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Spotlight: Ukraine Attacks Freedom of Assembly

Police fail to intervene in attack against Ukrainian reporters

Police fail to intervene in attack against Ukrainian reporters

21 May 2013
Committee to Protect Journalists

Several assailants beat two reporters covering an opposition protest outside Ukrainian Interior Ministry headquarters in Kiev on Saturday in view of police officers who failed to intervene, according to local and international press reports.

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Tunisia Free Expression & the Law

Tunisian feminist Amina Tyler arrested for 'immoral gestures'

Tunisian activist Amina Tyler was arrested on Sunday (19 May), after allegedly attempting to stage a topless protest in the central Tunisian city of Kairouan.

‎Index on Censorship‎21 May 2013

Pakistan

In Pakistan, cases filed against Baluch outlets, journalists

Pakistani authorities are urged to dismiss separate complaints filed against newspapers and journalists in Baluchistan for publishing statements made by banned militant groups.

‎Committee to Protect Journalists‎21 May 2013

Honduras Access to Information Censorship

In Honduras, journalists' access to information arbitrarily restricted

Honduran authorities have refused to provide journalists with lists of acts of violence committed in certain regions of the country, thereby violating their right to access information.

‎Inter American Press Association‎10 May 2013

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Costa Rica and press freedom: What you need to know

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Costa Rica 2 May 2013
Director of Honduran free expression NGO warned of plot against him

‎Comité por la Libre Expresión‎

Honduras 26 April 2013
Honduran radio journalist constantly threatened for his reporting

‎Comité por la Libre Expresión‎

Honduras Attacks 23 April 2013
Guatemalan paper suffers government harassment

‎Inter American Press Association‎

Guatemala Attacks 10 April 2013
Targeted Honduran journalist escapes shooting unharmed

‎Comité por la Libre Expresión‎

Honduras Attacks 9 April 2013
Media owner killed in Guatemala

‎Centro de Reportes Informativos sobre Guatemala, Reporters Without Borders‎

Guatemala Attacks 9 April 2013
Guatemalan journalist shot dead

‎Centro de Reportes Informativos sobre Guatemala‎

Guatemala Attacks 22 March 2013
Honduran journalist suspends radio programme amid mounting threats

‎Reporters Without Borders‎

Honduras Attacks 19 March 2013
Honduran reporter warned he would meet same fate as journalist killed in 2010

‎Comité por la Libre Expresión‎

Honduras Attacks 8 March 2013
TV journalists attacked during transport protest in Honduras

‎Comité por la Libre Expresión‎

Honduras 11 February 2013
TV crew covering trial in El Salvador receives menacing threats

‎Reporters Without Borders‎

El Salvador Attacks 23 January 2013
Honduran journalist receives threats from police officers

‎Reporters Without Borders‎

Honduras Attacks 8 January 2013
Guatemalan law discriminates against indigenous community media

‎Reporters Without Borders‎

Guatemala Free Expression & the Law 12 December 2012
Environmental reporter gets death threats in Honduras

‎Comité por la Libre Expresión‎

Honduras Attacks 29 November 2012
Community radio stations suffer ongoing persecution in Honduras

‎Reporters Without Borders‎

Honduras Attacks 27 November 2012
New Costa Rican cybercrime law will not apply to journalists

‎Reporters Without Borders‎

Costa Rica Free Expression & the Law 12 November 2012
Imprisoned man continues to threaten Honduran journalist

‎Comité por la Libre Expresión‎

Honduras Attacks 22 October 2012
Army personnel charged in deaths of Guatemalan protestors

‎Human Rights Watch‎

Guatemala Attacks Freedom of Assembly 12 October 2012
Guatemalan journalist threatened after reporting on child abuse

‎Centro de Reportes Informativos sobre Guatemala‎

Guatemala Attacks 10 October 2012
Copyright policies threaten internet use in Panama and Colombia

‎Electronic Frontier Foundation‎

Panama Colombia Digital Rights 5 October 2012
Honduran journalist linked to peasant group receives death threats

‎Comité por la Libre Expresión‎

Honduras Attacks 2 October 2012
Honduran lawyer advocating for land rights killed

‎Human Rights Watch‎

Honduras Attacks 25 September 2012
Journalists' sentence confirmed in libel case in Panama

‎Inter American Press Association‎

Panama Free Expression & the Law 17 September 2012
Critical Honduran radio journalist threatened

‎Comité por la Libre Expresión‎

Honduras Attacks 17 September 2012
TV journalist's killer gets 28 years in Honduran prison

‎Reporters Without Borders‎

Honduras Impunity Attacks 14 September 2012
Peasants' rights spokesperson harassed by Honduran authorities

‎Comité por la Libre Expresión‎

Honduras Attacks 31 August 2012
Honduran journalist threatened after broadcasting complaints against water company

‎Comité por la Libre Expresión‎

Honduras Attacks 27 August 2012
More threats, attacks on human rights activists in Honduras

‎Reporters Without Borders‎

Honduras Attacks Free Expression & the Law 27 August 2012
Honduran government announces plans for protecting journalists as online reporter is found dead

‎Comité por la Libre Expresión, Freedom House, Inter American Press Association, Reporters Without Borders‎

Honduras Impunity Attacks 20 August 2012

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