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Planned US media job cuts up 88 per cent in 2006 CHINA: Belgian TV journalist and his crew assaulted while reporting on Aids VENEZUELA: Photographer wounded during swearing in of new mayor AZERBAIJAN: Columnist allegedly assaulted by chairman of liberation organisation LUDHIANA: Photojournalist, reporter beaten up by relatives of senior politician NEPAL: Himalmedia attacked again, dozen injured ISREAL/PELESTINE: IFJ Condemns Israel for Strike on TV During Gaza Blitz SOMALIA: Radio reporter gunned down by member of pro-government militia Attempt to Gag Media Foiled by Ludhiana newsmen Taj Times owner among three found dead Media Centre Opened RUSSIA: Pro-opposition editor Yuri Grachev attacked in Moscow region CHINA: Journalists attacked while reporting on riots Shock, outrage at ULFA threat to North East TV Journalists protest attack on scribes INDIA: Manipur media shutdown after threats by outlawed militant group SOMALIA: Media executive of prominent radio station assassinated in Mogadishu CHINA: Journalists detained in Xinjiang and expelled SC vacates Assam govt order cancelling NE TV accreditation Skinheads attack Newsweek correspondent in Moscow subway First Internet cafes open in backward Turkmenistan: Source The Independent Nat Games accreditation cards of NE-TV scribes cancelled One arrested in newsreader murder case BOLIVIA: Leader of pro-government group under house arrest after new attack on journalists SEAPA Alert: Suspect charged for killing of radio blocktimer in the SRI LANKA State media turned into presidential propaganda outlets SWAZILAND MISA condemns attack on journalist at Manzini church service THAILAND: Media under fire as political conflict intensifies ZAMBIA: Photojournalist Abel Mabwe and reporter Mutuna Chanda assaulted, interrogated by police PARAGUAY: Correspondent Aldo Lezcano assaulted, receives death threat; 2 media persons expelled from penitentiary GHANA: Journalist attacked in Angola Ghana: Journalist Attacked At Castro’s Secret Wedding ARGENTINA :- Patagonian radio station vandalised VENEZUELA: Students attack newspaper's vehicle; supporters of candidate for governor reprimand journalists for their reporting SOMALIA: Journalist Said Tahlil Amhed killed in Mogadishu MAXICO :- Magazine editor abducted, beaten and threatened by mayor and municipal employees ARMENIA: Journalist Attacked, Beaten for critical writing Media houses targeted with grenades, three journalists wounded SOUTHAFRICA :- eNews journalists subpoenaed after story on criminals' World Cup plans THAILAND :- Thai police, soldiers raid Karen media office SRI LANKA :- Two MTV network journalists assaulted SRI LANKA :- FMM condemns police actions against journalists covering prote sts RUSSIA: Owner of North Caucasus Internet Portal Shot Dead LEBANON: Journalist seriously injured during pro-Syrian rally Newspaper founder originally jailed for defamation now sentenced to 13 years on additional charges NIGERIA :- Police assault, arrest journalist at ECOWAS summit MEXICO :- Journalists assaulted by members of Presidential Guard NEPAL : - Another media entrepreneur shot dead in Janakpur MEXICO: Local officials attack photojournalist with stones NICARAGUA: Radio stations vandalised, TV station vehicles damaged, SOMALIA: Two foreign journalists kidnapped THAILAND: Two grenades fired at TV station TURKEY: Crowd attacks journalists taking photos at government rally after PM assails media COLOMBIA: Journalist brutally assaulted by town councillor ARGENTINA: Radio station is target of arson attack SOMALIA :- Al Shabab detains three journalists from Markabley Radio stat ion CAMBODIA: Journalist questioned, harassed, assaulted by military police after reporting on officer's alleged involvement in illegal logging BOLIVIA: Cameraman assaulted SOMALIA : - Puntland guards beat journalist inside courtroom INDIA: Trainee journalist gunned down in Manipur, local media stage protests D R CONGO: Radio Okapi journalist gunned down near his home in Bukavu PERU: Journalist assaulted D R CONGO: Media workers assaulted by political party activists in Kinshasa EGYPT :- Peaceful protesters brutally treated, journalists assaulted DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO :- Wave of interrogations, harassment sparks new concerns for press free dom NEPAL: Three journalists receive death threats; another attacked, his equipment destroyed; others verbally harassed INDIA: Journalist investigating drug trafficking gunned down in Bihar state MEXICO :- Two journalists found alive two days after armed ambush NIGERIA :- Cameraman found dead in suspicious circumstances THAILAND: One reporter dead, another injured, by bomb blast while on assignment in conflict-ridden southern province LEBANON: Journalist Attacked in Beirut by Pro-Syrian Demonstrators SRI LANKA: Journalist beaten by Eravur police MONTENEGRO: Two journalists assaulted, threatened by mayor Kidnapped journalist's body found in Sinaloa UKRAINE :- Newspaper editor brutally assaulted PAKISTAN :- Journalist's mutilated body found by police SOMALIA :- Puntland forces briefly detain and beat journalists in Bossaso BOLIVIA: TV station dynamited ECUADOR: Two TV stations seized, radio station raided, "insult" proceedings against editor reopened BOLIVIA: One journalist in hospital, several others also injured in assaults on press covering demonstrations in Santa Cruz BRAZIL: Journalist attacked by security guard NEPAL: "Kantipur" newspaper journalist receives death threat; newspapers' offices vandalised; journalists in Bhaktapur threatened PHILIPPINES: Army holds journalists at Mindanao checkpoint SENEGAL :- Police raid printing house, halt printing newspaper IRAN: One journalist held incommunicado, another stabbed TUNISIA: Reporter at Kalima Radio arrested and violently assaulted BOLIVIA: Bomb blast damages newspaper offices VENEZUELA: Journalists assaulted at Carabobo state legislative council headquarters ZAMBIA :- Member of Parliament forces his way into TV station, threatens guests with gun MAXICO :- Broadcasting corporation's vehicle set on fire, journalists threatened SERBIA :- Serbian minister for infrastructure assaults "Kurir" journalist NEPAL: Media houses attacked in Kailali district; journalist assaulted in Bhaktapur CHINA: Two video bloggers arrested for documenting pro-Tibet protests in Beijing; two AP photographers roughed up VENEZUELA: ANTV employee receives fractures and lung injury at hands of opposition candidate's sympathisers SIERRA LEONE: Radio station vandalised, staff members threatened with death THAILAND: Satellite TV provider's head office attacked with grenades, guns CHINA: IFJ Condemns China Attack on Belgian TV Crew MEXICO: Journalists threatened and assaulted by police in Mexico City and SERBIA: Several reporters and cameramen attacked while covering protests by right-wing nationalist organisations SERBIA: TV station owner attacked over report PERU: Journalist assaulted by regional president's advisor PARAGUAY: Football player assaults and issues death threats against journalists for "Popular" newspaper GUATEMALA :- Daily newspaper harassed after publishing information about government programme BHUTAN :- A media vechile vandalized MEXICO :- Immigration officials assault photographer, confiscate his equipment NEPAL: Two newspaper correspondents assaulted by Khandbari youths over critical coverage NEPAL: Media offices burned, vandalised; television station office, journalists attacked NEPAL: Organised assaults undermining Free Media GABON: Reporter for satirical weekly badly beaten by president's bodyguards RUSSIA: Editor shot and killed in Dagestan CAMEROON Journalist investigating corruption detained, threatened Cameraman's home raided KENYA: Journalist Francis Nyaruri found beheaded following articles exposing police corruption AFGHANISTAN: Journalist kidnapped, Dangers for Journalists Rise as Afghan Elections Approach IRAN: Seven media workers, including Franco-Iranian cameraman, arrested VENEZUELA :- Student killed in TV protests PERU: Reporter assaulted, TV station's vehicle damaged during demonstration in Lima; journalist threatened in San Francisco IRAQ/UNITED STATES: Journalist critically injured following shots by US military MEXICO: Police officers raid weekly's offices, issue death threats against journalists, assault and detain reporters PAKISTAN: Taliban militants blow up journalist's house in Buner district VENEZUELA: 8 radio stations, two newspapers targeted in rash of vandalism in Cojedes state ARGENTINA: Journalist assaulted, detained by police COLOMBIA: Journalist assaulted, threatened in Barranquilla ISLAMABAD: Unidentified people attacked the house of a reporter of DawnNews in the early hours of Tuesday and damaged property. ARGENTINA: RSF concerned over wave of attacks on media in northwestern Argentina BOLIVIA: Dynamite blast damages opposition senator's radio station GHANA: Ruling party supporters assault opposition cameraman PAKISTAN: Two Indian journalists roughed up in Lahore SOMALIA: Journalist stabbed; 2nd attack in less than a week BAHRAIN :- Minister blocks YouTube channel ISRAEL/PALESTINE :- Israeli soldiers assault journalists in West Bank village GHANA :- Newspaper photojournalist detained, severely assaulted VENEZUELA: Journalist assaulted by angered mayor for reporting on alleged irregularities RUSSIA: Journalists detained, beaten at rally NEPAL: TV correspondent and radio technician assaulted; publisher prevented from printing newspapers ISRAEL/PALESTINE: Two cameramen injured, IDF tightens restrictions further affecting the media PERU: Journalists assaulted in separate incidents in Iquitos, Tocache and Casma BRAZIL: Grenade thrown at "Correio Popular" headquarters following publication of a report about kidnapper IRAN: - Editor arrested, several journalists still held in secret locations RUSIA :- Journalist killed in police custody TUNISIA :- Journalist Mouldi Zouabi arrested, detained for eight hours MEXICO : -Two journalists kidnapped in Tamaulipas, later released ARGENTINA :- Journalists assaulted, harassed in Salta RUSSIA :- Media director shot to death THAILAND :- Three journalists injured in Bangkok clashes ARGENTINA :- Journalist harassed, threatened in Tartagal BAHRAIN: Detainees in newsletter and website case beaten and ill-treated; journalists warned PHILIPPINES: Radio journalist shot to death after receiving death threats SRI LANKA: Government officials assault two "Daily Mirror" journalists, harass Sirasa TV journalist covering home demolitions TANZANIA: Police raid independent weekly's offices and editor's home VENEZUELA: Radio station fired upon following threats allegedly received from pro-government group ZIMBABWE: ZBC reporter abducted, assaulted, but manages to escape BANGLADESH: Journalist Farid Alam forced to leave country after receiving death threats from Islamist group Radio station evicted from its premises; two photojournalists assaulted PAKISTAN: Fatwa and violence against journalists in Tribal Areas IFJ Calls for Investigation of Killing of Journalist and Union Leader in Ghana Afrida Hussain of Northeast Television (NeTV) mercilessly beaten Geetartha Pathak ; NEC member, IJU Nigerian Security forces close radio station and TV station: Source Reporters Without Borders BRAZIL: ARTICLE 19 Condemns Attack on Journalist's Home in Pará Filipino Journalist death toll under President Arroyo now at 50 PERU: Journalist assaulted, receives death threat; 2 journalists expelled from state property VENEZUELA: Journalist declared "war objective", her home is target of teargas bombs BOTSWANA: Photojournalist attacked by football club official Troops assault Fijian photographer "Two journalists killed every week over last 10 years", says first comprehensive journalist safety survey PHILIPPINES Radio journalist killed, case filed against suspect PAKISTAN TV reporter's house attacked with bricks BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA :- IPI strongly condemns police raid on premises of BN Television in Bijeljina Editors Guild of India condemns "moves" to raid offices of Eenadu Western Sahara Police Arrest Swedish Freelance Photographer in Capital 18 Journalists Killed in 2007 Dead reporter was probing clandestine arms deals- Russian paper PARAGUAY : - Journalists assaulted by police, prevented from speaking to detainees AP Assembly adjourned over ‘attempt to gag media’ SC notice to AP govt on Margdarsi Financers case Copyright deal clears way for European Digital Library: Source EU Observer Sri Lanka Media executive held under anti-terror laws, as Journalist nears 100 days in detention ZIMBABWE: Photojournalist flees country following assault by police, confiscation of his property BOLIVIA: Journalist assaulted while covering demonstration in Beni BOLIVIA: Journalists harassed, assaulted by civic leaders in Tarija and by protesting teacher on the Cochabamba-La Paz highway Gunmen snatch journalist as Mexico drug war rages: Source Reuters Cost of reporting news: 1,000 killed in 10 years Radio newscaster kidnapped in western Baghdad VENEZUELA :- Student killed in TV protests Attack on Vaartha photographer condemned BBC correspondent kidnapped in Gaza Strip PHILIPPINES: Journalist succumbs to gunshot wounds sustained in assassination attempt Two journalists held captive CPI (M) cadres at Nandigram INDIA: Journalists attacked, injured in Malkangiri district while covering police PERU: Journalists assaulted, newspaper's circulation impeded, following Afghan driver of kidnapped Italian journalist executed: report World press body slams Pakistani police attack on Geo TV channel Media obstructed, tear-gassed; two journalists "missing" Pakistan Police ransack geo TV's office MAXICO :- Bombs thrown at journalist's home in Tabasco PAKISTAN :- Twelve journalists injured in bomb blast EGYPT: Interpreter released; textile factory worker who wrote blog detained, tortured BRAZIL: Critical journalist's home set on fire in northern Amazon region NEPAL: Newspaper correspondent attacked by transport workers in Kaski; 3 journalists, camera operators assaulted by Kathmandu police MEXICO: Journalist assaulted, threatened by municipal police in Oaxaca while photographing abuse of detainee TURKEY :- Cameraman assaulted while on duty MALAYSIA: Newspaper faces harassment, possible legal action over editorial on can ing Pakistan on defensive after attack on media SERBIA: Za media agency journalists assaulted, threatened with death while trying to cover murder in Zajecar New round of Stalinist-style trials under way, more arrests PERU ;- Two journalists attacked in Chimbote BJP activists assault journalists during Mahajan trial VENEZUELA :- Three tournalists assaulted while covering different protests; another journalist faces legal action MAXICO :- Editor killed in Guerrero TUNISIA : -Radio Kalima reporters harassed PAKISTAN : - Journalist killed outside press club HONDURAS : - One journalist killed, another injured in shooting Siasat (Urdu) scribe "attacked", three arrested Panama president endorses two restrictive articles in new criminal code: Source Reporters Without Borders COLOMBIA: Mayor harasses radio station employees, assaults journalist following report on new traffic regulation PHILIPPINES: Crusading radio journalist critically wounded in murder attempt RUSSIA: Following threats, assault and criminal prosecution campaign, website editor flees country IRAQ: Journalist gunned down in Kirkuk after receiving threats over articles VENEZUELA :- Photographer injured while reporting on protest Mexico: Three Journalists Murdered in First Weeks of 2010 UNITED STATE HAITI :- US marines seize Haitian photographer's camera Zimbabwe government threatens foreign correspondents: Source Committee to Protect Journalists IRAQ: Independent journalists harassed, attacked in Kurdistan election run -up IRAQ: Journalist kidnapped Somalia orders Al Jazeera, local radios off the air: Source Middle East Times SEAPA Alert: Thai cops, soldiers raid Karen media office GHANA :- Newspaper reporter attacked Assam HR Commission takes suo moto cognisance of attack on journalists BULGARIA :- IPI condemns Molotov cocktail attack on TV SKAT NEPAL : - Newspaper editors and chairman receive threats over news coverage MEXICO :- Government official assaults reporter BELGIUM/TURKEY:- Ten arrested in police raid on Kurdish TV station BRAZIL:- Journalist assaulted by city council president in Caxias UP Journalist thrashed by school manager Azerbaijan Editor convicted of libel BURMA: Military’s tactics against Burmese uprising target journalism INDIA: Offices of Punjabi Daily “Spokesman” attacked in Punjab cities Afghan reporter taken hostage with Italian journalist beheaded DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Cameraman shot dead following threats to him, host of same programme over crime coverage DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Cameraman shot dead following threats to him, host of same programme over crime coverage NEPAL:- Journalist hospitalised after attack by youth group PERU :- Journalists assaulted and detained during carnival celebrat ion Indian-origin media tycoon shot in Nepal Gambia arrests US-based journalist - sources VENEZUELA: Attack on "Panorama" newspaper attributed to Chávez opponents by congressmen and Maracaibo mayor PAKISTAN: Police violently repress protesting journalists, seriously injuring five VENEZUELA :- Authorities arrest former police officer in Sambrano m urder IRAN :- Two newspapers closed, detained journalists under pressure to request forgiven ess MEXICO :- Journalist shot to death in Guerrero Journalist sympathetic to opposition murdered in Zimbabwe New Death Sparks Warning: Bargaining with Taliban Increases Risk to Foreign Media Four Media Deaths in Iraq: Carnage and Solidarity Mark April 8th Anniversary of Injustice IRAQ: Reporter attacked by mob, two others threatened as media repression increases in north IRAN: Human Rights Watch report documents mounting rights violations as government celebrates revolution's anniversary MEXICO :- Police officers assault reporter and camera operator in V eracruz DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO :- ANR agents storm radio station, arrest programme guests ISRAEL :- Palestinian journalists repeatedly targeted by IDF gunfire in March MEXICO :- Photojournalist assaulted as police officers stand by PAKISTAN :- Journalist killed in suicide blasts in Kohat ECUADOR :- Journalist dies as result of suspicious accident Mexico :- International Mission Attacked in Oaxaca Human Rights Defenders, Activists and Journalists Killed or Missing Protest over Shooting of Journalist as Wave of Gangland Violence Sweeps Mexico NIGERIA :- Two sports journalists kidnapped by unknown gunmen Grenade blasts in two Thai TV stations injure 11 people MEXICO :- International mission attacked in Oaxaca; human rights defenders, activists and journalists killed or missing IFJ demands full investigation into murder of Sri Lankan editor YEMEN: Opposition newspaper reporter murdered MEXICO: Reporter harassed, beaten by military personnel in Sinaloa GEORGIA/RUSSIA: Two journalists killed, two missing, more injured while covering conflict in Ossetia GEORGIA/RUSSIA: Five Russian, two Turkish journalists also injured in South Ossetia ARGENTINA :- Journalist assaulted in La Leonesa, Chaco CANADA :- CJFE condemns vandalisation of newspaper office IFJ Condemns Police Assault and Ban on Aljazeera Correspondent in Tunisia NIGERIA: Journalist assaulted by government-owned oil company's manager, security personnel Mumbai Star TV office ransacked Kidnapped Mexican journalist found dead SRI LANKA: Journalist Iqbal Athas attacked by government ministry BURKINA FASO: IFJ Calls for Thorough Investigation into Arson Attack on Radio Presenter’s Car AFGHANISTAN: Military Attack on Journalists Deprives Citizens of Information SOMALIA : - Al-Shabaab militants arrest radio journalist in southern Somalia ECUADOR :- Police officer assaults photojournalist BOLIVIA :- TV presenter attacked Sri Lankan government official threatens editor, political interference in media worsens Cops thrash TV channel reporter in Samastipur BURMA: Censorship board cracks down on cartoonist, actors who supported September protests BURMA: More journalists imprisoned as police round-up goes on IRAQ: IFJ Condemns Targeted Killing of Journalist in Northern Iraq SERBIA: Cameraman assaulted, injured, photographer's camera broken during protests IRAQ: Kurdish journalist survives assassination attempt; several other journalists threatened UNESCO :- CI News: "Director-General condemns murder of Pakistani TV journalist Ashiq Ali Mangi" ARGENTINA :- Camera operator assaulted by police, detained 'Fanatics' attack Pakistan Journalist with cricket bat in Canada AZERBAIJAN :- SalamNews journalist assaulted while on duty IRAN :- Hardline conservative journalist attacked BURMA: News photographer missing, eight other journalists still detained Pakistan : regulatory body threatens Aaj TV with closure over coverage of judicial crisis BANGLADESH: Reporter beaten in custody INDIA: Three TV journalists assaulted by ruling party Legislator PAKISTAN: Global Journalists Condemn Military Control of Newsrooms in Emergency Somali journalist stabbed; 2nd attack in less than a week PALESTINE/ISRAEL:- Seven journalists assaulted in Jerusalem and He bron Car of daily’s employee set ablaze in Bangkok; spike in violence against journalists in Thailand feared IFJ to Chinese government: Release Ching Cheong PAKISTAN: Journalist injured, hospitalised following attack in Tribal Areas SENEGAL: Police raid newspaper printing house, harass newspaper, interrogate editor over critical article; minister allegedly threatens reporter BRAZIL: Journalist injured in bomb blast in Mato Grosso do Sul state ahead of municipal election NIGERIA: Reporters assaulted, threatened at gunpoint while covering Action Congress party rally HONDURAS :- Radio journalist shot to death ATTACK ON MEDIA PERSONS IN SUNDERNAGAR PAKISTAN: Draconian curbs imposed on media following state of emergency declaration PAKISTAN: Five journalists among nine people arrested in Karachi for protesting police raid on largest newspaper group Nepal: Bomb hurled targeting journalists NEPAL: Journalists threatened with death, attacked by Maoists in Rukum district Police in Pakistani Kashmir harass television station employees to force withdrawal of news story Acid thrown on Punjab scribe NIGERIA :- Radio reporter assaulted by mourners, narrowly escapes death CAMBODIA Newspaper editor found dead in suspicious circumstances Veteran Journalist attacked by gunmen in Iraq Reporter with Tamil newspaper murdered in Jaffna SRI LANKA Ultras beat up scribe, VDC member SRI LANKA: Arsonists destroy printing house SRI LANKA: Media terrorised in Jaffna region HONDURAS :- Another journalist killed in Honduras Filipino blocktimer and columnist killed in Mindanao SRI LANKA: Government air strike on radio station of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) kills 10 Journalist detained at Algiers airport, another given one-year sentence for tax fraud PAKISTAN: Investigative Journalist Murdered in Sindh Province THAILAND: Reporter shot dead in his home following death threats related to reporting VENEZUELA :- Bingo parlour security assaults press team TURKEY :- Journalist beaten, threatened for criticising mayor NEPAL: Police attack journalist DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Cameraman shot dead following threats to him INDIA: Jharkhand Journalist’s murder case - Opposition demand CBI probe Bulgarian journalist attacked, nobody cares PUNJAB: Local Media Persons Assaulted at Ludhiana IMC COMMENT: Shameful attack calls for stern punishment LIBERIA :- Presidential security service personnel assault journalist BOLIVIA: Recall referendum marred by isolated attacks on press CHINA (HONG KONG): Independent radio station threatened with replacement by state broadcaster Dinakaran claims police have not acted against accused IRAN :- New coordinated attack on human rights groups MEXICO: Activist filmmaker murdered while investigating attacks on indigenous community radio station AZERBAIJAN: Three journalists assaulted while trying to report on altercation in Nakhchivan, their equipment broken SRI LANKA :- Attack on Sirasa TV network is "an attack on democracy", says FMM VENEZUELA: Media headquarters in Maracay fired upon, journalists threatened with death VENEZUELA: News crews pelted with rocks, their material destroyed, while covering student protest in Anzoátegui NIGER: Newspaper editor released on bail, charged with "divulging military secrets" PALESTINE: Radio station closed by Hamas in Gaza; journalist released after 5 Days in detention MALAYSIA: Photojournalists assaulted by political parties' security personnel PHILIPPINES: Radio broadcaster investigating irregularity in local government murdered CHINA: TVNZ sports commentator Steve Robilliard attacked GEORGIA/RUSSIA: Turkish journalists injured in attack, assaulted and detained by Russian soldiers NIGERIA: Unidentified gunmen kill journalist, police involvement suspected RUSSIA: Further Violence Against Journalists in the North Caucasus SRI LANKA: Notoriously anti-media government minister publicly assaults, threatens two journalists VENEZUELA: Radio station attacked in Aragua; journalist harassed by political candidate's security personnel in Zulia PHILIPPINES: Radio broadcaster investigating irregularity in local government murdered PHILIPPINE- DAVAO: RMN Broadcaster dies! NEPAL: Journalist attacked by students over coverage of campus political clashes SENEGAL: Newspapers raided, staff assaulted following threats by official GEORGIA: Journalist wounded by sniper; Israeli journalist shot at by Russian soldiers; two radio stations ransacked NIGERIA: "National Standard" magazine's Lagos office raided by intelligence service SRI LANKA: Three journalists assaulted by Colombo University medical students GUATEMALA :- Journalist shot in Guatemala City THAILAND :- Reuters journalist killed, freelance photographer hurt in clashes between security forces and anti-government protest ers Goa BJP condemns manhandling of lensman by NCP functionary GEORGIA/RUSSIA: Azeri TV crew, Turkish journalists fired upon by Russian troops in Gori, reporting equipment seized MALAYSIA: Two news photographers attacked by political party supporters TUNISIA: Journalist attacked at Tunis Carthage Airport, barred from leaving country PELESTINE: IFJ Condemns Israeli Military Crackdown on Palestinian radio stations PEC first quarter report on the number of journalists killed - 22 journalists killed, more than half in Latin America HONDURAS :- Two more journalists shot and killed PAKISTAN :- Journalist injured in attempted kidnapping VENEZUELA :- Journalist attacked, threatened in Mérida VENEZUELA :- Bodyguards for mayor and governor assault journalist 3 killed as newspaper office is set on fire VENEZUELA: Journalist's vehicle torched following threats from Guárico state governor over article on corruption GUINEA: Journalist attacked by presidential guard CONGO: Journalist in police custody in Kinshasa DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO :- Journalist gunned down in North Kivu provi nce PAKISTAN: Tribal journalist among five killed in roadside bomb blast KAZAKHSTAN :- Reporter who covered oil worker strike is assaulted IRAQ/UNITED STATES :- Wikileaks releases video of US military airstrike that killed two journali sts Dinakaran case: DMK Mayor, ex-Mayor surrender in court, 25 arrested GEORGIA/RUSSIA: Dutch cameraman killed, reporter wounded during bombing of Gori CHINA: British journalist roughed up, briefly detained, questioned by security officers, after filming pro-Tibet protest near Beijing BOLIVIA: Journalists assaulted by university students in Sucre PAKISTAN :- One cameraman dead, several others injured in Quetta suicide b omb ITN reporter attacked and detained by Chinese police at Tibet protest By Clifford Coonan in Beijing GEORGIA/RUSSIA: In Gori, Israeli journalist seriously injured, Trialeti radio-TV station ceases broadcasting IRAQ: Kurdish journalist seriously injured in armed attack, his sister killed, other family members injured GHANA: Various reporters assaulted by political militants for alleged bias, one seriously injured PALESTINE/ISRAEL :- Journalist arrested, others shot at while covering prote sts PERU :- Journalist beaten, knocked unconscious by local police CHINA :- Two young Tibetan writers arrested in raid on university i n Gansu BRAZIL :- Journalist detained during council meeting CHILE :- Documentary maker assaulted by mayor's security guards RUSSIA: One journalist killed, another beaten in North Caucasus MEXICO :- Municipal and state police assault journalists in Chihuahua BELARUS :- Police seize computers from four journalists PAKISTAN :- Local TV station employee killed while covering Ahmadi mosque attacks in Lahore PERU :- Radio host convicted and jailed on defamation charges PHILIPPINES :- Volunteer reporter survives attack by gunmen The Empire strikes back — and how! WEST BENGAL: Journalists allegedly fired at in violence-hit Nandigram PAKISTAN: Journalist kidnapped and jailed by Taliban, then killed in air raid GUINEA: Journalist violently assaulted by member of presidential guard SENEGAL: Police raid and seal "24 Heures Chrono", seize edition, arrest editor; cabinet minister's nephew arrested for ransacking 2 newspapers TIBET (CHINA) :- Two Tibetan magazine editors arrested, mistreated in detention MEXICO :- Reporter shot while covering conflict at university UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL :- "Director-General condemns the murder of journalist Patient Chebeya Bankome in the Democratic Republic of Congo PERU :- Journalist stabbed after making allegations against mayor EGYPT :- Police detain publisher, raid his house KERALA: `Mathrubhumi' Perambra news bureau office attacked PAKISTAN: Armed activists attack private television channel HAITI: Second radio journalist murdered in a week SGPC men scuffle with mediapersons, thrash policeman Militants kill Iraqi journalist in Baghdad PAKISTAN: Editor brutally beaten over coverage of judicial crisis PAKISTAN: Three photographers injured, journalist and cameraman taken hostage in Aaj TV attack PALESTINE: Journalist, media worker killed in Gaza City WEST BENGAL: TV cameraman beaten up in Kolkata IRAQ: Three more journalists killed Attack on media by sect members in Delhi IRAQ: Two ABC News journalists killed in Baghdad PUNJAB: TV crew attacked inside shrine; Reporters accused of going overboard ERITREA :- Prominent journalist arrested, ex-prison guard reveals fate of other detained journali sts NEPAL: Commander of armed group issues death threats against six journalists over coverage THAILAND :- Fourth journalist wounded while covering clashes between Thai soldiers and anti-government protest ers ISRAEL/PALESTINE :- Journalists targeted by Israeli soldiers in separate incidents Radio Journalist Slain in Philippines | WOPULAR IRAQ: One of two journalists abducted in Baghdad found dead; US army raids offices of Shi'ite daily "al-Da'wa" AZERBAIJAN: Imprisoned editor target of death threat; two newspapers evicted amid media harassment campaign NIGERIA: Politician's supporters ransack radio station, attack journalists with machetes KYRGYZSTAN :- Security agents raid television station, interrogate director MEXICO: "Cambio" newspaper closes temporarily given Sonora government's inaction after two attacks LIBERIA :- Newspaper publisher complains of death threats DR CONGO: Police violently break up meeting of journalists in Mbuji-Mayi Pakistani journalist killed in bombing BANGLADESH :- Police shut down opposition newspaper VENEZUELA :- Cadena Capriles media building attacked in Caracas MEXICO :- Reporter shot while covering conflict at university PALESTINE: Gunmen storm independent news agency amid continuing impunity in Gaza IRAQ: Female reporter Sahar Al-Haidari, on death list of journalists, shot dead ORISSA: Government out to harass journalist KOSOVO :- Bomb attack on radio journalist's home GUINEA :- Radio journalist stabbed by armed men NEPAL: TV journalist attacked by pro-Maoist group Newspaper office ransacked in Jammu MEXICO: Three journalists abducted, missing; details scant as media exercise self-censorship, says CENCOS COLOMBIA: Owner of Araucan radio station murdered in Villavicencio, army personnel captured at scene of crime D R CONGO: Soldiers on trial for murder of journalist PARAGUAY: Radio journalist receives death threat from anti-drug agents D R CONGO: Local ANR officials close Mayi-Munene radio station, confiscate equipment IRAQ: Kidnappers murder editor of daily "al-Sabah" ORISSA: BJD leader arrested for attacking scribe PARAGUAY: Photographer, cameraman assaulted, threatened for filming shopping mall fire TAMIL NADU: Journalist assaulted in Salem Closure of Croatia’s Pioneering Feral Tribune as “Massive Blow” PALESTINE: Armed gunmen raid journalists' union offices, seize documents IRAN: Authorities close down new student magazine PERU: Journalist beaten unconscious by striking teachers, hospitalised; his camera broken INDIA: Bikers bail plea rejected, they had attacked media too S. AFRICA: Zimbabwe journalist shot HUNGARY: Investigative journalist hospitalized with serious injuries after beating PAKISTAN: Two reporters assaulted by supporters of Sindh province minister PHILIPPINES: One journalist killed, another wounded in shooting spree PARAGUAY: Journalist Murdered in Itapúa; he Reported Death Threats a Few Days Earlier PHILIPPINES: 53rd journalist killed in the Philippines under Arroyo RUSSIA: Two journalists assaulted by company guards while filming a fire at mining site AZERBAIJAN: Editor Charged Over Iran Article AUSTRALIA: Reporter attacked during live cross NEPAL: Journalists assaulted, threatened over article about police corruption; another threatened over article about abusive teacher YEMEN: Critical online editor severely beaten by security agents NEPAL: Singer-journalist kidnapped by Maoist-affiliated group for expressing support for the monarchy IRAQ: UNESCO D–G condemns murders of three Iraqi journalists GABON: Editorial critical of president lands publisher in prison IRAN: IFJ Condemns "Climate of Intimidation" as Independent Press Attacked MEXICO: Journalist threatened with murder after critical reporting on municipal programme official in Chiapas SRI LANKA: Deputy head of Sri Lanka Press Institute and British diplomatic employee brutally assaulted AZERBAIJAN: Editor, secretary of defunct minority newspaper given heavy prison sentences on treason charges MEXICO: Two journalists assaulted by military during operations in Oaxaca EL SALVADOR: Woman journalist jailed on spurious "terrorism" charge for covering a protest; Reuters photographer injured Israelis Assault Award-Winning IPS Journalist ZIMBABWE: Two freelance journalists arrested while covering presidential run-off elections TURKMENISTAN:RFE/RL journalist tortured, forced into psychiatric hospital; another RFE/RL correspondent under house arrest NEPAL: Journalist Birendra Shah killed by Abductors SRI LANKA: Police officials harass independent news website recently labeled by government as "treacherous"; its editor continually threatened BURMA: South Korean journalist deported, her photographs confiscated, following visit to opposition party office UGANDA: Tabloid's printing press torched by gunmen, its staff followed by unidentified individuals MEXICO: Photographer assaulted, other press members treated abusively by striking teachers in Morelia One journalist sentenced for allegedly defaming former justice minister, another on trial for allegedly defaming first lady PHILIPPINES: Journalist shot dead, his reporter daughter injured, in Sariaya IRAQ/UNITED STATES: Reuters photographer, media driver killed in US air strike in Baghdad Reporters Without Borders/Reporters sans frontières EGYPT: Journalist brutally assaulted by police, faces trumped-up charges PARAGUAY: Two journalists assaulted by police while trying to cover demonstration against homelessness INDIA: Several journalists attacked, injured while covering student demonstration in Kerala, amid police indifference GUATEMALA: Reporter assaulted by SAAS officer while trying to photograph vice-president's luxurious vehicle INDIA: Russian wrestler charged with intimidating media persons BOLIVIA: Cameraman assaulted by opponents of national government; army officer, others detained for TV station bombing in Tarija IRAQ/UNITED STATES: Journalist arrested by US and Iraqi soldiers in Tikrit IRAQ: Director of state-run TV station kidnapped, beaten in Kurdistan MEXICO: Recent assault on journalist another in a series of unsolved cases of attacks on media personnel in Nayarit state BOLIVIA: Two media outlets bombed MEXICO: Newspaper director brutally attacked MEXICO: Journalist threatened with murder after critical reporting on municipal programme official in Chiapas KOLKATA: CITU men attack TV office, assault journalists IRAN: Kurdish journalist sentenced to 11 years in prison; Tehran daily closed for criticising President Ahmadinejad IRAN: Kurdish journalist sentenced to 11 years in prison; Tehran daily closed for criticising President Ahmadinejad MAHARASHTRA: For asking why a Shivaji statue, Loksatta Editor’s home attacked NEPAL: Journalists threatened or attacked in four separate incidents in Biratnagar, Kathmandu, Panchthar and Morang SENEGAL: Two sports journalists beaten by police MEXICO: Journalist gunned down in Chihuahua state amid wave of violent crime THE GAMBIA : Former "Daily Observer" manager dismissed, imprisoned despite court's initial dismissal of sedition charges SOMALIA: IFJ Condemns Shooting of Journalist PHILIPINES: Two journalists killed MONGOLIA: Journalists seriously injured, headquarters of three newspapers burned down during post-election protests; non-state TV stations ordered to stop broadcasting PUNJAB: TV channel reporter beaten, case registered against ‘unknown’ policemen AFGHANISTAN: Journalist Shot Dead in Bus Attack SRI LANKA: Attacks on journalists continue THE GAMBIA: Newspaper journalist attacked in Serrekunda PAKISTAN: Two journalists and their fixer abducted by Taliban in Tribal Areas; British TV crew face gunfire BAHRAIN: 3 journalists held overnight, interrogated, charged with "inciting hatred", "insulting the regime" etc. NEPAL: Journalist abducted, beaten and threatened MEXICO: Newspaper photographer beaten as police look on for covering traffic accident RUSSIA:Two journalists in Bashkortostan Republic convicted of extremism, their newspaper shuttered ECUADOR:Guayaquil radio journalist was apparently killed for personal reasons INDIA: Newspaper office attacked, 7 scribes hurt in Sikkim AFGHANISTAN: Assaults on journalists on the rise NEPAL: IFJ condemns detention of 25 journalists INDIA: Punit Goenka to take over from Pradeep Guha as CEO of ZEEL CAMEROON: TV Journalist attacked during opposition demonstration CHINA: Government launches crackdown on fake news stories after Beijing TV reporter's arrest PHILIPPINES: Radio journalist wounded in shooting INDIA: Media black-out in response to attempted bombing of Manipur newspaper MALI: Politician assaults journalist over election coverage ZIMBABWE: Army commander's wife assaults journalist covering opposition party activity UNITED STATES: Newspaper editor gunned down in Oakland TURKEY: Journalist abducted, violently assaulted and threatened with death by police officers IRAN: Leading reformist newspaper shut for interviewing an opposition poet PERU: Two television reporters attacked in Pucallpa EAST TIMOR:Newspaper office attacked, media worker beaten ARGENTINA Journalists beaten by football fans; one receives stab wound SOMALIA Govt arrests two over journalist killings COLOMBIA: Pregnant journalist murdered UKRAINE: Journalist assaulted, threatened with legal action over critical report about mayor INDIA: Outlook Magazine Under Attack KENYA: Hundreds in gagged march against media bill NEPAL: Maoists threaten to kill journalist RUSSIA: Forcibly hospitalised journalist beaten, drugged; her daughter fired from her job over interviews CHINA: Reporters probing bridge disaster "beaten" CHINA: Detained editor allegedly abused, his health deteriorating CAMBODIA: Journalist's house set on fire again following threat over reports on illegal logging SUDAN confiscates 17,000 copies of opposition paper MAURITANIA: Prime minister's bodyguards beat radio reporter; first lady sues newspaper editor MEXICO: Journalist in Morelos abducted, beaten and threatened with murder RUSSIA: Government minister forces journalist to leave meeting UNITTED ARAB EMIRATES: Website closed, its administrator sentenced to prison, one of its writers detained SOMALIA: Gunmen kill radio reporter TUNISIA: TV journalist assaulted by plainclothes police; human rights lawyer prevented from flying to London PHILIPPINES: Television reporter attacked UKRAINE: Bomb hoax against Russian-language daily, photographer attacked DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Private TV station shut down; several journalists questioned following broadcast of interview with rebel leader BURMA: More journalists attacked, threatened and media access deteriorates as protests, crackdown continue MAURITANIA: Newspaper journalist assaulted by First Lady's associates; bodyguards who assaulted another journalist get 30 days in prison MONTENEGRO: Prominent newspaper editor attacked PARAGUAY Journalists assaulted, harassed while covering release from jail of former military general DR CONGO: CPJ condemns rebels' looting of radio station's broadcast equipment SIERRA LEONE: Wave of violence, harassment, death threats against journalists on eve of election MEXICO: Two police officers suspended, under investigation in attack on journalist in Sinaloa MEXICO: Three reporters die covering truck explosion BURMA: Junta cuts telephone lines of various foreign correspondents PAKISTAN: CPJ condemns violent attacks on journalists by security forces CHINA: Arrests and incidents involving foreign journalists show government is not keeping Olympic Games promises GUATEMALA: Radio station subject to two armed attacks; journalist briefly abducted, threatened NIGERIA: Journalist beaten unconscious by police and guards while covering prison riot; political activists attack journalists EGYPT: IFJ Condemns Court Crackdown on Press GAMBIA: Journalist still held despite receiving bail CROATIA: Previously-attacked journalist subjected to new threats; perpetrators of June attack still untracked ANGOLA: Radio station ordered to suspend broadcasts for six months MEXICO: Indigenous radio station in Guerrero raided by armed federal agents attempting to close it MACEDONIA/MONTENEGRO: Montenegrin photojournalist detained, threatened by police ISRAEL/PALESTINE: Palestinian TV station raided by Israeli soldiers, suspended for one year for alleged terrorism CAMBODIA: Journalist from opposition-aligned newspaper and his son murdered; editor of same paper released, charges dropped VENEZUELA: 2 journalists assaulted by municipal employees in Maracaibo; reporter briefly detained by police in Barinas GUATEMALA: Radio journalist's home fired upon in Cobán RUSSIA: Website editor kidnapped, beaten, threatened in Ingushetia MEXICO: Shots fired at community radio journalists' homes MEXICO: Human rights media agency raided, documents stolen LESOTHO: Journalist covering protest manhandled by political party militants, his camera confiscated GHANA: Radio journalist attacked by ruling party supporters NEPAL: Journalists, RTI activists attacked by protesters demonstrating against vice president's use of Hindi; media targeted by students NEPAL: 2 journalists threatened by local officials, another 2 severely beaten by police over coverage SIERRA LEONE: Security personnel assault, injure eight journalists covering political party meeting ISRAEL/PALESTINE: Fatal firing on Reuters crew in Gaza was "appropriate", concludes Israeli military investigation; CPJ questions findings PAKISTAN: Reporter murdered in southern province of Sindh SIERRA LEONE: Ruling party militants ransack opposition radio station, knock it out of service; journalists manhandled by security personnel |
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