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EUROPE and CENTRAL ASIA: The Region
Attacks on the Press in 2004
Europe and Central Asia
Attacks on the Press in 2004
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Cases of attacks on the press in Europe and Central Asia
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ALBANIA
Bomb damages office of popular daily newspaper
NEWS ALERT
December 19, 2005
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ARMENIA
Editor attacked outside home
CASE
September 6, 2006
Opposition editor sentenced to four years in prison
NEWS ALERT
September 11, 2006
Mayor's supporters attack journalist
CASE
July 13, 2006
Editor jailed without bail; political motives cited
NEWS ALERT
July 7, 2006
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AZERBAIJAN
In Azerbaijan, reporter beaten as attacks on newspaper continue
NEWS ALERT
December 26, 2006
Appeals court refuses to hear Zakhidov defense witnesses
NEWS ALERT
December 7, 2006
Government cracks down on independent and opposition media
NEWS ALERT
November 27, 2006
Two journalists held for defaming the Prophet Muhammad
NEWS ALERT
November 17, 2006
Opposition journalist sentenced to
3 years jail
NEWS ALERT
October 4, 2006
CPJ calls for end to crackdown on independent media
LETTER
October 2, 2006
In Azerbaijan, editor sentenced to prison in defamation case
NEWS ALERT
August 10, 2006
Ex-officer says he plotted editor's murder; some are skeptical
NEWS ALERT
July 27, 2006
CPJ concerned about jailed journalist's deteriorating health
NEWS ALERT
July 19, 2006
Critical journalist held on spurious drug charges, colleagues say
NEWS ALERT
July 11, 2006
Opposition editor abducted, brutally beaten
NEWS ALERT
May 22, 2006
Reporter for opposition paper is abducted, beaten
NEWS ALERT
March 7, 2006
Editor imprisoned for criminal libel; insult
NEWS ALERT
March 2, 2006
A year after editor's murder in Baku, case appears to grow cold
NEWS ALERT
March 1, 2006
CPJ
condemns press abuses during election
NEWS
ALERT
November 9, 2005
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BELARUSJournalists arrested covering opposition rally
CASE
August 31, 2006
Police detain two journalists preparing to cover opposition rally
NEWS ALERT
April 27, 2006
Authorities deny entry to Polish television journalists
NEWS ALERT
April 26, 2006
CPJ condemns attempts to close independent weekly
NEWS ALERT
April 19, 2006
More than two dozen journalists jailed
NEWS ALERT
March 28, 2006
Authorities continue press crackdown
NEWS ALERT
March 27, 2006
Police arrest journalists, block coverage in rally crackdown
NEWS ALERT
March 24, 2006
Czech reporter beaten, three Belarusians detained in election aftermath
NEWS ALERT
March 21, 2006
Press attacks continue on election weekend and beyond
NEWS ALERT
March 20, 2006
Government intensifies press crackdown ahead of election
NEWS ALERT
March 17, 2006
Arrests, jailings mark pre-election press crackdown
NEWS ALERT
March 16, 2006
Son of slain journalist Veronika Cherkasova released on bail
NEWS ALERT
March 14, 2006
Days before Belarusian vote, four newspapers forced to halt publication
NEWS ALERT
March 14, 2006
Police seize paper's election edition
NEWS ALERT
March 6, 2006
Police beat journalists covering police assault of opposition candidate
NEWS ALERT
March 2, 2006
Cartoon furor becomes press freedom crisis
NEWS ALERT
February 23, 2006
Authorities expel Polish journalist
NEWS ALERT
February 21, 2006
Election undermined by state abuses against media
NEWS ALERT
February 10, 2006
Police confiscate copies of opposition newspaper
NEWS ALERT
February 1, 2006
Police seize 'antistate' video from Ukranian TV crew
NEWS ALERT
January 30, 2006
Police seize second print run this month of opposition daily
NEWS ALERT
January 3, 2006
Prosecutors drop probe into stabbing death of journalist
NEWS ALERT
January 3, 2006
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
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BULGARIA
Bomb explodes at home of investigative journalist
NEWS ALERT
April 6, 2006
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CROATIA
Newspaper editor receives death threat for reporting on war crimes
NEWS ALERT
December 8, 2005
Journalist released from prison; pleads not guilty at UN tribunal
NEWS ALERT
October 14, 2005
Journalist arrested; facing extradition to UN war crimes tribunal
NEWS ALERT
October 7, 2005
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CYPRUS
TV crew arrested at Nicosia crossing
CASE
August 25, 2006
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DENMARK
Journalists not guilty of leaking state secrets
CASE
December 4, 2006
Two Danish journalists indicted for reporting on Iraq intelligence
NEWS ALERT
May 1, 2006
Newspaper receives bomb threat for cartoons of Muhammad
NEWS ALERT
February 1, 2006
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FRANCE
CPJ deplores death threats against commentator on Islam
NEWS ALERT
October 3, 2006
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GEORGIA
Three filmmakers released from prison in breakaway region
NEWS ALERT
March 28, 2006
Filmmakers sentenced to prison for espionage
NEWS ALERT
March 9, 2006
Filmmakers held in separatist region of Abkhazia
NEWS ALERT
March 7, 2006
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ITALY
Court frees journalist held after writing about serial murders
NEWS ALERT
May 3, 2006
Crime journalist's imprisonment raises alarm
PROTEST LETTER
April 19, 2006
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KAZAKHSTAN
CPJ urges examination of Kazakhstan's press freedom record
NEWS ALERT
September 28, 2006
President signs restrictive media bill
NEWS ALERT
July 5, 2006
Opposition journalist beaten for second time
NEWS ALERT
April 26, 2006
Opposition newspapers blocked from printing
NEWS ALERT
January 19, 2006
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KYRGYZSTAN
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LITHUANIA
Security agents seize all copies of newspaper
NEWS ALERT
September 8, 2006
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MOLDOVA
Interior Ministry searches television station, arrests employee
NEWS ALERT
September 11, 2006
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NETHERLANDS
Two journalists jailed for not revealing sources
CASE
December 27, 2006
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POLAND
Journalist released
NEWS ALERT
January 26, 2006
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ROMANIA
One journalist indicted, another freed on secrets charge
NEWS ALERT
February 22, 2006
Journalist arrested for not revealing source of classified document leak
NEWS ALERT
February 17, 2006
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Investigative reporter attacked and robbed of story notes
CASE
December 5, 2006
Colleagues of Anna Politkovskaya receive death threats
NEWS ALERT
November 28, 2006
Supreme court overturns acquittal in Klebnikov murder
NEWS ALERT
November 9, 2006
European court rejects Kholodov case
NEWS ALERT
October 17, 2006
CPJ fears silencing of critical Web site on Chechnya
NEWS ALERT
October 13, 2006
CPJ calls on Putin to take responsibility for Politkovskaya murder probe
NEWS ALERT
October 10, 2006
CPJ condemns slaying of reporter Anna Politkovskaya
NEWS ALERT
October 7, 2006
CPJ condemns harrassment of weekly, seeks photographer's release
NEWS ALERT
October 3, 2006
Journalist on trial for satirizing Putin
NEWS ALERT
September 21, 2006
Journalist faces lesser charge of insubordination
CASE UPDATE
August 28, 2006
CPJ protests harassment of weekly newspaper in Perm
LETTER
August 25, 2006
Opposition weekly forced to close amid official harassment
LETTER
August 23, 2006
Independent journalist kidnapped in Chechnya
NEWS ALERT
August 21, 2006
Authorities release details in journalist's murder
CASE
August 2, 2006
Photographer assaulted in courtroom
CASE
July 31, 2006
Defamation suit filed against weekly opposition newspaper
CASE
July 31, 2006
Unnamed suspect arrested in slaying; police say robbery was motive
NEWS ALERT
July 31, 2006
U.S. Senate issues condemnation in Klebnikov killing
NEWS ALERT
July 28, 2006
President signs law labeling criticism of state officials "extremism"
NEWS ALERT
July 28, 2006
Reporter found slain in apartment
NEWS ALERT
July 26, 2006
CPJ urges European court to make Russian murder case a priority
LETTER
July 21, 2006
Ukranian TV reporter jailed covering anti-G8 rally
NEWS ALERT
July 17, 2006
German student journalists jailed on eve of G8 summit
NEWS ALERT
July 14, 2006
Independent weekly newpaper's offices searched
CASE
July 14, 2006
As G8 summit nears, CPJ urges examination of Russia's press record
NEWS ALERT
July 13, 2006
Two years after Klebnikov murder, still no justice
NEWS ALERT
July 7, 2006
Russian Authorities deny British journalist entry visa
NEWS ALERT
July 5, 2006
Bill seeks to label critical journalists extremists
NEWS ALERT
June 30, 2006
Bush urged to take up Klebnikov case
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June 28, 2006
Story satirizing Putin's birth goal prompts government retalitation
NEWS ALERT
May 23, 2006
Opposition editor released from prison after 48-hour delay
NEWS ALERT
May 19, 2006
U.S. House condemns impunity in journalist murders
NEWS ALERT
May 17, 2006
Court frees opposition newspaper editor from pre-trial detention
NEWS ALERT
May 16, 2006
Two charged in Klebnikov murder acquitted
NEWS ALERT
May 5, 2006
Opposition editor placed in two-month pre-trial detention
NEWS ALERT
May 2, 2006
Magazine's print run seized, editor harassed
CASE
May-July, 2006
Protests against Kremlin control of broadcast media
NEWS ALERT
April 17, 2006
Prosecutor files criminal libel charges against editor
NEWS ALERT
April 14, 2006
Reporter's death prompts questions among friends, family
NEWS ALERT
April 11, 2006
U.S. journalist returns home after interrogations in Dagestan
NEWS ALERT
April 3, 2006
Journalist arrested in case stemming from Chechnya coverage
NEWS ALERT
April 3, 2006
Russian authorities in Dagestan detain, question U.S. journalist
NEWS ALERT
March 31, 2006
Computer, phone taken, bloody print left in Moscow slaying
NEWS ALERT
February 28, 2006
NTV reporter found murdered in Moscow apartment
NEWS ALERT
February 27, 2006
Investigative reporter assaulted
CASE
February 23, 2006
Second paper closes in wake of Danish cartoon controversy
NEWS ALERT
February 21, 2006
New judge in Klebnikov trial rejects appeal for open hearing
NEWS ALERT
February 15, 2006
Court hits PEN with hefty tax bill, freezes its bank account
NEWS ALERT
February 10, 2006
Chechen comments lead to editor's conviction for 'inciting hatred'
NEWS ALERT
February 3, 2006
Reporter beaten in North Ossetian capital
CASE
February 3, 2006
Criminal libel cases draw concern
PROTEST LETTER
January 31, 2006
Editor threatened, cameraman assaulted
CASE
January 27, 2006
Putin signs restrictive NGO bill
NEWS ALERT
January 17, 2005
In Klebnikov case, opening hearing held in closed court
NEWS ALERT
January 10, 2005
CPJ urges Putin to revive probe into disappearance of journalist Maksim Maksimov
PROTEST LETTER
January 9, 2006
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SERBIA
Editor attacked outside home
CASE
December 27, 2006
TV editor convicted in criminal defamation case
NEWS ALERT
August 15, 2006
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SWITZERLAND
Military investigating newspaper over CIA prison story
NEWS ALERT
January 10, 2006
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TAJIKISTAN
Government controls on news compromise vote
NEWS ALERT
November 3, 2006
Government rejects BBC bid for FM license
NEWS ALERT
August 3, 2006
CPJ alarmed by suspension of BBC FM broadcasts
NEWS ALERT
January 20, 2006
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TURKMENISTAN
RFE/RL reporter dies in prison
NEWS ALERT
September 14, 2006
RFE/RL reporter sentenced to six years jail in secret trial
NEWS ALERT
August 25, 2006
CPJ alarmed by reports of abuse in journalist's detention
NEWS ALERT
August 14, 2006
Radio journalist arrested without charge or explanation
NEWS ALERT
June 21, 2006
Broadcaster loses contact with two correspondents for 2nd time
NEWS ALERT
March 30, 2006
Authorities release two RFE/RL journalists
NEWS ALERT
March 20, 2006
RFE/RL correspondents held incommunicado
NEWS ALERT
March 9, 2006
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UKRAINE
Editor assaulted after critical articles
NEWS ALERT
August 16, 2006
European Court finds Ukraine violated journalist’s free press rights
NEWS ALERT
August 11, 2006
Arson attack on investigative journalist
NEWS ALERT
June 7, 2006
Editor beaten in Kyiv
NEWS ALERT
April 10, 2006
Press climate improves, but attacks continue
PROTEST LETTER
March 24, 2006
Editor attacked, threatened
CASE
March 10, 2006
Court closes portions of Gongadze trial
NEWS ALERT
January 23, 2006
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UZBEKISTANReporter sentenced to six years in prison despite witness reversal
NEWS ALERT
October 5, 2006
One reporter confined in hospital, another in prison
NEWS ALERT
September 26, 2006
A journalist disappears and another is arrested
NEWS ALERT
September 19, 2006
Government continues harrassment of independent journalist
NEWS ALERT
August 2, 2006
Journalist released after year in jail for anti-constitutional activities
NEWS ALERT
April 4, 2006
Foreign Ministry targets reporters for German broadcaster
NEWS ALERT
March 16, 2006
Government tightens restrictions on foreign media
NEWS ALERT
March 15, 2006
Reporter freed after serving term for 'insulting" officer
NEWS ALERT
February 28, 2006
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