Posts Tagged ‘detained journalist’
July 1st, 2011
Authorities arrested
Faysal Mohamed, a reporter for
Hiraan Online, on
Wednesday morning (29 June) in the semi-autonomous republic of Puntland in northern Somalia. Police told journalists that Mohamed was arrested for a “false news report” on Hiiraan Online. Fellow colleagues said they suspected the article in question was one published three days before the arrest, which hypothesised that two bodies recently discovered on a roadside were those of security personnel.
February 17th, 2011
The Istanbul 10th High Criminal Court
rejected a bid to release journalist Suzan Zengin in a hearing on Tuesday. She writes for the Worker Peasant newspaper (İşçi Köylü).
Charged with “membership of an illegal organisation”, she faces up to 15 years in prison. Her next hearing will take place on 14 June, by which stage she will have been
detained for almost two years. Meanwhile, a person known only as K.B. has been
arrested for plotting to assassinate Turkish journalist Mehmet Metiner, who believes he was targeted because he adheres to AKP policies.
October 14th, 2010
A newspaper journalist who photographed a Roman Catholic protest is facing charges of “
practising journalism without accreditation“. Flata Kavinga was arrested at the demonstration on 10 October and detained for over 24 hours. His camera was confiscated. Although he has been released, Kavinga’s lawyer said that police are considering charging him under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). The controversial legislation, enacted in 2002, has been
heavily criticised by media rights groups.
September 7th, 2010
A journalist charged with treason will remain in
pre-trial detention, a court ruled on 6 September. Jean-Claude Kavumbagu was arrested on 17 July after he wrote an
article about the possibility of Burundi being the target for a terrorist attack. The editor of online newspaper Net Press, has been
detained four times in his 14 years of working as a journalist. If convicted he could be sentenced to life imprisonment. Judges have not yet set a date for a further hearing.
