Website editor receives death threats
Rosa Malsagova has decided to leave her post as editor-in-chief of the website Ingushetiya.org.
Three journalists harassed, attacked by police
Police harass and attack three journalists during a concert in Saratov.
Journalist receives death threats
Zhanary Davletova, a journalist with the “Uralskaya Nedelya” newspaper who has written about police corruption, says she has received threatening phone calls.
Journalist attacked by police at protest rally
The leader of a journalists’ union was beaten at a protest rally on 15 June 2009.
CJES, GDF and IFJ launch report on journalists killed
A report titled “Partial Justice: An Investigation into the Deaths of Journalists in Russia, 1993-2009” was presented at the Marble Hall of Moscow’s House of Journalists by IFJ, GDF and CJES.
Journalist threatened over television programme
The Krug television company has asked law enforcement agencies to protect its journalist, Dmitry Bakayev.
Forty-five IFEX members call for release of journalist Chief Ebrimah Manneh
Free expression advocates from around the world gathered this week in Oslo, Norway, at the IFEX General Meeting. Forty-five IFEX members signed on to the following statement, calling on The Gambian government to enforce an ECOWAS court judgement of the journalist’s case.
Thirty IFEX members call on governments to respect fundamental human rights of free expression and privacy of communications
Free expression advocates from around the world gathered this week in Oslo, Norway, at the IFEX General Meeting. Thirty IFEX members signed on to a resolution on the surveillance of communications and the fundamental right to protection of journalistic sources.
Thirty IFEX members call on government to protect journalists and end impunity
Free expression advocates from around the world gathered this week in Oslo, Norway, at the IFEX General Meeting. Thirty IFEX members signed on to a letter to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, calling on him to “stop the war on journalists”.
Forty IFEX members protest attacks on free expression
Free expression advocates from around the world gathered this week in Oslo, Norway, at the IFEX General Meeting. Forty IFEX members signed the following statement, calling on the Bahraini authorities to address recent attacks on free expression in that country.
Forty IFEX members appeal for diplomatic support in detained journalists’ case
Free expression advocates from around the world gathered this week in Oslo, Norway, at the IFEX General Meeting. Forty IFEX members signed on to a letter calling on the international community to press for the release of journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling.
Thirty-seven IFEX members express concern about deterioration of free expression
Free expression advocates from around the world gathered this week in Oslo, Norway, at the IFEX General Meeting. Thirty-seven IFEX members signed on to a statement calling on the Azerbaijani authorities to address the deterioration in press freedom.
Journalist Aziz Myrzabayev attacked, his camera stolen after filming police raid
(CJES/IFEX) – Aziz Myrzabayev, a journalist with the Otyrar television channel in Shymkent, South Kazakhstan province, took part in a police raid under editorial assignment in the early hours of 17 March 2009. During the raid, the police pulled over a car with no license plates. The people in the car demanded that the journalist […]
Information Centre deputy director Galina Kozhevnikova receives threatening e-mail
(CJES/IFEX) – Galina Kozhevnikova, deputy director of the information and analytical center Sova, received a threatening e-mail from a nationalist organization. The authors of the letter call on her to stop her anti-fascist activities and to “stop talking.” “The killings of journalists, lawyers and all kinds of ‘experts’ draw much more public response than the […]
Several Rezonans-TV journalists assaulted by security guard while covering protest rally
(CJES/IFEX) – On 5 February 2009, a group of journalists from the Dnepropetrovsk journalistic investigations studio Rezonans-TV were assaulted by a security guard from the limited liability company Agroavrora in the village of Pridneprovskoye, Nikopolsky district. The journalists went to the village to film a protest rally and to talk to the locals about their […]
Journalists banned from covering reading of Altai governor’s report; accreditation requests denied
(CJES/IFEX) – According to CJES, the Altai Territory’s administration has demonstrated that it divides the region’s journalists into “chosen ones” and those who are not worthy of receiving information on the region. Several journalists were recently barred from a meeting in the territory’s Legislative Assembly, where the governor reported on the territory’s achievements in 2008. […]