Posts Tagged ‘journalists’
September 30th, 2010
Top Russian investigators say they
guarantee to pursue 19 cases of murdered journalists presented to them by a delegation from the Committee to Protect Journalists.The CPJ delegation led by CPJ Chairman Paul Steiger and board member Kati Marton met with the Chairman of the Investigative Committee Bastrykin and other investigators examining the cases.
CPJ representatives met with the Investigative Committee in September 2009 to discuss unsolved cases concerning Russian journalists. This year they returned for an update.The investigator told CPJ delegation that Alkhazur Bashayev, alleged
murderer of journalist Natalya Estemirova is alive. Authorities are trying to locate his whereabouts in Russia. Bastrykin also said he will find and arrest the suspected murderer of
Anna Politkovskaya, who has fled in Europe.
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September 23rd, 2010
Following Mexican newspaper El Diario’s front-page appeal this week, Ana Arana explains why journalists in Mexico remain split over whether to negotiate with drug cartels
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September 21st, 2010
Iran has sentenced a human rights activist, Shiva Nazar Ahari who is the founder of the Committee of Human Rights Reporters in Tehran, to
six years in prison on charges of anti-government activities. Her lawyer said she has to pay a $400 fine as an alternative punishment to 74 lashes.
n 13 september, Ahari was released from prison on bail of around USD$200,000. She was convicted of moharebeh or ”waging war against God” and had received three years for that charge.September 15th, 2010
Conditions for journalists are worsening in the run up to elections, reports Natasha Schmidt in Baku
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September 13th, 2010
The government has decided to
suspend the broadcasts of radio station, Radio Mahafaly
. The staff at the station, based in the central city of Antsirabé, were not given a reason for its suspension. The order came at the same time as the release of ten Radio Fahazavana employees who have been in pre-trial detention since 27 May on charges for inciting a revolt and rebellion.
September 8th, 2010
Blogger, author and founder of Bahrain’s BahrainOnline forum,
Ali Abdulemam was arrested on 4 September by Bahraini authorities for allegedly spreading “false news” on the BahrainOnline.org portal. On the afternoon of 5 September, BahrainOnline was shut down for good, by the authorities. A
crackdown on media began in Bahrain on 13 August.
September 7th, 2010
Iraqi television presenter, Riad al-Saray
was shot today as he was leaving his home in Baghdad by unknown gunmen. He presented religious and political programmes on al-Iraqiya TV. Reporters Without Borders have called the attack a “targeted murder”.
September 7th, 2010
A free speech defender and lawyer who has represented imprisoned journalists, Nasrin Sotoudeh, was
arrested on 5 September on charges of anti-government propaganda and conspiring against the regime after responding to a summons from a revolutionary court prosecutor’s office located inside Tehran’s Evin prison. She has
defended political prisoners such as journalists Issa Saharkhiz and Mohammad Sadegh Kaboudvand.
