Index on Censorship » journalist intimidation http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Sat, 18 May 2013 18:40:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » journalist intimidation http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org DRC: Television station attacked, programme host in hiding http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/03/drc-television-station-attacked-programme-host-in-hiding/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/03/drc-television-station-attacked-programme-host-in-hiding/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:12:23 +0000 Alice Purkiss http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=34101 A private television station in the Democratic Republic of Congo was stormed by unidentified men yesterday morning. Radio Télévision Kindu Maniema (RTKM) who broadcast from the capital of Maniema province was attacked by a group of men, who set fire to the station’s satellite antenna, and damaged the station’s offices. Programme presenter Mira Dipenge went into hiding five days ago, [...]

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]]> Democratic Republic of Congo was stormed by unidentified men yesterday morning. Radio Télévision Kindu Maniema (RTKM) who broadcast from the capital of Maniema province was attacked by a group of men, who set fire to the station’s satellite antenna, and damaged the station’s offices. Programme presenter Mira Dipenge went into hiding five days ago, fearing he would be arrested following orders from the governor of the province, Tutu Salumu. In early February, Salumu ordered station management stop broadcasting call-in programmes in which callers could criticise  his management of the province.

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]]> http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/03/drc-television-station-attacked-programme-host-in-hiding/feed/ 0 Al-Jazeera suspends Syrian bureau in response to attacks http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/04/al-jazeera-suspends-syrian-bureau-in-response-to-attacks/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/04/al-jazeera-suspends-syrian-bureau-in-response-to-attacks/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:51:55 +0000 Intern http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=22471 Al-Jazeera suspended its Arabic services in Syria yesterday (27 April) in response to attacks on its staff and government restrictions. The authorities have pressured Syrian nationals into resigning from the organisation and have prevented journalists from entering and reporting in Daraa, the city where the Syrian uprising began on March 15. According to the Committee [...]

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]]> suspended its Arabic services in Syria yesterday (27 April) in response to attacks on its staff and government restrictions. The authorities have pressured Syrian nationals into resigning from the organisation and have prevented journalists from entering and reporting in Daraa, the city where the Syrian uprising began on March 15. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, unknown assailants have attacked the Al-Jazeera offices with eggs and stones for the past three days. The events mirror those in Egypt, where Al-Jazeera journalists were also subject to abuse and intimidation.

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]]> http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/04/al-jazeera-suspends-syrian-bureau-in-response-to-attacks/feed/ 0 Cameraman shot dead in Salvador http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/04/cameraman-shot-dead-in-salvador/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/04/cameraman-shot-dead-in-salvador/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:25:48 +0000 Intern http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=22436 A television cameraman was shot dead on Monday (25 April) while on his way to work. Alfredo Hurtado, 45, worked for Canal 33, a privately owned news channel. Three suspected gang members are believed to have entered the bus and shot him 12 times in a direct targeted attack. The police have yet to identify [...]

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]]> Three suspected gang members are believed to have entered the bus and shot him 12 times in a direct targeted attack. The police have yet to identify a motive for the assassination.

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]]> http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/04/cameraman-shot-dead-in-salvador/feed/ 0 Belarus: Journalist warned over article http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/04/belarus-journalist-warned-over-article/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/04/belarus-journalist-warned-over-article/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:41:49 +0000 Intern http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=22395 A journalist received a written warning over an article in which he questioned the Belarussian authorities’ claims to have arrested those responsible for April’s Minsk metro bombing. A prosecutor in Belarus’s eastern district issued a letter which also warns Nyarouny not to publish similar articles in the future.

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]]> questioned the Belarussian authorities’ claims to have arrested those responsible for April’s Minsk metro bombing. A prosecutor in Belarus’s eastern district issued a letter which also warns Nyarouny not to publish similar articles in the future.

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]]> http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/04/belarus-journalist-warned-over-article/feed/ 0 Swiss television crew detained in Qatar http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/04/swiss-television-crew-detained-in-qatar/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/04/swiss-television-crew-detained-in-qatar/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:38:55 +0000 Intern http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=22397 ASwiss television channel claimed on 18 April that two of its reporters were detained without charge in Qatar for 13 days. The RTS network alleges that the pair were in the country to shoot a documentary about Qatar hosting the World Cup in 2022. The two, a journalist and a cameraman, were allowed to return [...]

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]]> Qatar for 13 days. The RTS network alleges that the pair were in the country to shoot a documentary about Qatar hosting the World Cup in 2022. The two, a journalist and a cameraman, were allowed to return to Switzerland on Friday (15 April) after paying a court ordered fine.

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