggers and activists to be retried before civilian court (RSF)
Egypt
ARTICLE 19 outlines how to protect free expression and information in new constitution (ARTICLE 19)Two journalists report being brutalised in custody (CPJ)
At least 18 journalists assaulted, arrested in clashes (CPJ)
+ More than 30 journalists assaulted and detained during 4 May Cairo protest (RSF)
Iran
Harassment of journalists and media ongoing (RSF)Authorities urged to free students jailed for speaking out (Human Rights Watch)
Iraq
Television news crew assaulted, equipment confiscated (CPJ)Libya
Authorities urged to revoke new draconian law (Human Rights Watch)Syria
Writer arrested, held incommunicado (WiPC)Another citizen journalist killed despite ceasefire plan (RSF)
United Arab Emirates
Expanded crackdown on members of peaceful Islamist group (Human Rights Watch)Awards
Publisher Trevor Ncube wins inaugural MISA-Zimbabwe Press Freedom Award (MISA)
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