ALERTS ISSUED BY THE IFEX CLEARING HOUSE LAST WEEK

21 SEPTEMBER 2007
Iran - ARTICLE 19 welcomes release of scholar Kian Tajbakhsh, calls for
release of remaining Iranian-US citizen in detention

Indonesia - Police tap journalist's telephone following report on tax fraud

South Africa - Cape Town court dismisses bank's application to prevent
satirical journal from publishing information relating to alleged tax fraud
scheme

Zimbabwe - Censorship and political interference rife at state broadcaster

Maldives - Political affairs reporter banned from Parliament

India - Journalists get four-month jail terms for contempt of court

Niger - RFI and RSF correspondent held incommunicado

Fiji Islands - Blogger suspended from government job for criticising
military

Click "continue reading" to get a sense of how many governments around the world are threatened by free speech, the truth and an informed public. Pakistan - Police re-arrest TV manager Munir Mengal after he is cleared by
Baluchistan High Court

Ecuador - Radio journalist assaulted by skinheads following broadcasts on
social diversity

Somalia -
Internet journalist released after five days in detention

Sri Lanka - Police officer threatens journalist, confiscates his recording
equipment

20 SEPTEMBER 2007
Nicaragua - Possible increase in import duties on newspaper supplies
threatens press freedom, says IAPA

Colombia - CAPSULE REPORT:Reporting in a climate of fear in Cali and Valle
del Cauca

Iran - Charges made public against two journalists more than a month after
their arrest

China (Tibet) - Students detained by police, one allegedly beaten, on
suspicion of writing pro-Tibet graffiti

Mexico - Protesting peasants briefly detain journalist, seize her camera

The Gambia - One journalist released, another still in jail

Brazil - Reporter shot, wounded while investigating organised crime in
Brasilia suburb

Turkey - YouTube access again blocked by court order because of "insulting"
videos

Colombia - CAPSULE REPORT: Journalists pushed toward silence by violence in
Buenaventura

19 SEPTEMBER 2007
Ghana - Journalist barred from covering official function

Mexico - Two journalists of TV Azteca still missing; IAPA calls for more
vigorous investigation

Zimbabwe - Government to amend Public Order and Security Act

Ecuador - President calls for more regulatory power over media

Burma - Journalists covering protest detained, questioned, released,their
cameras seized

India - Four journalists found guilty of contempt for reporting on land
scandal, await sentencing

Nepal -Investigation into death of pro-Maoist journalist ordered following
public outcry

Colombia - Police assault, briefly detain journalist in Cartago

Zimbabwe - Individual convicted for carrying printed e-mail message
critical of president and vice-president

Peru - Radio programme cancelled following criticism of local politician

Argentina - Radio journalist arrested and beaten; RSF laments negative
climate for media as labour dispute degenerates into violence

Pakistan - Journalist allegedly kidnapped by government agents,
interrogated, released

Vietnam - Authorities wage relentless campaign against business news
Website; owner fears for safety

Peru -Radio journalist under threat after revealing municipal
"favouritism" case

Bangladesh - Cartoonist arrested over harmless play on name Mohammed

Somalia - Police fire on Radio Shabelle, force station off the air

Peru -
Journalist receives death threat for criticising local politician

Mexico - Judge dismisses dubious charges against four journalists in
Monclova

18 SEPTEMBER 2007
Zimbabwe - Statement by broadcasting authority reveals unyielding
government grip on
broadcast media through restrictive law, says MISA

Malaysia - Authorities violently shut down road show on electoral reform,restrict media coverage of the incident

Morocco - Appeal court upholds prison sentence for journalist Mostapha
Hurmatallah

Mexico - Sports journalist assaulted at university campus in Oaxaca

Democratic Republic of Congo - UN radio journalist's two convicted killers
withdraw earlier statement, clear his friends and accuse military judges of bribery

Mexico - Human rights commission condemns police assault on journalists in Ciudad Juárez

China - British TV journalists assaulted, arrested and threatened in Beijing

China - Journalist and photographer detained by authorities following
publication of article on official corruption

Somalia - Security forces raid Mogadishu radio station, detain 19 staffers

Thailand - CAPSULE REPORT: A year after coup, press freedom remains compromised and vulnerable

Egypt - Government decree dissolves outspoken NGO that reports on human
rights

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