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Mexico - Investigating attack on Monterrey TV studios a ?test? for federal justice ministry - 7.01.2009Reporters Without Borders hopes for quick progress in the investigation into yesterday's armed attack on the regional studios of the national TV network Televisa in Monterrey, which was claimed by drug traffickers. The federal justice ministry is in charge of the investigation.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 07-Jan-2009 19:15
Venezuela - New Year's Day attack on TV station by radical pro-Chávez group - 2.01.2009
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 06-Jan-2009 07:03
United States - Chauncey Bailey murder could have been avoided - 18.12.2008
Reporters Without Borders voiced outrage today after learning that a delay in an Oakland police raid on Your Black Muslim Bakery could have cost Chauncey Bailey his life.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 19-Dec-2008 01:19
Mexico - Special federal prosecutor rules out that community journalists were killed for their work - 17.12.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 17-Dec-2008 19:18
Ecuador - Call for release of a second journalist imprisoned for ?insult? - 15.12.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 15-Dec-2008 19:12
Ecuador - Journalist serving six-month sentence for slandering ex-mayor now being sued for a million dollars - 5.12.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 05-Dec-2008 19:19
International - Cuban journalist, North Korean radio station and two Burmese bloggers win 17th annual Reporters Without Borders Prize - 4.12.2008
The Reporters Without Borders Prize jury chose Ricardo González Alfonso (logo) of Cuba as ?2008 Journalist of the Year?. The 2008 Media prize was awarded to Radio Free NK, North Korea's first dissident radio station. Zarganar and Nay Phone Latt, two Burmese bloggers, were chosen as joint winners in the ?Cyber-dissident? category.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 04-Dec-2008 13:20
Haiti - Seven years after radio journalist's murder, convicted killers still at large - 3.12.2008
Seven people who were convicted of radio journalist Brignol Lindor's murder are still on the run, while the presumed instigators have never been brought to trial. On the seventh anniversary of the murder, Reporters Without Borders says it hopes the case will be revived, especially after the Lindor family lawyer's recent appointment as justice minister.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 03-Dec-2008 13:06
Argentina - Concern about wave of attack on media in northwest - 2.12.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 02-Dec-2008 19:06
Venezuela - TV station Globovisión targeted by president Hugo Chávez - 28.11.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 01-Dec-2008 13:19
Mexico - International community urged to support journalists forced into exile - 20.11.2008
Reporters Without Borders calls on the US and Canadian authorities to make the necessary humanitarian provisions for Mexican journalists who are forced to flee into exile because of threats from the drug cartels. The organisation will today visit one of these journalists, Emilio Gutiérrez Soto, who is being held in the Texan border town of El Paso at the behest of the US immigration authorities.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 20-Nov-2008 13:12
Mexico - Journalist murdered by drug gang in Ciudad Juarez - 14.11.2008
Reporters Without Borders voiced its dismay at the murder of journalist Armando Rodriguez, of the privately-owned daily El Diario, who was shot dead outside his home on November 13. ?We welcome the authorities' decision to take on this case through the federal prosecutor's office. We hope that the inquiry will swiftly identify the killers and those who sent them, thus showing the government's determination to effectively fight the impunity that sadly so often prevails in Mexico?, it said.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 14-Nov-2008 19:06
Bolivia - Authorities urged to make protecting journalists a priority after attacks on media by pro-government activists - 31.10.2008
Reporters Without Borders reiterates its call for dialogue and increased vigilance by the government after two attacks by Popular Civic Committee members on private-sector journalists in La Paz on 28 and 29 October. Vice-President Alvaro García Linera's condemnation of this violence should be followed up by action, the organisation says.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 31-Oct-2008 19:22
Mexico - Oaxaca-based reporter kidnapped and tortured for 12 hours - 29.10.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 29-Oct-2008 13:15
Guatemala - Graphic artist on daily El Periódico killed by crossbow - 24.10.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 24-Oct-2008 19:08
Mexico - United States - Federal authorities opt for impunity in Brad Will and Roberto Mora murders - 24.10.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 24-Oct-2008 13:24
United States - Reporters Without Borders urges Presidential Candidates to pledge to better protect press freedom - 22.10.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 23-Oct-2008 01:06
Nicaragua - Reporters Without Borders writes to president Daniel Ortega about poor state of public fredoms - 21.10.2008
Reporters Without Borders is shocked by a brutal attack by government supporters against journalists and representatives of the Nicaraguan Centre for Human Rights (Cenidh), on 16 October 2008 under the noses of impassive police officers outside the Managua prosecutor's office.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 21-Oct-2008 19:19
Peru - Court's decision to jail TV host for defamation called ?dangerous and inappropriate? - 17.10.2008
TV host Magaly Medina's imprisonment yesterday after getting a five-month prison sentence in a defamation case was ?dangerous and inappropriate,? Reporters Without Borders says. The organisation hopes Peru will follow the general tendency in Latin America to decriminalize press offences.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 17-Oct-2008 19:28
United States - Journalist arrested during Republican National Convention faces over one year in prison for parole violation - 15.10.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 15-Oct-2008 13:11
Guatemala - Journalist officially under protection threatened by armed men near his home - 13.10.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 13-Oct-2008 19:18
Mexico - Michoacán newspaper editor kidnapped and killed - 11.10.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 11-Oct-2008 19:09
Nicaragua - Political and judicial harassment of NGOs threatens freedom of expression and association - 10.10.2008
Reporters Without Borders condemns a government smear campaign against two journalists and NGO directors, Carlos Fernando Chamorro (photo) and Sofía Montenegro. The latest development is a dubious administrative and judicial investigation into 17 NGOs, including theirs, which threatens the right to inform and the right of association. The two journalists are threatened with imprisonment.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 10-Oct-2008 19:26
Dominican Republic - Surprising silence from authorities about disturbing surge in press freedom violations - 7.10.2008
Reporters Without Borders hopes that talks between journalist representatives and the authorities will help to curb a wave of violence and judicial harassment of the media since the start of the year. Some 50 cases have been reported by the National Union of Press Workers.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 07-Oct-2008 19:12
Mexico - Lid taken off investigation into murder of Brad Will: Reporters Without Borders writes to the Federal Justice Minister - 2.10.2008
Reporters Without Borders has called for action from top Mexican authorities after the National Human Rights Commission reported serious failings in the investigation into the murder of Indymedia journalist Brad Will, in Oaxaca on 27 October 2006.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 02-Oct-2008 19:06
Cuba - Two Cuban journalists with UN accreditation denied visas to reenter the United States - 30.09.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 30-Sep-2008 19:15
Venezuela - Shooting attack against regional daily's outspoken columnist - 29.09.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 29-Sep-2008 19:26
Venezuela - Interior minister justifies attack against Globovisión claimed by pro-government militants - 25.09.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 25-Sep-2008 19:08
Mexico - Radio host who campaigned against organised crime gunned down in Tabasco - 25.09.2008
Reporters Without Borders is outraged by the slowness of the federal and Tabasco state authorities to respond to the murder of radio EXA FM programme host Alejandro Fonseca on 23 September in Villahermosa, although congress is currently considering a bill to make it a federal crime to attack journalists.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 25-Sep-2008 18:53
Argentina - journalist who exposed corruption harrassed and threatened with death - 23.09.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 23-Sep-2008 19:04
Peru - Death threats made against journalist specialising in highly sensitive investigations - 19.09.2008
Reporters Without Borders urged the authorities to pursue every line of inquiry in their investigation into death threats made in the past week against investigative journalist Americo Zambrano, of the weekly magazine Caretas, who has made revelations about highly sensitive cases.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 19-Sep-2008 19:04
Bolivia - Reporters Without Borders urges president and opposition prefects to restore calm after ten days of severe violence - 15.09.2008
Reporters Without Borders publicly appealed to president Evo Morales and four opposition prefects to put an end to ten days of violence in which 20 people have died and in which the media has been badly hit. The open letter is published as long-awaited dialogue opens between the government and the opposition.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 15-Sep-2008 19:23
Venezuela - In ?victory for impunity,? court acquits alleged drug baron of journalist's murder - 11.09.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 11-Sep-2008 19:26
Mexico - Lack of clear legislation and government violations of international commitments reinforce community media fear of closures - 10.09.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 11-Sep-2008 13:20
Peru - Impunity blamed for a new wave of threats and attacks on provincial journalists - 9.09.2008
Reporters Without Borders condemns police and judicial laxness towards those responsible for violence against journalists after a new wave of physical attacks and threats on the provincial news media since the end of August. The fight against impunity should not be limited to cases of murders of journalists, the organisation says.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 09-Sep-2008 19:18
Panama - Seizure of weekly's property and bank accounts slammed as a form of ?Indirect censorship? - 8.09.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 08-Sep-2008 19:01
Brazil - Call for boost to media safety ahead of elections after journalist injured in Mato Grosso do Sul state - 3.09.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 03-Sep-2008 19:15
United States - Call for withdrawal of charges against three journalists manhandled and arrested outside Republican Party convention - 2.09.2008
Reporters Without Borders is outraged by the manhandling and arrest of Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman (photo) and two of her producers, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar, while covering demonstrations yesterday near the Republican Party convention. The organisation calls for the withdrawal of the charges brought against them.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 02-Sep-2008 19:29
United States - ABC News reporter arrested in Denver during the Democratic National Convention - 28.08.2008
Reporters Without Borders condemns the arrest of ABC News producer Asa Eslocker on August 27 in downtown Denver and calls on the Denver Police Department to drop all charges against the reporter.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 29-Aug-2008 01:21
Colombia - Authorities use judicial proceedings to intimidate media - 27.08.2008
President Alvaro Uribe's personal call on 22 August for a criminal investigation of journalist Daniel Coronell is one of the latest and worst examples of attempts by the authorities to intimidate part of the press.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 27-Aug-2008 19:28
Guatemala - Editor of daily El Periódico abducted and drugged and a journalist assaulted within 24 hours - 25.08.2008
Reporters Without Borders called for protection for the offices of the daily El Periódico and its most exposed staff, after its editor José Rubén Zamora was abducted and released seriously ill and one of his journalists, Oscar Ismatul, was beaten up 24 hours later.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 26-Aug-2008 01:16
United States / India - ?We do not want another Shi Tao case? - 25.08.2008
A Bombay high court ordered Google's subsidiary on 15 August to reveal the identity of a blogger who used the pseudonym ?Toxic Writer? to post comment's criticising Gremach on Google's blog platform, Blogger.com.?We urge Google's executives not to comply with the local law and to appeal against the court's decision,?Reporters Without Borders said.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 25-Aug-2008 13:18
United States - Officer goes undercover as reporter to find leak in criminal investigation - 23.08.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 25-Aug-2008 13:03
Argentina - Radio station stripped of its FM frequency in ?absurd and unfair? decision - 22.08.2008
The Argentine broadcast regulator's decision on 12 August to deprive Buenos Aires-based Radio Continental of its FM frequency is based on an broadcast law adopted under the military dictatorship which is apparently no longer valid and which the current government has anyway promised to repeal. The decision is widely seen as an act of ?political revenge? against the station.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 22-Aug-2008 19:26
Bolivia - Call to stop new violence against media in wake of recall vote - 20.08.2008
Attacks on journalists have resumed, chiefly in secessionist Santa Cruz province, after a lull during the 10 August recall referendum. Reporters Without Borders again urges government and opposition to protect journalists.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 21-Aug-2008 13:05
United States - FBI apologizes to newspapers for spying on reporters: the bureau does not explain the need to investigate journalists - 13.08.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 13-Aug-2008 19:03