Europe & Central Asia

2006

  

MONTENEGRO: Editor attacked outside home

October 24, 2006 Posted December 27, 2006 Jevrem Brkovic, Crnogorski Knjizevni List ATTACKED Brkovic, editor-in-chief of the pro-government newspaper Crnogorski Knjizevni List (Montenegrin Literary Journal), was attacked by three masked men outside his home in the capital Podgorica. The attackers fatally shot the editor’s driver Srdjan Vojicic, according to the Writers in Prison Committee of…

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In Azerbaijan, reporter beaten as attacks on newspaper continue

New York, December 26, 2006–Four unidentified men severely beat Nijat Huseynov, a reporter for the Baku-based opposition daily Azadlyg, on Monday morning, according to local and international press reports. Huseynov told the Turan news agency that he had received anonymous threatening phone calls recently. The callers made reference to Huseynov’s work but did not cite…

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Journalists killed in 2006

Majority are murdered; worldwide death toll rises

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Empty promise of press freedom

China media-watchers are accustomed to seeing moderate pendulum swings in the government’s approach to press freedom. Over the years, rules have been eased, only to be reined back when social conditions or political administrations change.

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2006 Awards – Ceremony

New York, November 22, 2006–The Committee to Protect Journalists marked its 25th anniversary by honoring four journalists with its 2006 International Press Freedom Awards in a ceremony Tuesday night which highlighted record-setting attacks on the press in Iraq. More than 850 people attended the benefit dinner which raised $1.3 million. It was co-chaired by Robert…

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2006 Awards – Jamal Amer – Yemen

Jamal AmerCourageous Yemeni editor undaunted by threats and harassment

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Appeals court refuses to hear Zakhidov defense witnesses

New York, December 7, 2006—The Azerbaijan Court of Appeals should reverse a ruling excluding defense witnesses in the appeal of Sakit Zakhidov and release the ailing journalist, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today . The court ruled Monday not to hear witnesses for the defense or further investigate the case against Zakhidov, a prominent…

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Internet fuels rise in number of jailed journalists

New York, December 7, 2006–The number of journalists jailed worldwide for their work increased for the second consecutive year, and one in three is now an Internet blogger, online editor, or Web-based reporter, according to an analysis by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

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Investigative reporter attacked and robbed of story notes

December 5, 2006 Posted December 12, 2006 Eduard Kitashov, Chelovek i Zakon ATTACKED An unidentified assailant knocked Kitashov unconscious in Moscow and robbed him of his notes for a story on an attempted corporate takeover in the southern Russian industrial city of Togliatti. The assailant took Kitashov’s briefcase containing a tape recorder and reporting materials…

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Journalists not guilty of leaking state secrets

 UPDATE  December 4, 2006 Original Alert: May 1, 2006 Niels Lunde, Berlingske Tidende Michael Bjerre, Berlingske Tidende Jesper Larsen, Berlingske Tidende

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2006