2005-2014

(MISA/IFEX) - On 28 May 2006, a senior government official lambasted the Swazi media for publishing articles he deemed insulting to the new Minister for Health, Njabulo Mabuza, who was appointed last week in a mini Cabinet reshuffle. The media criticized the Prime Minister for appointing someone with limited education to an important portfolio such as health. The media published stories that...

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders is protesting against two-month jail sentences imposed on 30 May 2006 by a Jordanian court on two journalists, Jihad Momani and Hisham Al-Khalidi, for reprinting cartoons of the prophet Mohammed that appeared in a Danish paper last year and expressed concern about journalists being harshly punished for doing so. "This is the first time journalists have been...

(CPJ/IFEX) - New York, May 31, 2006 - The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled by attacks on journalists and a newspaper in the town of Kushtia in western Bangladesh. Witnesses told local media that about 20 men, whom they recognized as activists from the ruling Bangladesh National Party (BNP), attacked the offices of Quality Press on Wednesday, damaging a printing press, threatening...

(MFWA/IFEX) - On 17 May 2006, the Liberian Broadcasting System (LBS), the state-owned broadcaster, ordered its journalists to seek clearance prior to broadcasting "corruption allegations" against government officials and other top personalities. A memorandum signed by Benjamin N.Tangay, Assistant Director General for News and Public Affairs (ADG), warned that editorial staff had to channel all...

(CPJ/IFEX) - New York, May 31, 2006 - The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Tuesday's attacks by local police against six Chilean reporters covering clashes between security forces and high school students during a massive strike demanding reforms in Chile's education laws. Nearly 600,000 high school students protested in Chile's capital, Santiago, calling for a reduction in public...

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has requested that Burundi's intelligence service drop its legal proceedings against Burundi Press Agency (Agence burundaise de presse, ABP) journalist Aloys Kabura. Kabura has been detained in the central prison of Ngozi (northern Burundi) since 31 May 2006. The journalist, who recently wrote an article implicating the police in sugar smuggling, was...

(CPJ/IFEX) - New York, June 1, 2006 - A year after Lebanese journalist Samir Qassir was murdered in a Beirut car bombing, those responsible remain at large. The Committee to Protect Journalists reiterates its call to Lebanese authorities and the international community to work urgently to bring to justice those behind Qassir's murder, and the murder and maiming of two other journalists last year...

About 70 reporters, editors, photographers and newsroom administrators have taken early retirement offers from The Washington Post Co., as the company's flagship newspaper works to contain costs while circulation continues a slow slide. Some familiar and veteran bylines will exit The Post's pages, such as those of political writer Thomas B. Edsall, science writer Guy Gugliotta, foreign...

Top law enforcement officials have asked leading Internet companies to keep histories of the activities of Web users for up to two years to assist in criminal investigations of child pornography and terrorism, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI Director Robert Mueller outlined their request to executives from Google, Microsoft, AOL, Comcast, Verizon...

GOOGLE'S RECENT FORAY INTO PRINT advertising fell short of the company's expectations, a company executive said Wednesday. Speaking on a conference call with investors and the media, Jonathan Rosenberg, Google's senior vice president for product management, said the venture to auction off print ads in magazines, which launched in February, has been one of the biggest disappointments in the last...