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Reporters Without Borders condemns an escalation in violence against journalists in the past few weeks including three murder attempts (two in Bajaur, in the Tribal Areas, and one in Hyderabad) and a severe beating in Hyderabad.
“Aside from the duty of the security forces to protect journalists, it is vital that armed groups, especially the Taliban insurgents, put an immediate stop to their threats and attacks on the media. The influence of Pakistan’s TV stations is such that their (...)
Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns the action of the police in Suichang, in the eastern province of Zhejiang, in putting reporter Qiu Ziming of The Economic Observer weekly on the list of the country’s most wanted criminals because of allegations he made about a Suichang-based battery manufacturer, Kan Specialties Material Corporation.
Voicing strong support for Qiu and hailing his determination to stand by what he wrote and produce evidence to back his claims, Reporters Without (...)
Reporters Without Borders hails yesterday’s decision by Spain’s national court to reissue international warrants for the arrest of three US soldiers who are blamed for the 2003 death of Telecinco cameraman José Couso in Baghdad.
Couso, a Spanish national, and Reuters reporter Taras Protsyuk, a Ukrainian, were killed when Baghdad’s Palestine Hotel was shelled by a US tank on 8 April 2003.
The court issued the new warrants in response to a supreme court ruling at the start of July ordering it (...)
Reporters Without Borders condemns the draconian and disproportionate ruling issued by judge Anna Eisenberg in the Russian far-east city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur on 16 July ordering local Internet Service Provider RA-RTS Rosnet to block access to video-sharing website YouTube and four other websites from 3 August onwards.
YouTube is to be blocked because of a nationalist video called “Russia for the Russians,” which is on a list of extremist content banned by the justice ministry. The other (...)
The Emirati authorities have been harassing and arresting users of BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) who allegedly tried to organise a protest against an increase in the price of gasoline (one of the highest in the Arab world). The protest was eventually called off. BBM user Badr Ali Saiwad Al Dhohori, an 18-year-old resident of Ras Al Khaimah, has reportedly been held in Abu Dhabi since 15 July.
The authorities were able to trace the organiser, known as “Saud,” because he included his BlackBerry (...)
Control of media that are affiliated to or support the Red Shirt movement has been reinforced considerably since a state of emergency was imposed in Bangkok and many other provinces. A TV station, radio stations, websites and newspapers have been censored, banned, forcibly closed or prosecuted.
Most of these media supported the Red Shirt demonstrations, sometimes issuing forceful calls for insurrection. But they also served as ordinary relays of legitimate demands coming from a part of (...)
Journalists employed by two radio stations in Yopal, the capital of the northeastern department of Casanare, stopped work today and demonstrated silently, with their mouths gagged, in the city’s main square to protest against a lawsuit targeting eight of their colleagues and to demand respect for freedom of information.
Eight journalists who work for Violeta Stéreo or La Voz de Yopal are being sued by Casanare governor Raúl Flórez, who insists that they made false and defamatory comments from (...)
A former Chinese policeman who says he saw organs being harvested from executed prisoners in his country wants asylum in Switzerland and is refusing to leave.
Social networking website Facebook, which is highly popular in Switzerland, reached a milestone this month – 500 million users worldwide.
Imports of illegal medicines into Switzerland jumped by 75 per cent in the first half of this year – a situation causing concern among health officials.
Cairo 29th of Jul 2010
The Khalifeh court of misdemeanor in the Galaa Court compound in Cairo will proceed next Saturday the 31st of July with the case filed by citizen Abdel Fattah Murad against Gamal Eid, director of the Arab network for human rights information, Ahmed Seif, founder of the Hisham Mubarak Law Center and activist and blogger Amr Gharbeya, where he accuses them of threat with defamation, public slander, misuse of the internet, the punishment of which may reach 4 years (...)
UAE
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BlackBerry in danger
On July 25th , 2010 the Emirati Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, announced that BlackBerry phones face problems of misuse which can cause security problems. The authority added that it would seek to protect consumers and the law while denouncing the company venture to work “outside the borders of the National Authority.” Reporters Without Borders said that this warning may be intended to prepare public opinion for a comprehensive ban or block (...)
The trial of Mahmoud Salah Amin and Awad Aismail Souleiman, two police officers who allegedly beat a youth to death outside an Internet café, opened yesterday in Alexandria and was then adjourned until 25 September.
The policemen, who will remain in detention until the next hearing, are accused of illegal arrest, torture and use of excessive force. Lawyers representing the family of the victim, Mohammed Khaled Said (http://en.rsf.org/egypt-young-activ…), asked for the charges to be changed (...)
The Tunisian authorities have in the past few days stepped up their harassment of journalists who dare to criticise the government and defend freedom of expression.
“We are very worried by the measures taken to intimidate journalists and restrict their fundamental freedoms, including the freedom of expression and assembly,” Reporters Without Borders said. “The authorities are also trying to rein in criticism of journalist Fahem Boukadous’ imprisonment. We reiterate our call for his immediate (...)
Reporters Without Borders is shocked to learn that Elena Kostyuchenko, a reporter for the opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta, and Yury Timofeyev, a reporter for Prague-based Radio Liberty, were arrested while covering the violent dispersal of environmentalists who had camped out at Khimki forest, north of Moscow, in an attempt to prevent part of it being torn down.
The press freedom organisation also condemns the physical mistreatment of Kostyuchenko at the time of her arrest and regrets (...)
Tunisian journalist Fahem Boukadous has been in extremely poor health since police arrested him on 15 July to begin serving a four-year jail sentence for covering protests in the Gafsa mining region in the spring of 2008 for the international satellite TV station El Hiwar Ettounsi.
Boukadous, who suffers from acute asthma attacks and was undergoing medical tests when police arrested him, is being held in a cell in Gafsa prison, in the middle of the desert, where the temperature can rise to (...)
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Pakistan - Murder attempts against three journalists, a fourth beaten unconscious
Friday 30 July 2010
China - Journalist put on “most wanted” list for accusing company of improprieties
Friday 30 July 2010
Russia - Court orders YouTube and four other sites blocked over “extremist” content
Friday 30 July 2010
Activists Ahmed Seif, Gamal Eid and Amr Gharbeya:- Possibility of 4 years imprisonment and fine – Saturday’s 31 July court session – In the series of Abdel Fattah Mourad accusations
Thursday 29 July 2010
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information Weekly Bulletin #322 Seventh Year 22/7/2010 -28/7/2010
Thursday 29 July 2010
Russia - Two journalists arbitrarily arrested while covering attack on Khimki forest protesters
Thursday 29 July 2010
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