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| • CPJ names the ten most censored countries • On Assignment: A guide to reporting in dangerous situations • Journalist deaths spike to record in 2007 • Journalists in prison: CPJ's 2007 census • Anya's Paper • Faded Colors • Another Mystery in Moscow • Getting away with murder • Azerbaijan: Finding Elmar's killers Rewriting the Law to Make Journalism a Crime Analysis from the Europe and Central Asia section of Attacks on the Press in 2007 Russia language version (pdf): Attacks on the Press in 2007  |
ALBANIA
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ARMENIA
European Court rules in favor of embattled television station
June 19, 2008
Media restrictions imposed as president declares emergency
March 3, 2008
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AZERBAIJAN
Finding Elmar's Killers: A Special Report
September 15, 2008
Journalist slammed with 10 years in prison for alleged treason
June 25, 2008
Agil Khalil barred from leaving the country
June 19, 2008
Journalist beaten by police, hospitalized in Azerbaijan
June 16, 2008
CPJ urges Azerbaijan to investigate assaults
LETTER
June 3, 2008
Assaults continue on reporter
May 20, 2008
Embattled reporter escapes attempts on his life
May 9, 2008
Opposition daily reporter stabbed outside his office
March 14, 2008
Genimet Zakhidov sentenced to four years in prison
March 7, 2008
Critical journalist receives numerous death threats
CASE
January 28-30, 2008
Appeals court upholds verdict in Fatullayev case
January 16, 2008
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BELARUS
Despite protests, Lukashenko signs restrictive media law
August 5, 2008
Belarus considers restrictive media law
July 8, 2008
Authorities crack down on independent journalists
March 27, 2008
Libel laws crippling Belarusian newspapers
LETTER
March 6, 2008
Editor freed after being jailed for Prophet cartoons
February 25, 2008
Editor jailed over Muhammad cartoons
January 18, 2008
Authorities crack down on freelancers after a protest rally in Minsk
January 14, 2008
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
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BULGARIA
Web site editor beaten with hammers in Sofia
September 23, 2008
Writer on organized crime shot and killed
April 8, 2008
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CROATIA
Two journalists killed in car bomb
October 23, 2008
Reporter beaten by men with baseball bats
June 4, 2008
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CYPRUS
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DENMARK
Three arrested in plot to assassinate Prophet cartoonists
February 14, 2008
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FRANCE
French journalist investigated over intelligence leaks
December 10, 2007
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GEORGIA
Russian broadcasters blocked in Georgia
August 19, 2008
Israeli journalist seriously injured in Gori
August 13, 2008
Dutch cameraman killed, reporter wounded in Georgia
August 12, 2008
Two killed, several injured or missing in South Ossetia
August 11, 2008
Georgia shuts two TV stations, blocks others from news-gathering
November 8, 2007
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GERMANY
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HUNGARY
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IRELAND
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ITALY
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KAZAKHSTAN
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KYRGYZSTAN
Police raid newspaper, confiscate computer, seal newsroom
June 17, 2008
Broadcasting bill rolls back press freedom gains
May 15, 2008
Saipov’s murder investigation shut down again
April 10, 2008
CPJ urges resumption of Kyrgyz murder probe
LETTER
February 22, 2008
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LITHUANIA
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MOLDOVA
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POLAND
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ROMANIA
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RUSSIA
Politkovskaya family lawyer ill,
possibly poisoned
October 14, 2008
Two years after Politkovskaya’s murder,
three suspects will go to trial
October 6, 2008
CPJ asks Russia to allow journalists’ entry
LETTER
September 26, 2008
Polish television crew freed in South Ossetia
September 9, 2008
September 8, 2007
One journalist killed, another beaten in North Caucasus
September 3, 2008
Web site owner killed in police custody in Ingushetia
September 2, 2008
Persecution of Dagestan weekly continues
August 28, 2008
Russian broadcasters blocked in Georgia
August 19, 2008
Israeli journalist seriously injured in Gori
August 13, 2008
Two killed, several injured or missing in South Ossetia
August 11, 2008
Facing harassment, Web site editor flees Russia
August 7, 2008
Independent weekly editor charged with extremism in Dagestan
August 7, 2008
Ingushetia Web site editor
seized, beaten, threatened
July 28, 2008
In Bashkortostan, journalists convicted of extremism
July 2, 2008
English-language paper closes because of state harassment
June 19, 2008
Three charged in
Politkovskaya murder
June 18, 2008
Moscow court orders closure of North Caucasus news Web site
June 17, 2008
Court tosses out charges against journalism foundation director
June 3, 2008
Politkovskaya’s killer identified, charged, sought on an international warrant
May 12, 2008
Restrictive media law amendment moves forward in Duma
May 1, 2008
Canadian journalist harassed in Chechnya; press accreditation taken
April 24, 2008
Suspect in Kochetkov murder acquitted in Tula
April 8, 2008
Editor of an independent weekly stabbed in Kaliningrad
April 1, 2008
Two television journalists covering the North Caucasus murdered
March 21, 2008
Reporters stranded at airport for two days, harassed
February 28, 2008
For second time, reporter barred from Moscow
February 27, 2008
Human Rights Watch executive denied entry visa
February 20, 2008
Another paper raided over ‘pirated’ software
February 8, 2008
Police confiscate newspaper's computers
February 5, 2008
Ingushetia police detain, beat, deport journalists
January 29, 2008
Deported journalist declared threat to state security
January 17, 2008
Station faces criminal charges for slang use of Putin's name
January 10, 2008
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SERBIA
CPJ urges Serbian president to protect broadcaster B92
LETTER
March 4, 2008
Independent broadcaster B92 threatened, besieged
February 22, 2008
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SWITZERLAND
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TAJIKISTAN
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TURKMENISTAN
RFE/RL unable to reach reporter
July 11, 2008
RFE/RL journalist tortured, forced into a psychiatric hospital
July 26, 2008
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UKRAINE
Three convicted in the abduction and murder of Georgy Gongadze
March 17, 2008
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UNITED KINGDOM
Four charged in 2001 murder of investigative journalist in Northern Ireland
September 17, 2008
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Uzbek reporter gets
10-year prison term
October 10, 2008
CPJ urges Uzbek court to reject politicized prosecution, acquit journalist
October 9, 2008
Authorities alter charge to justify journalist’s arrest
August 5, 2008
Independent journalist arrested on allegations of drug possession
June 13, 2008
Journalists under tighter restriction since Andijan
LETTER
May 13, 2008
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