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Venezuelan gov’t closes down TV station TENS OF thousands of citizens took to the street—some to celebrate, others to protest—after Venezuela’s oldest television network lost its license and went... Read more

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Killers of journalist sent to jail EDRI VLADIMIR Pujols was sentenced recently to 30 years imprisonment for the Sept. 14, 2004 murder of journalist Juan Andújar in the Dominican... Read more

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Thai gov’t shuts down online forum THE Thai government has ordered the shutdown of a political chat room on the grounds of national security. The chat room Ratchadamnoen, dedicated... Read more

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US gov’t muzzles scientists TESTIMONIES from several witnesses, including former government scientists, heard at the House of Representatives’s Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Jan. 30 described how... Read more

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Putin pledges to protect journalists RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin vowed on Feb. 1 to protect the press following an international outcry over the murder of top investigative reporter Anna... Read more

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W. African president’s brother sues for libel L’EVÉNEMENT, A bi-monthly publication in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, in West Africa, was tried for libel on Jan. 8 after François Compaoré, brother... Read more

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Zimbabwe gov’t monitoring communications ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has signed a law allowing the interception and monitoring of communications transmitted through a telecommunication, postal, or any other related service... Read more

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Bomb suspect sues Swaziland paper THE TIMES, one of Swaziland’s papers, has been sued for E75,000 (approx. US$10,000) on Nov. 27 by a man accused of recently bombing government... Read more

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Russian journalist murdered A RUSSIAN journalist was found dead in an elevator in her apartment building in Moscow on Oct. 7. Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist who covered the war... Read more

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Another journalist goes missing in Karachi SAREED SARBAZI, 65, who works for the privately-owned English language Business Recorder, the only business daily in Karachi, Southern Pakistan, has not been... Read more