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Sudan: Journalist threatened with murder

Alice Purkiss — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:48:30 +0000

A Sudanese editor has received a death threat following the publication of an article critical of the country’s president, Salva Kiir. Dengdit Ayok, vice-editor of the English-speaking newspaper The Destiny, was arrested and detained for two weeks for publishing a news story on the marriage of the president’s daughter to an Ethiopian. The article was deemed unethical by Sudanese authorities, who also said the newspaper continued publishing “isolated topics that should not be published for the public”.

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Ghana: Journalist files police complaint over death threats

Intern — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:38:14 +0000

A Ghanaian journalist has filed a complaint with police against Kennedy Agyapong, an opposition MP, for threatening to kill him. The MP’s threat against Bature Iddrisu, the managing editor of Bilingual Free Press, was reportedly delivered during a radio broadcast. Iddrisu had alleged that the Agyapong was involved in drug trafficking, something that the MP denies.

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Serbia: TV station receives threats for reporting on corruption

Index on Censorship — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 11:31:00 +0000

“Death notice” posters against the editor-in-chief of independent TV station, B92, and the producers of one of its programmes have been put up all over Lazarevac, Serbia, following a report of alleged corruption in a state owned coal mine. This is the second time in recent weeks that such threats have been made against the station for its content.

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“Everybody Draw Mohammed” cartoonist placed on hit list

Intern — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:38:02 +0000

Prominent Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki has placed the cartoonist responsible for the Everybody Draw Mohammed Day campaign on an hit list. Writing in English language Al Qaeda magazine Inspire, New Mexico born al-Awlaki branded Molly Norris a blasphemer and declared that she “does not deserve life, does not deserve to breathe the air”. In April 2010, Norris started a Facebook group encouraging people to draw Mohammed, in retaliation to Comedy Central’s decision to edit South Park’s depiction of the Islamic prophet, which resulted in Pakistan blocking the social networking site. The FBI has warned Norris of what they consider to be “a very serious threat”.

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Honduras: Journalist flees country

Intern — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:34:42 +0000

On 28 March, José Alemán, a journalist with Tiempo newspaper fled the country after a series of attacks, including an incident when two unidentified gunmen broke into his home in the rural municipality of San Marcos de Ocotepeque, near the border with El Salvador. His departure tops off a month in which five Honduran journalists were killed in a 30-day period.

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Russian editor quits over death threats

Index on Censorship — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:49:23 +0000

Rosa Malsagova, editor-in-chief of the website Ingushetiya.org , has decided to leave her post because of “threats made to her by militants”. This followed an item entitled “Mujahedeen Address to Rosa Malsagova,” which was recently published on a militant site. Malsagova earlier asked for political asylum in France. The site will continue working until her replacement is appointed. Read more here

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Filipino journalist recieves death threat text

Index on Censorship — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:55:40 +0000

Mario Alviso, manager of Radyo Nitin in the Philippines, has received a text message from an unidentified sender the day after the death of political commentator Godofredo Linao’s murder, stating that the killing was “just a sample” of what could be done, and that “he would be next.” Read more here

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Mozambican journalist receives death threats over cult coverage

Index on Censorship — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:12:38 +0000

A well-known Mozambican television journalist, Ercilio Zacarias, has been forced to move his family, after receiving anonymous death threats. It is suspected the death threats may arise from TIM news items that angered the powerful Brazilian cult, the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (IURD). Read more here

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