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» 08.12.2009 - RSF condemns closure of newspaper in Ethiopia
» 27.11.2009 - Guinea's independent press group threatened by military
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» 22.10.2009 - SA govt to subsidise poor TV owners go digital
» 21.10.2009 - Eritrea is the bottom last in Press Freedom Index 2009
» 16.10.2009 - Chad expels Cameroon editor
» 06.10.2009 - UNESCO chief condemns killing of Nigerian editor
» 29.09.2009 - UN hails Sudanese order to lift censorship
» 25.09.2009 - Ugandan editors charged with sedition
» 25.09.2009 - Nigerien editor face criminal libel charge
» 09.09.2009 - Swaziland media urged to speed up self-regulation process
» 26.08.2009 - Four Uganda’s journalists face criminal charges
» 25.08.2009 - Crackdown on independent media ahead of election
» 24.08.2009 - JED calls for investigation of journalist's death
» 11.08.2009 - Union denounce conviction of journalists
» 05.08.2009 - IFJ condemns seizure of magazines in Morocco
» 31.07.2009 - Positive reforms as Zim lifts media restrictions
» 21.07.2009 - RSF denounces journalists’ harassment in Congo
» 15.07.2009 - CPJ denounces death threats on journalist
» 27.05.2009 - Eritrea rejects release of Swedish journalist
» 14.05.2009 - Mauritania editor narrowly escapes death
» 14.05.2009 - Tanzanian newspaper faces closure from harsh court decision
» 14.05.2009 - Kenya to dispel repressive clause in media law
» 13.05.2009 - Tunisian president urged to stop bullying the media
» 12.05.2009 - Broadcasting commission suspends licence of private radio station
» 12.05.2009 - Authorities ready for BBC suspension talks
» 11.05.2009 - RSF condemns suspension of local station in DRC
» 27.04.2009 - Rwanda suspends BBC broadcast for being bias
» 24.04.2009 - HRW calls for drastic changes on draft Sudanese press law
» 22.04.2009 - Arabic network condemns sentencing of journalist
» 21.04.2009 - Bouteflika told to redress rights violations in Algeria
» 15.04.2009 - Armed men threaten to kill journalist in DRC
» 14.04.2009 - Nine hanged for editor’s murder
» 23.03.2009 - Two African states among the highest with impunity
» 04.03.2009 - Egyptian internet activists freed
» 02.03.2009 - Ethiopian press ordered to re-register
» 25.02.2009 - Appeal court upholds editor’s sentence
» 02.02.2009 - Court overturns jail terms for 4 editors
» 16.01.2009 - Journalists organisation criticises new media law
» 14.01.2009 - Journalist and activists released on bail
» 12.01.2009 - RSF condemns sentencing of Cameroonian editor
» 25.12.2008 - Guinean media paralysed after coup
» 16.12.2008 - Police arrest 11 journalists protesting media bill
» 16.12.2008 - RSF criticises continuing impunity in Gambia
» 28.11.2008 - Liberian judiciary wrestle media freedom
» 04.11.2008 - Editor jailed for misidentification of a judge
» 03.11.2008 - Morocco bans French magazine
» 28.10.2008 - IFJ condemns conviction of Algerian journalist
» 14.10.2008 - Journalist detained on Mayotte
» 10.10.2008 - AU comments Niger journalist release
» 07.10.2008 - MISA Zimbabwe acknowledges proposed ICT bill
» 02.10.2008 - Contempt proceedings against local paper to start
» 30.09.2008 - Rights activists condemn Egyptian editor conviction
» 25.09.2008 - Zambia calls off live radio phone-in programmes
» 24.09.2008 - Tunisia accused of violating journalists rights
» 22.09.2008 - SA cartoonist under fire again
» 19.09.2008 - IFJ request Algeria to respect journalist right
» 19.09.2008 - Moroccan blogger freed
» 17.09.2008 - Swaziland frees airwaves
» 17.09.2008 - Nigeria TV station shut down
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