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Attacks on the Press 2006: Africa Snapshots: Attacks & Developments


BENIN

• Editor Fulric Richard Couao-Zotti and Managing Editor Virgile Linkpon of the private weekly La Diaspora de Sabbat were imprisoned for three days in September over a story about the president's family. The article claimed that President Yayi Boni's eldest son had a mental illness, according to Joseph Perzo Anago, head of the Benin media center, and local media reports. A presidential spokesman said the journalists had attacked Boni's family.
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February 5, 2008 5:00 PM ET |
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Attacks on the Press 2007: Africa Snapshots: Attacks & Developments
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February 5, 2008 5:00 PM ET |
Tags: Darfur
Attacks on the Press | Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Attacks on the Press 2007: Middle East and North Africa

Benin
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Chad
Comoros
DRC
Equatorial    Guinea
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February 5, 2008 12:00 PM ET |
Reports | Afghanistan, Botswana, Canada, Colombia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Haiti, Iran, Kenya, Liberia, Rwanda, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Journalists in Exile: Statistics

JOURNALISTS IN EXILE
A STATISTICAL PROFILE
July 2001 - June 2007
Total who went into exile in this period
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June 19, 2007 12:00 AM ET |
Reports | Afghanistan, Botswana, Canada, Colombia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Haiti, Iran, Kenya, Liberia, Pakistan, Rwanda, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Journalists in Exile: 243 forced to leave their homelands since 2001

By Elisabeth Witchel and Karen Phillips
At least three journalists a month flee their home countries to escape threats of violence, imprisonment, or harassment.
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June 19, 2007 12:00 AM ET |
Alerts | Liberia

Liberian tabloid files appeal with Supreme Court after government ban over sex photo

New York, March 6, 2007—The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Liberia’s Supreme Court to rescind a ban on private bi-weekly The Independent.

The paper filed an appeal with the court on grounds that the government violated Liberia’s constitution when it revoked their license and closed its offices after the paper’s February 20 and February 27 publications of a compromising photo of ex-Presidential Affairs Minister Willis Knuckles with two women, according to local journalists.
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March 6, 2007 12:00 PM ET |
Attacks on the Press | Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Attacks on the Press 2006: Middle East and North Africa

Benin
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Chad
Comoros
DRC
Equatorial    Guinea
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February 5, 2007 12:00 PM ET |
Attacks on the Press | Benin, Burkina Faso, Burma, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, France, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, Zambia

Attacks on the Press 2006: Snapshotsattacks & Developments Throughout the Region


BENIN

• Editor Fulric Richard Couao-Zotti and Managing Editor Virgile Linkpon of the private weekly La Diaspora de Sabbat were imprisoned for three days in September over a story about the president's family. The article claimed that President Yayi Boni's eldest son had a mental illness, according to Joseph Perzo Anago, head of the Benin media center, and local media reports. A presidential spokesman said the journalists had attacked Boni's family.
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February 5, 2007 12:00 PM ET |
Reports | Afghanistan, Botswana, Canada, Colombia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Haiti, Iran, Kenya, Liberia, Pakistan, Rwanda, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Journalists in Exile

By Elisabeth Witchel and Karen Phillips

243 forced to leave their homelands since 2001

At least three journalists a month flee their home countries to escape threats of violence, imprisonment, or harassment.

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January 1, 2007 5:01 PM ET |
Letters | Liberia

CPJ urges president to probe attacks on press

Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists is troubled by a recent string of attacks on journalists in Liberia, some of which were carried out by government security forces. The Press Union of Liberia wrote to you on May 30 to express concern about these attacks and call for an investigation. However, despite an Information Ministry statement the following day affirming the government's commitment to press freedom, there has been no evidence of an investigation into these incidents nor any public effort to punish those responsible.

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June 19, 2006 12:00 PM ET |
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