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World Review, January - September 2010
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99 journalists were killed in 2009 and at least 56 have been killed since the beginning of the year. Hundreds of media employees were arrested in 2009 and at least 120 remain in jail today, most often following sham trials or without charges being brought against them. Hundreds more have been forced into exile. More
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World Review, June - December 2009
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More than 750 journalists have been murdered over the past decade and at least 88 have been killed since the beginning of 2009. Hundreds of media employees have been arrested this year, and at least 170 remain in jail today, most often following sham trials with many imprisoned without charges at all.
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Georgia
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The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers conducted a two-day press freedom mission to Georgia, on 21 and 22 September 2009. More
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Report on 2009 WAN-IFRA Press Freedom Mission to Azerbaijan
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The World
Association of Newspapers and News Publishers conducted a three-day
press freedom mission to Azerbaijan, from 22 to 24 September 2009. More
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World Review, December 2008 - May 2009
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In Latin America, journalists who report on high-level corruption
continue to work in a climate of fear and intimidation. In Central
America, targeted violence continues unabatedly and a culture of
impunity allows many of those who commit crimes against journalists to
escape justice.
Over the past six months, press freedom violations have continued to
mount in the Middle East and North Africa. Autocratic governments use
repressive media laws to silence journalists, making self-censorship
rife in the region. Bloggers have also increasingly faced the
consequences – court cases, arrests, intimidation and killings – for
vindicating their right to a free press alongside the region’s
traditional journalists. More
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World Review, June-December 2008
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Journalists reporting on organised crime groups in
Latin America and links between public officials and those groups
remain the target of threats of violence, attacks and murders. Impunity
prevails as investigations by law enforcement bodies and the judiciary
fail. Verbal attacks by political leaders against critical reporters
and media have only added to an already hostile environment.
In the Middle East and North Africa, the past six
months have been marked by a number of setbacks in the area of press
freedom, mainly due to autocratic regimes that do not hesitate to take
repressive measures to prevent independent voices from making
themselves heard. Bloggers throughout the region continue their
relentless battle to spread news and information ignored or censored by
the mainstream media. More
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World Review, November 2007 – June 2008
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Attacks on the media remain commonplace in Latin America, where local
gangs and corrupt government officials do not hesitate to use deadly
violence to silence critical voices. Four journalists were killed in
the past six months and a number of media professionals were attacked,
threatened and harassed. The region is distinguished by a general lack
of respect for journalists.
In the Middle East and North
Africa, the past six months have been marked by a number of setbacks in
the area of press freedom, mainly due to autocratic regimes that do not
hesitate to take drastic measures to prevent independent voices from
making themselves heard. Bloggers throughout the region continue their
relentless battle to spread news and information ignored or censored by
the mainstream media. More
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Press Freedom Activity Report 2007 - 2008
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WAN has accomplished its day-to-day mission of monitoring and protesting the persecution, jailing and murder of journalists and the censorship, suspension and banning of newspapers, magazines and electronic media world-wide.
We have organised dozens of protest campaigns, directed at more than 30 countries, through petitions, letters, complaints to inter-governmental organisations, editorial exposure, and diplomatic pressure. In several cases, the outcome of the campaign was successful and we noted an increasingly high level of response from the governments and other authorities whom we challenged (including from the Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Croatian President Stjepan Mesic and International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge). More
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