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FREE EXPRESSION SPOTLIGHT:
1. Tunisia: Free Expression Violations Worse a Year on, says TMG

REGIONAL NEWS:
2. Zimbabwe: Cameraman Slain over Leaked Tsvangirai Pictures
3. Mexico: TV Correspondent Gunned Down amid Wave of Killings
4. Pakistan: Militants Kill Reporter's Family
5. Iraq: Bloody Weekend for Country's Journalists

UPDATES:
6. Afghanistan: Abducted Reporter Killed, says Taliban
7. United States: Blogger Released after 224 Days in Prison

TAKE ACTION!
8. Tunisia: Unblock Dailymotion Campaign

REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS:
9. C-Libre Investigates Free Expression in Honduras

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
11. Human Rights Reporters Honoured in Asia

JOB NOTICES:
12. IFEX Seeks Action Alert Network Coordinator (French)

"IN OTHER NEWS"…
13. OAS Releases Damning Report on Free Expression in the Americas

ALERTS ISSUED BY THE IFEX CLEARING HOUSE LAST WEEK
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FREE EXPRESSION SPOTLIGHT

1. TUNISIA: FREE EXPRESSION VIOLATIONS WORSE A YEAR ON, SAYS TMG

The Tunisian government has failed to make progress in improving free
expression conditions over the past year, even further stifling dissidents,
the IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG) has found in its fourth major
report.

Since the TMG's last report in May 2006, the group has witnessed "serious
deterioration in the conditions related to freedom of expression in
Tunisia," particularly with respect to the harassment of journalists and
dissidents, threats to the independence of the judiciary, blocking of books
and websites, restrictions on independent organisations, and imprisonment
of the human rights lawyer Mohamed Abbou for posting articles critical of
the Tunisian authorities on the Internet

These observations and others are detailed in "Freedom of Expression in
Tunisia: The Siege Holds", a report on the group's fact-finding mission
last month. Nearly a year since its last mission, the TMG noted that a
series of new attacks on non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and
independent journalists has resulted in a near state of inactivity. Police
brutality is becoming "an almost daily event." With a judiciary
increasingly favouring the government, a climate of fear has been promoted.

The TMG concludes in its report that it is necessary "to maintain and
strongly reiterate all past recommendations from the TMG to Tunisian
authorities" to bring the country in line with international human rights
standards. Recommendations include releasing Abbou and other "prisoners of
opinion", ending harassment and intimidation of human rights activists,
lifting controls on banned websites and books, and respecting individuals'
rights to freedom of movement, assembly and association.

"The Siege Holds" is being launched worldwide in three languages on 11
April at a press conference organised by the Arabic Human Rights
Information Network (HRinfo) and the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights
(EOHR) in Cairo, with a representative of IFEX's Tunisian member the
Observatoire pour la liberté de presse, d'édition et de creation (OLPEC) in
attendance. It is also being launched at an event hosted by the World Press
Freedom Committee (WPFC) in Washington, as well as in Geneva by the
International Publishers Association (IPA) and in Paris by the World
Association of Newspapers (WAN), including through its Arab Press Network.

The TMG is a group of 16 freedom of expression organisations in the IFEX
network. Four members of the TMG - IPA, WAN, Norwegian PEN and Index on
Censorship - visited Tunisia from 27 February to 4 March, where they met
with government officials and civil society representatives, and monitored
freedom of the press and related human rights issues. An EOHR
representative was prevented from receiving a visa on time by the Tunisian
Embassy in Cairo.

The report is available online on the TMG websites in three languages:
- English: http://campaigns.ifex.org/tmg/IFEXTMGreport_April2007.doc
- French: http://campaigns.ifex.org/tmg/rapportduIFEXTMG_avril2007.doc
- Arabic: http://www.hrinfo.net/ifex/wsis/

Visit the link:
- WAN APN: http://www.arabpressnetwork.org/home.php
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REGIONAL NEWS:

AFRICA

2. ZIMBABWE: CAMERAMAN SLAIN OVER LEAKED TSVANGIRAI PICTURES

In the recent terror campaign targeting government critics, a local
journalist suspected of having links to Zimbabwe's opposition was found
murdered on 31 March, report the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA),
Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) and the Freedom
of Expression Institute (FXI).

Edward Chikombo, a part-time cameraman for Zimbabwe state broadcaster ZBC,
was abducted from his home by armed men in the Glenview township outside
Harare on 29 March, MISA reports. His body was found two days later near
Darwendale, 80 kilometres west of the capital.

According to the London newspaper "The Independent", Chikombo was suspected
of having leaked footage to the international press of brutally beaten
opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who was arrested at an 11 March
protest and tortured while in police custody. The footage of Tsvangirai
leaving a Harare courthouse with a suspected fractured skull, and then
lying in a hospital bed, provoked a storm of international criticism of
President Robert Mugabe's regime.

Journalists for ZBC routinely film news that cannot be used because of
heavily censored bulletins, says "The Independent". Some footage is
allegedly sold to foreign broadcasters - Mugabe has banned both the BBC and
CNN from reporting from Zimbabwe and any unaccredited journalist faces a
two-year prison sentence. Suspected news smugglers face being intimidated,
harassed and fired.

Another local journalist, Gift Phiri, a senior reporter for the
London-based weekly "The Zimbabwean", was released on bail on 5 April and
taken straight to hospital, resulting from injuries he received during four
days in police custody. According to his lawyer, Phiri has difficulty
sitting, standing or walking because of the beatings.

Initially accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at police stations, Phiri
has been charged with working as a journalist without official
accreditation and for "publishing false news." His trial is set for 25
April.

What is more shocking than Zimbabwe's free expression violations is "the
grossly inadequate response" of the South African government to the crisis,
says FXI, commenting that remaining quiet during a time of such upheaval in
Zimbabwe amounts to a "tacit endorsement of censorship that affects the
whole region." FXI is calling for a more interlinked, regional campaign,
starting with abolishing Zimbabwe's restrictive access to information and
public order and safety acts.

Visit these links:
- Alert on Chikombo: http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/82258
- RSF on Chikombo: http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=21603
- RSF on Phiri: http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=21536
- FXI statement: http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/82309
- "The Independent", "Zimbabwe journalist murdered":
http://tinyurl.com/yt6t6d
- "The Zimbabwean" on Phiri: http://tinyurl.com/2btqa6

AMERICAS

3. MEXICO: TV CORRESPONDENT GUNNED DOWN AMID WAVE OF KILLINGS

Press groups worldwide are demanding justice for a TV correspondent who was
gunned down in southern Mexico on 6 April in an apparent premeditated hit.
His murder added to a flurry of killings across the country that left 14
dead in a 24-hour period.

Amado Ramírez, correspondent of the news programme "Al Tanto" on the
privately owned TV station Televisa in Acapulco, was shot three times from
behind as he left work, says Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans
frontières, RSF). "Al Tanto" was taken off the air on 9 April after the
station received death threats.

Ramírez's assailants remain unidentified. The Committee to Protect
Journalists (CPJ) and others are investigating whether his murder is
directly connected to his professional work.

Ramírez had covered Acapulco for Televisa for more than a dozen years. In
March, he aired a special investigation into the murder of local police
officers, linking the crime to local drug traffickers. The resort town has
been ridden with drug-related violence in recent years.

CPJ and RSF are demanding that the federal government take on the case, and
create a legal framework to protect journalists under threat. Homicides in
Mexico are normally handled by state detectives.

"Ramírez's death must be taken seriously by the authorities," RSF said.
"There must be a major effort to establish the circumstances of this
journalist's execution-style killing and to identify those responsible. And
the case must be handled at the federal level."

Though the battle between drug cartels is particularly severe in northern
states, violence has spread to almost every Mexican state in the last year,
says CPJ. The Attorney General's office has recorded 678 organised
crime-related murders in 2007 alone, according to press reports. Within 24
hours of Ramírez's death, 13 other people were murdered.

The CPJ and Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) have reported an
alarming number of journalists slain in Mexico on orders from drug gangs,
with seven journalists killed since October, two disappeared and eight
reporting death threats.

"I would say Mexico has become the country (in the Western Hemisphere)
where it's most dangerous to be a journalist today," Gonzalo Marroquin,
president of the IAPA's press freedom commission, said last month.

Visit these links:
- RSF on Ramírez: http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=21629
- CPJ letter to Mexican President: http://tinyurl.com/27jz8u
- IAPA: www.sipiapa.org
- ARTICLE 19 alert: http://tinyurl.com/2tsfaw
- OAS Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression:
http://www.cidh.org/relatoria/showarticle.asp?artID=693&lID=1
- Associated Press story on Ramírez: http://tinyurl.com/27c8z5

ASIA

4. PAKISTAN: MILITANTS KILL REPORTER'S FAMILY

The family of a reporter who helped fellow journalists visit the site of a
fresh conflict between local tribesmen and foreign militants was massacred
in their home, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and
Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF).

Urdu-language "Inkishaf" reporter Din Muhammed had accompanied a group of
visiting journalists to Wana, the main town in South Waziristan tribal
agency along the Afghan border, on 25 March to meet with local tribal
militant commanders and visit areas captured from Uzbek fighters, suspected
to have links with al-Qaeda.

The Uzbek militants retaliated by attacking Muhammed's house on 1 April,
and killing his brother, father and cousin in a gunfight. Muhammed's uncle
was murdered in a public execution. Three other family members were also
abducted, but Muhammed was not among them and is believed to be safe.
Muhammed's editor, Syed Fayyaz Hussain Bokhari, told Reuters he was certain
Muhammed and his family were attacked because of his work, especially his
articles about the foreign militants.

Few journalists from outside the area have dared to travel to the remote
area to report on the latest clashes between local Waziri tribesmen and
Uzbek militants, who took refuge in Pakistan's tribal areas after U.S.-led
forces ousted the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. Since early March,
officials say that 250 people have died in the fighting.

"We were advised not to go to Wana. It is the most dangerous place," said
Mushtaq Yusufzai, a reporter for the English-language daily "The News" and
a cameraman for U.S. broadcaster NBC News, who was part of the group.
"Muhammed assured us that we would be safe. But we were afraid that he
would feel the consequences for doing his job."

A 2007 International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) investigation reveals
reporting in Pakistan to be "more dangerous than ever." Nineteen
journalists were murdered in Pakistan since 2000 and only in one case was
the murderer brought to justice.

Visit these links:
- CPJ alert: http://tinyurl.com/2jyv4r
- RSF alert: http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=21619
- IFJ "A State of Denial: The Crisis of Press Freedom and Journalist Safety
in Pakistan": http://tinyurl.com/2m527e
- Reuters "Pakistani reporter safe in hiding": http://tinyurl.com/2eyf9b
- BBC "Pakistan's tribals": http://tinyurl.com/33hsyw

MIDDLE EAST

5. IRAQ: BLOODY WEEKEND FOR COUNTRY'S JOURNALISTS

Four more journalists have been killed in Iraq, bringing the number of
media workers killed in Iraq in 2007 to 23, reports the International
Federation of Journalists (IFJ).

Khamail Khalaf, a journalist with Radio Free Iraq, the Arabic language
service of U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, was kidnapped on 3
April, and found dead on a Baghdad street two days later, says the
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Police came under heavy fire by
unidentified assailants when they were retrieving her body.

IFJ says that on the same day, the station of Iraqi satellite channel
Baghdad TV was blasted by a car bomb, killing the station's deputy
director, Thaer Ahmad Jaber, and Husain Nizaer, a trainee journalist, and
injuring 11 staff, three of whom are in critical condition.

A fourth journalist, Othman al-Mashhadani, a reporter for the Saudi paper
"Al-Watan", was found dead in Baghdad on 6 April. He had been kidnapped on
his way home from work on 4 April, says CPJ. His captors had called his
family hours after the abduction demanding a ransom for his release.

Meanwhile, the IFJ and its national journalists unions around the world
renewed calls for the U.S. to provide credible reports over a number of
media deaths at the hands of U.S. troops in Iraq and, in particular, the
killing of three journalists four years ago in the Palestine Hotel on 8
April 2003.

Visit these links:
- IFJ alert: http://tinyurl.com/2ske9b
- CPJ alert: http://tinyurl.com/3babd4
- International News Safety Institute details each media death in Iraq:
http://www.newssafety.com/casualties/iraq.htm
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UPDATES:

6. AFGHANISTAN: ABDUCTED REPORTER KILLED, SAYS TALIBAN

An Afghan journalist and translator was killed on 8 April, a month after he
was kidnapped, a spokesperson for the Taliban said.

Journalist and translator Ajmal Naqshbandi was abducted, with Italian
reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo and their driver Syed Agha, on 5 March by
the Taliban in Helmand province.

While Agha was beheaded by his captors a few days after the men were
seized, Mastrogiacomo was freed on 19 March, in exchange for five Taliban
prisoners in a deal struck by Italian and Afghan authorities. The
government's refusal to arrange a second prisoner swap led to the beheading
of Naqshbandi, said the Taliban.

The murder of Naqshbandi highlights the risks of bargaining with the
Taliban, warns the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). "If deals
are done which free foreigners while locals are butchered, it puts a price
on the head of any media person from abroad working in Afghanistan," said
IFJ.

Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) said that
Naqshbandi was a victim of double standards because the campaign for his
release was "not strong enough."

The Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) with other Afghan
media associations and unions passed a resolution calling for all media
outlets to boycott Taliban reports over the next week, and to grieve
Naqshbandi's passing by observing two minutes of silence on 10 April or
publishing a blank, black page. The resolution also questions the "silence
of the international community" and the government's release of foreigners,
but not Afghan nationals.

Visit these links:
- RSF alert: http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=21217
- IFJ alert: http://www.ifj.org/default.asp?Index=4817&Language=EN

7. UNITED STATES: BLOGGER RELEASED AFTER 224 DAYS IN PRISON

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders
(Reporters sans frontières, RSF) welcomed the release last week of a
blogger who had spent more time in jail than any other journalist in the
United States because he wanted to protect his sources.

Californian video journalist and blogger Josh Wolf had been in prison since
September 2006 - for 224 days - for refusing to surrender unedited video
footage of a July 2005 protest in San Francisco against the G8 summit, and
declining to testify to a grand jury investigating an attack on a police
car during the demonstration.

On 3 April following a private mediation session, Wolf posted all of the
video files on his website and promised to hand them over after obtaining
assurance that he will not be compelled to testify before a federal court.

Although free expression groups welcomed his release, they deemed it a
"half-victory" as Wolf was forced to disclose his materials in the end. RSF
is calling on the U.S. Congress to adopt a federal shield law that will
acknowledge the right of journalists to protect their sources.

Visit these links:
- CPJ alert and (audio) interview with Wolf on why he chose not to testify:
http://www.cpj.org/news/2007/americas/usa03apr07na.html
- RSF alert: http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=21572
- The unaired footage on Wolf's website:
http://www.joshwolf.net/blog/?p=324
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TAKE ACTION!

8. TUNISIA: UNBLOCK DAILYMOTION CAMPAIGN

Tunisian activists are urging bloggers and Internet communities everywhere
to post banners on their websites in protest of the government ban of a
popular video-sharing service.

In the government's latest attempt to stifle free expression, Tunisians
have been prevented from "opening up and sharing their videos with the
world" on Dailymotion, France's answer to U.S.-based YouTube.

Dailymotion has been blocked in Tunisia since 1 April, after footage on the
political situation in Tunisia was posted, says Reporters Without Borders
(Reporters sans frontières, RSF). RSF said: "The censorship of
Dailymotion's website shows that the government, which is as paranoid about
the Internet as it is about the traditional press, is ready to ban tens of
thousands of inoffensive videos in order to block a handful it does not
like."

The site has also recently been blocked in China.

To download a banner, visit the "Unblock Dailymotion Campaign" site:
http://censorship.cybversion.org/banners/
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REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS:

9. C-LIBRE INVESTIGATES FREE EXPRESSION IN HONDURAS

Free expression and access to information were severely curtailed in a
number of ways in Honduras in 2006, says the Committee for Free Expression
(El Comité por la Libre Expresión, C-Libre) annual report, according to its
partner Probidad, an IFEX member.

The report investigates restrictions on free expression through four
themes: the much anticipated Law of Transparency and Access to Information;
the harassment of and violence against journalists; the uneasy relationship
between new President Manuel Zelaya and the press; and the murder with
impunity of a lawyer who defended investigative journalists.

For more information, see:
http://probidad.net/cs/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=630&Itemid=1

For a copy of the report, e-mail Nidia Pineda of Probidad in Honduras at:
npineda@probidad.org
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CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS:

10. FIFTH GATHERING IN ISTANBUL FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

Gathering in Istanbul for Freedom of Expression, an international meeting
supported by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, International PEN,
ARTICLE 19 and Freemuse, is holding its fifth bi-annual conference from 25
to 27 May.

This year's meeting, open to writers, journalists, academics and scientists
worldwide, will focus on freedom of expression in Turkey and neighbouring
countries. The conference is dedicated to the late journalist Hrant Dink,
one of the most prominent voices of Turkey's Armenian community.

For more details, see: http://www.antenna-tr.org/istanbul/index.asp?lgg=en
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AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:

11. HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTERS HONOURED IN ASIA

A journal banned in Singapore and currently being sued for defamation was
just one of the many recipients in the 11th annual Human Rights Press
Awards, held last month by the Hong Kong Journalists Association, the Hong
Kong Foreign Correspondents Club and Amnesty International. The awards
honoured local journalists across Asia for their rights reporting
throughout the region.

The editor of the "Far Eastern Economic Review", Hugo Restall, won first
place in the magazine category for an article on Singapore opposition
leader Chee Soon Juan. The journal is currently being sued by Singapore's
Prime Minister and his father, the founding Prime Minister, who claim that
they were defamed in the article. "The Review" is also banned in Singapore,
where it is a criminal offence to subscribe to the magazine or to import or
reproduce it for distribution.

Other winners included journalists who reported on extrajudicial killings
in the Philippines and China's missing farmers.

For a full list of winners, see:
http://www.amnesty.org.hk/html/modules/news/article.php?storyid=52
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JOB NOTICES:

12. IFEX SEEKS ACTION ALERT NETWORK COORDINATOR (FRENCH)

The IFEX Clearing House is looking to hire an Action Alert Network
Coordinator (French) to edit, prepare and file action alerts and other
materials on free expression from IFEX members and post them via e-mail and
on the website.

Candidates must be fluent in French and English, as well as have excellent
editing, communication, writing and proofreading skills in both languages.
A university degree in journalism, political science, international
development or French, or equivalent experience is required.

This is a full-time employment based in Toronto. It is essential that
candidates hold Canadian passports or working papers so that they are
eligible to work in Canada. Applications are due on 27 April 2007.

For more details, including how to apply, see:
http://www.charityvillage.com/applicant/jobs.asp?fn=view&g_varID=82522&lang=EN
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"IN OTHER NEWS"…

13. OAS RELEASES DAMNING REPORT ON FREE EXPRESSION IN THE AMERICAS

In a climate of state intolerance and rampant corruption, the annual report
of the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the
Organization of American States (OAS) reveals the free expression situation
to be of "considerable concern" in the Americas.

Nineteen journalists were murdered in 2006 and dozens more intimidated and
physically harassed, the report says, and have become even more serious
because the perpetrators go unpunished. With the continuous use of criminal
trials for contempt and defamation, subtle methods to coerce the press, and
the lack of appropriate laws around ownership and broadcasting, the state
has shown it will not tolerate criticism.

To read the Office's full findings and its recommendations, see:
http://www.cidh.org/relatoria/showarticle.asp?artID=692&lID=1
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ALERTS ISSUED BY THE IFEX CLEARING HOUSE DURING THE PAST WEEK

5 APRIL 2007
Egypt - HRinfo director, two bloggers, accused of "insult" and
"defamation", detained for questioning as harassment campaign against the
organisation continues
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/82353/
Russia - "Krasny Sever" newspaper editor and journalist forced to resign,
black-balled by local authorities
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/82352/
Iraq - Iraqi journalist kidnapped and killed; a second journalist abducted,
following threats
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/82351/
Thailand - Draft act on computer-related offences poses serious problems
for freedom of expression, says ARTICLE 19
http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/82350/
Russia - "Delovoi Petersburg" photojournalist beaten, injured, by pig farm
security guards
http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/82329/
Venezuela - Suspected mastermind of journalist's 2004 murder detained in
Monagas
http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/82313/
Algeria/Libya - Appeals court suspends prison sentences for two journalists
sued by Gaddafi for defamation
http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/82311/
South Africa/Zimbabwe - South African response to Zimbabwe's freedom of
expression crisis "grossly inadequate," says FXI
http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/82309/
Malaysia - Journalists verbally and physically attacked by members of
ruling party
http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/82304/
East Timor - Political party militants attack and injure journalist
http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/82303/
Iraq - Journalist kidnapped and beaten by uniformed men in Kurdish region
http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/82299/
Burma - Court acquits retiree of "incitement against public" over satirical
article posted on fence
http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/82278/
The Gambia - Journalist released on bail, charged with sedition over
critical commentary, ordered to surrender travel documents
http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/82277/
Western Europe - CAPSULE REPORT: ARTICLE 19 outlines freedom of expression
concerns in region
http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/82276/

4 APRIL 2007
Chile - Supreme Court rescinds controversial restrictions on press
reporting
http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/82273/
South Africa - Court ruling protecting right to privacy in HIV-status case
will have no chilling effect on freedom of expression, says FXI
http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/82272/
Haiti - Seven years of impunity for killers of journalist Jean Dominique
http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/82269/
Liberia - Government maintains ban on newspaper, instructs printing houses
not to print
http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/82268/
United States - Freelance journalist Josh Wolf released after 224 days in
prison
http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/82263/
Peru - Journalist assaulted by civil servant in Ayacucho
http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/82266/
Thailand - Government blocks YouTube website over video ridiculing king
http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/82260/
Zimbabwe - Cameraman abducted and murdered; killing may be linked to
politically sensitive footage of injured opposition leader
http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/82258/
Argentina - Journalist's home robbed of documents on case of alleged
corruption
http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/82257/
Zimbabwe - Attacks on journalists continue; IFJ condemns violence and
harassment by police
http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/82255/
Peru - Journalist in Huaraz receiving daily death threats over reporting
http://www.ifex.org/20en/layout/set/print/content/view/full/82253/
Palestine - Palestinian journalists on three-day strike for release of BBC
correspondent
http://www.ifex.org/20en/layout/set/print/content/view/full/82252/
India - Female journalist brutally beaten on the job
http://www.ifex.org/20en/layout/set/print/content/view/full/82251/
Serbia - Neo-Nazis threaten to kill independent journalist over coverage of
their activities
http://www.ifex.org/20en/layout/set/print/content/view/full/82250/

3 APRIL 2007
Pakistan - Journalist's family massacred in South Waziristan in apparent
retribution for his work
http://www.ifex.org/20en/layout/set/print/content/view/full/82221/
Colombia - "El Heraldo" journalist assaulted and injured by individuals
alleging authorities would also go after him
http://www.ifex.org/20en/layout/set/print/content/view/full/82219/
Kyrgyzstan - Broadcast journalist assaulted by pro-government demonstrators
in Zhalalabat
http://www.ifex.org/20en/layout/set/print/content/view/full/82218/
Zimbabwe - Journalist hospitalised after beating in detention
http://www.ifex.org/20en/layout/set/print/content/view/full/82216/
Azerbaijan - Prison authorities deny ailing journalist Sakit Zahidov
medical treatment
http://www.ifex.org/20en/layout/set/print/content/view/full/82214/
Central African Republic - President of private press group sentenced to
prison
http://www.ifex.org/20en/layout/set/print/content/view/full/82213/
Somalia - Five journalists attacked by armed men, equipment stolen; three
journalists released
http://www.ifex.org/20en/layout/set/print/content/view/full/82211/
Zimbabwe - Reporter of independent weekly "The Zimbabwean" jailed, beaten;
paper threatened over coverage
http://www.ifex.org/20en/layout/set/print/content/view/full/82210/
United Nations - Human Rights Council passes resolution supporting limits
on free speech
http://www.ifex.org/20en/layout/set/print/content/view/full/82209/
Nepal - Political group intercepts newspaper delivery, burns copies in
protest over content
http://www.ifex.org/20en/layout/set/print/content/view/full/82208/

2 APRIL 2007
Spain - Opposition party refuses to give interviews to PRISA group media
outlets after criticism
http://www.ifex.org/20en/layout/set/print/content/view/full/82206/
Moldova - Police arrest, briefly detain and threaten journalists, damage
their equipment, for covering political event; newspaper copies seized
http://www.ifex.org/20en/layout/set/print/content/view/full/82205/
Brazil - Eight suspects in journalist's 2003 murder awaiting trial,
masterminds still free
http://www.ifex.org/20en/layout/set/print/content/view/full/82203/
Ghana - Cameraman harassed by prison guard and sympathisers of jailed
opposition parliamentarian
http://www.ifex.org/20en/layout/set/print/content/view/full/82202/
Burkina Faso - Journalist detained for 48 hours, forced to disclose source,
for article allegedly defaming police official
http://www.ifex.org/20en/layout/set/print/content/view/full/82200/
Ecuador - Journalist sentenced to 60 days in prison for quoting comments
critical of Pujilí mayor
http://www.ifex.org/20en/layout/set/print/content/view/full/82198/
Philippines - Journalist receives four and a half year prison sentence for
article on congressman's alleged love affair
http://www.ifex.org/20en/layout/set/print/content/view/full/82197/
China - French website blocked for warning of risks of investing in China
http://www.ifex.org/20en/layout/set/print/content/view/full/82195/
Central African Republic - Charges brought against imprisoned editor in
conflict with media regulator
http://www.ifex.org/20en/layout/set/print/content/view/full/82194/
Tunisia - Journalist Omar Mestiri prosecuted for defamation
http://www.ifex.org/20en/layout/set/print/content/view/full/82191/
Afghanistan - ARTICLE 19 urges National Assembly to respect free expression
in new media law
http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/82189/
Burma - Retiree released on bail, still faces charges for lampooning
state-controlled newspapers
http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/82188/
Afghanistan - Taliban threaten to kill kidnapped fixer Adjmal Nasqhbandi;
body of murdered driver returned to family
http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/82187/
United States - Prosecutors claim imprisoned blogger Wolf is not a
journalist, federal guidelines do not apply to his case
http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/82186/
Turkey - Two more suspects in Dink murder arrested; "Agos" editors' charges
still pending; publisher avoids court hearing for fear of safety
http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/82185/
Ukraine - Broadcast journalists harassed by political party supporters
while filming their departure on train
http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/82184/
South Africa - Public broadcaster pressured into delaying television
programme over content
http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/82183/
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