Attacks

Threats, harassment, assaults, and worse – intimidation as a means of suppressing free expression.

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Areas in Iraq and Syria controlled by ISIS are now considered news “blackholes”

Islamic State’s Jihadi militants are imposing a news and information dictatorship in the areas they dominate in Iraq and Syria.

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Journalists attending meetings and workshops in Sri Lanka receive death threats

A number of journalists participating in the closing ceremony of a journalism training workshop in Colombo on 15 October 2014 received threatening text messages warning them not to attend.

Rwanda President Paul Kagame talks at the U.S.-Africa Business Forum in Washington, 5 August 2014, REUTERS/Larry Downing

Lifting the lid on Rwandan repression

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame, who is giving a speech at London’s Chatham House today, is viewed by his admirers as the man who saved the nation. But Rwanda under Kagame has no tolerance for dissent or political opposition.

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Peruvian journalist’s wife killed in struggle with gunman looking for her husband

On 17 October 2014, a hired gunman entered the offices of Radio Rumba in the district of Pichanaki looking for radio journalist Gerson Fabián Cuba. In the resulting struggle the journalist’s wife, was killed.

Activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student front of the Bangladesh Awami League, shout slogans during a protest against a strike in Dhaka, 9 December 2013, REUTERS/Andrew Biraj

Journalist assaulted by cadres of the Bangladesh Chhatra League

Journalist Abdullah Al Noman was attacked in Dhaka on 16 October by members of a students’ political organisation working under the Bangladeshi ruling party, the Bangladesh Awami League.

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Paraguayan journalist shot to death despite being granted police protection

Pablo Medina, a correspondent for ABC Color in Curuguaty, was killed on 16 October 2014. Medina had received threats in the past.

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Libya remains extremely dangerous for journalists

Libya’s journalists are still among the leading victims of the political turmoil and violence that have been a constant ever since Col. Gaddafi’s overthrow in the 2011 revolution.

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Mexican authorities must investigate Sinaloan journalist’s disappearance

Antonio Gamboa Urías has been the director of Nueva Prensa magazine for about ten years and has more than 18 years’ experience as a journalist. The magazine touches on issues related to corruption and politics in the region of Los Mochis, Sinaloa.

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Sudan: Police beat, arrest female students

On October 5 and 6, 2014, government security forces forcibly evicted about 70 female students from the Zahra dormitory complex in Khartoum, beating and arresting many students.

Children attend a lesson at a local school, based in a tent, in the city of Osh, 9 October 2010, REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

Threats to minority linguistic education, LGBT rights amongst free expression concerns in Kyrgyzstan

This report by Cathal Sheerin identifies several challenges to free expression in Kyrgyzstan, including restrictions on minority linguistic rights and proposed legislation to criminalise the so-called “propaganda” of “non-traditional” relationships.

A truck carries logs on a rural road in Preah Vihear province, AP Photo /Heng Sinith

Cambodian journalist shot dead while documenting illegal logging

Journalist Taing Tri was killed in the early hours on 12 October 2014 in Kratie province, Cambodia while he was trying to photograph vehicles transporting illegal luxury wood.

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Somali TV director shot and wounded while leaving house

Abdirisak Jama Elmi was attacked when he was leaving his house in the Howl-Wadag district of Mogadishu. Elmi was hit by three bullets on the back and stomach, and is receiving treatment at Mogadishu’s Madina hospital.

Link to: Kurdish newspaper distributor gunned down in southeastern Turkey

Kurdish newspaper distributor gunned down in southeastern Turkey

Kadri Bagdu was distributing newspapers free of charge on the street in Seyhan when he was shot five times by two individuals on a motorcycle who then sped away.

Fighters of the Islamic State stand guard at a checkpoint in the northern Iraq city of Mosul on 11 June 2014, REUTERS/Stringer

ISIS kills two Iraqi journalists in two days

The latest victim, a news agency reporter, was shot several times in the head in Mosul.

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Youth minister threatens to dismiss University of Zambia radio staff

Youth and Sport Minister Chishimba Kambwili has threatened to dismiss reporters at UNZA Radio, and has accused them of being sponsored by his enemies.

Link to: Filipino journalist threatened after dispute with Vice Governor

Filipino journalist threatened after dispute with Vice Governor

Journalist Rommel Ramos requested a security detail from the Philippine National Police after receiving death threats following a misunderstanding with the Vice Governor of Bulacan.