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(ANEM/IFEX) - BELGRADE, October 18, 2007 - Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) expresses its gravest concern and protest after the physical attack on Vesna Bojicic, journalist and Pristina based correspondent of Voice of America's Serbian Language Service. During the night between October 15 and October 16, the journalist heard somebody knocking on the door of her apartment in...

(IAPA/IFEX) - MIAMI, Florida (October 18, 2007) - In winding up its 63rd General Assembly here, the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) concluded that "the exercise of press freedom, freedom of information and free speech in many countries in the hemisphere continues facing serious obstacles," among which it mentioned violence, harassment by governments and legal actions against journalists...

(IFJ/IFEX) - The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned a wave of recent attacks on journalists in Algeria, particularly in the Djelfa, where journalists are being charged under the penal code for press offences. "The Algerian government use of the criminal code to prosecute journalists has created a hostile atmosphere for independent journalism," said IFJ General Secretary...

(CPJ/IFEX) - New York, October 17, 2007 - The publisher of a private newspaper in southern Nigeria, arrested last week by men suspected by local journalists to be agents of the State Security Service, was charged with sedition on Tuesday over a story critical of a local state governor, according to news reports. Jerome Imeime of southern Akwa Ibom state's private weekly Events is the first...

Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns the arrest of independent journalist Zeljko Peratovic after a raid on his Zagreb home yesterday in which police seized files and computers. He has been charged with revealing a state secret. “Journalists’ homes should enjoy the protection necessary for the confidentiality of their sources, without which they cannot work properly,” the press freedom...

From children’s programmes to sports broadcasts, the BBC swung an axe on at least 10 per cent of its workforce on Thursday in an effort to push through £1.7bn in savings over the next six years. Announcing his controversial “reprioritisation” plan, director-general Mark Thompson told staff that those who survived would be working for a smaller but fitter and more flexible BBC. Apart from the job...

More than 160 years of articles from the Economist are set to become available online with the launch of The Economist Historical Archive 1843-2003. The archive will contain more than 600,000 pages of the weekly magazine's reporting and analysis. It is a joint project between Gale - part of Cengage Learning - and the Economist. "The Economist Historical Archive is more than a database - it is a...

Advertising is likely to start appearing on the BBC.com website from next month. BBC Worldwide is moving quickly to generate revenues from its global audience following approval for the controversial plan from the BBC Trust. From later today, an "advertise with us" link is set to appear for the first time on BBC.com news pages. BBC.com has an estimated 26.5m international visitors a month...

New York, October 18, 2007—The Committee to Protect Journalists is distressed to learn of the shooting death of Azar Abbas Haidri, a staff reporter for The Post, the Islamabad-based, English-language daily. Azar’s body was found in Karachi early Tuesday morning. He had gone there to celebrate the Muslim Eid holiday with his family. “We offer our condolences to the family and friends of Azar Abbas...

(MISA/IFEX) - On 16 October 2007, a police officer manhandled "The Star" photographer Matthews Baloyi and confiscated equipment belonging to him, while chief photographer Chris Collingridge was arrested for taking down the registration number of a private car used by a police officer. Collingridge was later released. The incident took place following heated scenes between the South Africa Police...