Program Coordinator: Bob Dietz Research Associate: Madeline Earp
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NORTH KOREA | PAKISTAN | PHILIPPINES | SINGAPORE | SOLOMON ISLANDS
SOUTH KOREA | SRI LANKA | TAIWAN | THAILAND | TONGA | VIETNAM
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SPECIAL REPORTS
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• CPJ names the ten most censored countries |
AFGHANISTAN
Journalism student given 20-year jail term
October 21, 2008
U.S. military frees Afghan journalist from Bagram
September 22, 2008
Afghan TV reporter detained, show cut short
July 29, 2008
As Karzai seeks aid, a call for press freedom
LETTER
June 11, 2008
BBC reporter gunned down
June 9, 2008
Appeal delayed over torture investigation
June 2, 2008
Afghan journalist begins death penalty appeal
May 19, 2008
Afghan bomb wounds two Australian journalists
CASE
April 29, 2008
Afghan journalist detained without explanation in Iran
March 14, 2008
Pentagon should disclose evidence, charges against Afghan journalist
February 26, 2008
Concern growing over Afghan journalist's ongoing detention
February 21, 2008
Afghan journalist detained at Bagram Air Base
February 18, 2008
Positive signs from Afghan officials, but Kambakhsh still faces death
February 6, 2008
CPJ asks Karzai to intervene in Afghan death sentence
LETTER
January 30, 2008
CPJ condemns Afghan’s death sentence
January 23, 2008
CPJ urges Karzai to protect Afghan media
LETTER
January 17, 2008
Arrests made in Kabul hotel suicide bombing
January 15, 2008
Journalist faces death in Afghanistan
January 14, 2008
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AUSTRALIA
Step forward in 1975 East Timor murders
November 19, 2007
New legislation a potential threat to press freedom
October 10, 2007
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BANGLADESH
Investigative reporter arrested after exposing police corruption
CASE
March 28, 2008
Cartoonist freed
CASE
March 21, 2008
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BURMA
U Win Tin, Burma’s longest held journalist, released
September 23, 2008
CPJ calls on Burma donors to consider media access
July 22, 2008
Journalists jailed in Cyclone Nargis aftermath
July 1, 2008
Authorities deport South Korean freelance journalist
June 25, 2008
CPJ calls on Burma to allow in foreign journalists
May 30, 2008
Authorities restrict Cyclone Nargis news coverage
May 14, 2008
Call for government to allow foreign journalists to cover disaster
May 7, 2008
CPJ Special Report:
Burma's Firewall Fighters
Burma's military junta imposed tighter Internet restrictions after the Saffron Revolution.
But news continues to flow thanks to the exile-run media and their resilient undercover reporters.
May 7, 2008
Two journalists arrested by military junta
February 19, 2008
Burmese government suspends newspaper
January 23, 2008
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CAMBODIA
Journalist shot and killed in run-up to elections
July 14, 2008
Newspaper publisher released
June 14, 2008
Journalist jailed on defamation, disinformation charges
June 10, 2008
Reporter flees Cambodia after death threat
May 1, 2008
Journalist threatened, victim of hit-and-run accident
CASE
February 15, 2008
CPJ Special Report:
Cambodia's Battling Broadcasters
In a country with few critical news sources, Radio Free Asia is taking on tough stories.
October 10, 2007
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CHINA (including Hong Kong)
CPJ condemns China’s detention of Tibetan filmmakers
October 17, 2008
CPJ: Chinese police should halt obstruction of photographers
August 21, 2008
With Games nearing end, RFA Tibet service reporter
still denied visa
August 20, 2008
CPJ concerned online curbs still restrict Olympic journalists
August 19, 2008
ITN journalist, covering demonstrators in Beijing, is roughed up
August 13, 2008
CPJ’s Web site blocked in Olympic press centers
August 12, 2008
RFA reporter unable to enter China to cover Games
August 7, 2008
CPJ urges Bush to raise concern about jailed Chinese journalists
LETTER
August 6, 2008
Police in China detain, beat Japanese reporters;
Reuters staffer threatened
August 5, 2008
CPJ urges China to allow access to Xinjiang after attack on police
August 4, 2008
Some Internet limits remain at Games
August 1, 2008
IOC meetings on Internet access must be followed
through with action
July 31, 2008
China, IOC backtrack on Olympic Internet access
July 30, 2008
IOC must act to curb Chinese restrictions on media
July 29, 2008
Police re-arrest Internet writer who was on probation
July 22, 2008
CPJ meets with IOC head to discuss China concerns
July 15, 2008
One month before the Olympics, media face huge hurdles
July 8, 2008
Internet journalist sentenced to four years in prison
July 1, 2008
Chinese Internet publisher still detained by police
June 18, 2008
One online journalist arrested, one missing in Chengdu
June 13, 2008
China steps up checks on quake reporting
June 6, 2008
Tibetan blog hacked
CASE
May 15, 2008
Journalist sentenced to four years
May 13, 2008
Foreign journalists report threats before Olympics
April 30, 2008
Tibetan TV producer detained in China
April 16, 2008
IOC must press Beijing to meet media commitments
April 1, 2008
Foreign media clampdown spreads
March 19, 2008
Chinese media stifled as Tibetan unrest continues
March 18, 2008
China should abide by press pledges and allow coverage in Tibet
March 17, 2008
CPJ testifies before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China
February 27, 2008
Releases cautiously welcomed
February 11, 2008
One journalist freed, another sentenced
February 5, 2008
CPJ calls for release of imprisoned journalists
January 31, 2008
Journalist tried on ‘subversion’ charges
January 22, 2008
British PM should push for press freedom in China
LETTER
January 17, 2008
Officials attempt to arrest reporter for defamation
CASE
January 4, 2008
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EAST TIMOR
Newspaper office attacked
CASE
August 4, 2007
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FIJI
Australian newspaper executive expelled from Fiji
May 2, 2008
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INDIA
Media shut down in Kashmir; one journalist dead
August 29, 2008
Local journalists assaulted, censored in Kashmir
August 25, 2008
Photojournalist killed in crossfire in Kashmir
May 12, 2008
NDTV bureau attacked, employee beaten
CASE
January 19, 2008
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INDONESIA
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JAPAN
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LAOS
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MALAYSIA
Blogger jailed for two years under security act
September 23, 2008
Amid arrests and threats, Malaysia cracks down on media
September 12, 2008
Government blocks popular news site
August 29, 2008
Malaysian government intensifies harassment of political bloggers
August 19, 2008
Blogger charged with criminal defamation
July 23, 2008
Blogger held on sedition charges
May 7, 2008
Malaysia may abolish paper licensing system
LETTER
May 2, 2008
CPJ appeals for Malaysian newspaper renewal
LETTER
April 18, 2008
Journalist detained, beaten, while covering street protests
CASE
January 26, 2008
“Allah” banned in Catholic newspaper
CASE
January 4, 2008
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MALDIVES
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NEPAL
Journalist in knife attack
CASE
January 17, 2008
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NORTH KOREA
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PAKISTAN
Taliban-held journalist killed in army strike
September 2, 2008
Journalists wounded by security forces
CASE
August 25, 2008
Pakistan paper under threat
July 18, 2008
Journalist gunned down
May 22, 2008
Pakistan Supreme Court moves to silence media
May 12, 2008
Arrest in 2006 killing of Pakistani cameraman
April 16, 2008
Journalist shot dead in Pakistan
April 14, 2008
Media restrictions under reconsideration in Pakistan
April 11, 2008
New York-based South Asian weekly editor threatened
April 7, 2008
Three reporters missing in restive Baluchistan province
March 6, 2008
One journalist killed, two injured in suicide blast
March 4, 2008
CPJ concerned about press freedom during Pakistani elections
February 15, 2008
Journalist killed by gunman
February 12, 2008
Musharraf government suspends TV station
February 7, 2008
CPJ decries government pressure on Pakistani television station
January 22, 2008
In expulsion case, Pakistani assertions ring hollow
January 16, 2008
Pakistan expels reporter for The New York Times
January 11, 2008
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PHILIPPINES
CPJ welcomes new charges in 2005 murder
October 20, 2008
Philippine publisher arrested in 9-year-old libel case
September 4, 2008
August 11, 2008
Radio commentator slain in Mindanao
August 6, 2008
Philippine journalist shot, in critical condition
August 5, 2008
Journalist shot dead by gunmen on motorcycle
July 1, 2008
Philippine TV journalist and crew abducted
June 9, 2008
Editor draws prison term on libel conviction
June 5, 2008
Philippine Supreme Court should intervene in murder case
LETTER
May 23, 2008
Delay in trial of accused masterminds in journalist’s killing
May 21, 2008
Publisher shot dead
April 8, 2008
CPJ concerned about Philippine murder trial
LETTER
March 28, 2008
Suspect in journalist’s murder reappears to face trial in the Philippines
March 7, 2008
News chopper denied airspace over rally
CASE
February 29, 2008
CPJ asks for action on warrants issued for Garcia-Esperat murder
LETTER
February 8, 2008
Two arraigned in 2001 killiing
January 11, 2008
Journalist in custody for libel
CASE
January 22, 2008
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SINGAPORE
Lee family wins defamation case
CASE
September 24, 2008
Critics of judiciary face reprisal in Singapore
September 19, 2008
Singapore detains U.S. blogger over libel commentary
June 3, 2008
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SOLOMON ISLANDS
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SOUTH KOREA
South Korean journalist ordered home from Iraq
August 15, 2008
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SRI LANKA
Sri Lankan journalist critically injured in gun attack
September 11, 2008
Sri Lankan journalist indicted on terrorist charges
August 25, 2008
Another journalist attacked, hospitalized
July 2, 2008
Press freedom in Sri Lanka continues to deteriorate
LETTER
June 13, 2008
TV reporter slain in northern Sri Lanka
May 23, 2008
Columnist beaten during abduction
May 23, 2008
Sri Lankan media faces increasing harassment
LETTER
March 21, 2008
Sri Lanka arrests six in connection with news Web site
March 11, 2008
Sri Lankan defense minister endorses media repression
January 28, 2008
News producer knifed
CASE
January 25, 2008
CPJ fears for Sri Lankan
journalists as cease-fire ends
LETTER
January 9, 2008
Tamil-language daily threatened
CASE
January 6, 2008
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TAIWAN
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THAILAND
Newspaper journalist shot and killed
September 30, 2008
Protesters seize Thai state television station
August 26, 2008
Bomb attack kills Thai reporter
August 22, 2008
CPJ calls for investigation into murdered journalist
August 6. 2008
Thai prime minister urged to halt harassment
LETTER
June 20, 2008
BBC reporter faces legal harassment in Thailand
June 6, 2008
Tesco hits Thai journalists with heavy libel suits
LETTER
April 29, 2008
Popular radio broadcaster knocked off the air
February 15, 2008
CPJ asks Thailand to move forward on press freedom
LETTER
February 14, 2008
January 22, 2008
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TONGA
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VIETNAM
Graft-busting reporter jailed for two years
October 15, 2008
Police detain, beat Associated Press reporter in Vietnam
September 13, 2008
Critical blogger given 30 months in prison
September 11, 2008
Authorities revoke seven journalists' press credentials
August 5, 2008
Several journalists arrested
May 13, 2008
Award-winning journalist released
February 4, 2008
Thai journalist jailed without charge
LETTER
January 11, 2008
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