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Argentina: Journalist stabbed to death

The director of a news programme for Mundo Villa TV was murdered in Buenos Airies on 4 September. Adam Ledezma was stabbed after he left his house at 4.45 am to help with a neighbour's electricity problem, and was found dead half an hour later. The...

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Burundi: Court rules to keep journalist detained

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....

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Russia: Police raid opposition magazine

Armed police raided the offices of opposition magazine the New Times on 2 September. The magazine's editor Yevgenia Albats was repeatedly asked to hand over interview recordings that were used in a report on alleged abuses of power by OMON riot...

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UK: Third footballer gains injunction

The High Court has granted another injunction to an England footballer to prevent the media reporting aspects of his private life. The order banned the publication of allegations about a "sexual liaison, encounter or relationship", after personal...

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Indonesia: Journalist killed covering riot

A journalist was killed on 21 August while covering clashes between two villages in one of Indonesia’s southern islands. Police watched the attack but did nothing to intervene. According to International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX),...

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Zimbabwe: Government bans “offensive” paintings

The government has banned the works of prominent artist Owen Maseko which depict 1980s atrocities committed by a Zimbabwean army unit. An estimated 20,000 civilians, mostly supporters of opposition movement the Zimbabwe African People's Union...

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Togo: Judge bans newspaper

A criminal court judge in Togo has moved to ban the distribution of Tribune d'Afrique, a bimonthly Benin newspaper, that had raised questions about the alleged involvement of a half-brother of President Faure Gnassingbé in drug trafficking. The ban...

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