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(IPYS/IFEX) - Daniel Santoro, a journalist for the daily newspaper "Clarín" and president of the Argentinean Journalism Forum (Foro de Periodismo Argentino, FOPEA), has denounced that his e-mail was surreptitiously monitored and copied by unknown persons who did the same to that of Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas. An account of the event appeared in the newspaper on 11 May 2006. According to...

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on leaders attending the 11 - 13 May 2006 European Union - Latin America and Caribbean summit in Vienna to do more for press freedom, which has taken a beating in the western hemisphere in 2005 and the early months of 2006. "Seven journalists were murdered in connection with their work in the Americas in 2005 and five more have been killed since the start of...

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders condemned an assault on cameraman Omid Yakmanish, of Tolo TV, the 2005 laureate of its press freedom award, who was beaten up by two parliamentarians while covering a debate in parliament. He had gone to parliament on 7 May 2006 for a controversial debate on media coverage of the day of commemoration of the Mujahideen victory over Russia. One deputy, Malalai...

BERLIN, May 12 (UPI) -- Germany's Federal Intelligence Service has spied on the professional and private lives of numerous journalists, according to a report. A classified report delivered to a parliamentary commission overseeing the intelligence services, or BND, proves the agency also contacted journalists to inform them about their colleagues' work, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper said...

(IPYS/IFEX) - In 2005, IPYS documented 121 freedom of expression violations, affecting 164 victims. Although the number of incidents diminished by 14.18% compared to 2004, the number of individuals effected increased by 7.93%. This demonstrates that the repressive actions against the press in 2005 had a greater impact and reach. These facts are all detailed in the book "Venezuela: Freedom of...

(AJI/IFEX) - Three days before the commemoration of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, which is celebrated by journalists around the world, a local tabloid journalist in East Java was murdered. Herliyanto, 38, was found dead on 29 April 2006 in the forest near Tarokan, a village near the town of Banyuanyar, Probolinggo District, in East Java province. Police believe the cause of the death was...

(PROBIDAD/IFEX) - Octavio Carvajal, journalist and host of two programmes on the Tegucigalpa-based radio station STC Noticias, has reported to the Public Prosecutor's Office a physical attack that he suffered at the hands of Marcelo Chimirri, vice-director of the state telephone company Hondutel. The journalist also announced his intention to leave the country temporarily on 11 May 2006 for fear...

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders "firmly condemns" the physical mistreatment, including beatings and sexual abuse, which three foreign women photographers received from Mexico City police when they were arrested during a heavy-handed raid on a peace march in the suburb of San Salvador Atenco on 4 May 2006. The victims were María Sostres, a Spanish photographer, Samantha Dietmar, a German...

The 9 May 2006 election of 10 of the world's worst violators of free expression - Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, China, Cuba, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia - to be members of the UN's new Human Rights Council was called a "scandal" today by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). "It is outrageous that 10 countries that violate the rights of journalists and free expression on a...

New York, May 11, 2006 - The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by reports that Egyptian police and security officers assaulted several journalists covering protests today in support of two judges facing dismissal for criticizing last year's parliamentary elections. Several journalists detained while covering similar protests last month are still being held. Plainclothes police and...