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Authorities in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan are attempting to shut down the Makhachkala-based independent weekly Chernovik and have levelled extremism charges against editor Nadira Isayeva and four reporters, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has reported. On Monday, the local branch of Russia's state media regulator Rossvyazkomnadzor filed a lawsuit against Chernovik in...

An Istanbul court has convicted the daily newspaper Günlük of "spreading PKK propaganda" in two issues of the paper, the IPS Communication Foundation (BIANET) has reported. According to journalist Ragip Zarakolu, Kurdish media is targeted frequently. Judge Necat Ede of Istanbul's 12th Heavy Penal Court cited Article 6 of the Anti-Terrorism Law, an article which former President Ahmet Necdet Sezer...

Iranian authorities are continuing a crackdown on journalists and information that began after the announcement of the disputed presidential election results. Journalists are still being arrested and more censorship measures have been adopted as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s allies try to suppress media coverage of fraud allegations. “Independent sources of news and information find it very hard...

Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has condemned as “bogus” and “dishonest” technical and official explanations given by the Ministry of Transport and Communications for banning broadcasting by the radio station La Voz de Bagua Grande in the town of the same name in Peru’s north-west. Paris-based RSF called on the government, unhappy at the media’s support for recent indigenous peoples’...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the Fiji military regime's extension of strict media censorship and emergency regulations, saying the regime's effort to stamp out public discussion is undermining all fundamental rights of the people of Fiji. Under the emergency rules, initially imposed in April, the media is forbidden to publish or broadcast anything negative about...

Iranian authorities have criticised international media reports and taken steps to control the flow of information from independent news sources as anti-government protests raged in the country for the third day on Monday. Opposition candidates Mirhossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi have appealed to their supporters not to accept the “rigged results.” The British Broadcasting Co said that electronic...

There is a stark lack of balanced and independent electoral coverage in the Iranian media. And, 15 journalists have been threatened or summoned for questioning in the cities of Machhad, Ahvaz, Sanandaj, Khoram Abad, Khohdasht and Tabriz since the campaign for the June presidential 12 election began on May 21. They have been targetted for criticising President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is running

Privately-owned Rrokum TV in Kosovo is still suspended by the Kosovar broadcasting network and internet provider IPKO, Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has reported. Although it has a contract guaranteeing its transmission for five years, Rrokum TV was dropped from IPKO’s network of 80 local, regional and international TV stations without warning on April 1. IPKO has at first blamed technical...

A Paris appeal court has ruled that the latest issue of the monthly magazine Choc can go back on sale only if a photograph of murder victim Ilan Halimi on the cover and inside pages is blacked out, Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has reported. Halimi’s alleged murderers are currently on trial. The ruling was the result of Choc’s appeal against a court order issued at the request of Halimi’s family...

Myanmarese (Burmese) military authorities have been urged to lift all restrictions on press coverage of Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s trial. Some Burmese journalists have intermittently been allowed to attend the trial, which is taking place inside Insein prison, but no foreign reporter has been allowed in and the Burmese media are not able to cover it freely, according to Paris-based...