World Watch Archive
Afghanistan
- Apr. 2008: Student sentenced to death for supposedly distribu
- Apr. 2008: Journalist continues to be held at US Air Force ba
- Apr. 2007: Journalists around the world sign petition to brin
- Apr. 2007: Taliban behead Afghan reporter after freeing Itali
- Mar. 2007: U.S. military deleted photos, video after suicide
- Oct. 2006: Two German journalists are murdered in Afghanistan
Argentina
- Nov. 2007: Media bias tied to advertising dollar
Armenia
- Apr. 2008: Armenia in state of crisis over recent elections
- Sep. 2007: Opposition Journalist Beaten
Australia
- Feb. 2007: Court hears evidence on death of five journalists
- Feb. 2007: Court hears evidence on death of five journalists
Azerbaijan
- Apr. 2008: Journalist attacked in Baku
- Nov. 2007: Azeri Editor Sentenced
- Nov. 2007: Harassment Continues for Journalist and Family
- Oct. 2007: Persecution of reporter continues
- Oct. 2007: Azeri Reporter Imprisoned
- Oct. 2007: Court Verdict Executors Beat Reporter
- Jun. 2007: Permit will be required for Internet broadcasting
- Jun. 2007: Azerbaijan authorities not concerned about health
- Jun. 2007: Editor sentenced to two years; Reporter attacked,
- Oct. 2006: Editor-in-chief of newspaper arrested on four char
Bahrain
- Nov. 2007: "The Kingdom" banned in Bahrain
- Nov. 2007: Journalists conviced of smear and defamation.
Bangladesh
- Apr. 2008: Draft of FOI Act in parliament
- Nov. 2007: Journalist beaten while in custody
- Oct. 2007: Cartoon causes arrest
- Jun. 2007: Daily Star reporter released on bail
- Mar. 2007: New regulations to ban political coverage
- Oct. 2006: English-language newspaper attacked by radical gro
Belarus
- Apr. 2008: Independent Belarusian journalists face government
- Apr. 2008: Belarussian journalist jailed and then released ov
- Oct. 2007: Journalists Arrested in Belarus due to Protest
Brazil
Brussels
- Oct. 2007: E.U debating access law
Burma
- Feb. 2008: Government hikes satellite fees, suspends newspape
- Oct. 2007: Burmese government cracks down on information flow
- Sep. 2007: Burmese military authorities use questionable meth
Canada
- Oct. 2007: Canadian FOI requests fall short
- Jun. 2007: Daily Star reporter released on bail
Central African Republic
Chad
- Nov. 2007: Photographer and aid workers held
China
- Apr. 2008: China frees two journalists but jails another
- Nov. 2007: Detained journalist beaten in prison
- Oct. 2007: Report: China Tightening Censorship on the Interne
- Sep. 2007: China frees jailed New York Times researcher
- Jul. 2007: China bans influential NGO newsletter
- Jul. 2007: Yahoo! criticizes repression of Internet users in
- Jul. 2007: Seven charged in murder of journalist
- Feb. 2007: Editor freed from prison; paper's president r
Colombia
- Oct. 2007: Politics loses place on community radio
- Jun. 2007: Suspects confess motive in radio journalist's
Croatia
- Apr. 2008: On February 13, a Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
- Nov. 2007: Journalist arrested because of blog
Cuba
- Apr. 2008: Cuban Foreign Minister signs covenant protecting f
- Jul. 2007: Authorities sentence Oscar Sanchez Madan to fours
- Feb. 2007: Reporter arrested after speaking out for journalis
Cyprus
- Nov. 2007: Protesters gather outside newspaper office
Democratic Republic of Congo
- Nov. 2007: Information minister bans news organizations
- Nov. 2007: Higher-ed minister orders guards to beat journalis
Denmark
Dominican Republic
- Mar. 2007: Drug traffickers threaten journalist
Dubai
- Oct. 2007: Journalists released on bail
East Africa
East Timor
Egypt
- Sep. 2008: Authorities cracking down on satellite television
- Sep. 2007: Editor interrogated for questioning President'
- Sep. 2007: Egyptian editors arrested for slander
- Feb. 2007: Blogger Receives Four-year prison sentence
Englad
- Jun. 2007: BBC journalist missing from Gaza since March 12
- Jun. 2007: Alan Johnston still alive according to Palestinian
- Jun. 2007: BBC to Archive millions of hours of content
- Mar. 2007: Freedom of Information under attack in England
- Feb. 2007: Death of journalist in Iraq under investigation
- Oct. 2006: Landmark victory for investigative journalism
Eritrea
- Oct. 2007: Six years of oppression
- Jul. 2007: Eritrea Television journalist dies in a bid to fle
Fiji
- Feb. 2007: Soldiers attack photojournalist
France
- Jul. 2008: Le Monde staff strikes over job cuts
- Apr. 2008: Le Monde annouces job cuts
- Apr. 2008: Public TV and radio stations go on strike, Preside
- Apr. 2008: President Sarkozy sets lawsuit precedent
- Oct. 2007: Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Inde
- Jul. 2007: Generic journalism curricula issued
- Jun. 2007: Political party militants break photographers arm
Gambia
- Apr. 2008: Reporter is still detained Gambia
- Jul. 2007: Intelligence agency arrests journalist and opposit
- Jul. 2007: Charges filed against arrested journalist
Greece
- Jul. 2007: Media law raises concerns
Guatemala
- Mar. 2007: Correspondent attacked
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
- Oct. 2007: Possible reform of defamation laws
India
- Apr. 2007: Mizzima News Agency re-opened
Indonesia
- Jul. 2008: New guidelines to protect journalists
Iran
- Apr. 2008: Radio Farda journalist sentenced for “disseminatin
- Oct. 2007: Activist arrested yet again
- Oct. 2007: Website shut down by court
- Jul. 2007: Ban lifted on Web site that criticized Ahmadinejad
Iraq
- Apr. 2008: CBS journalist freed in Basra
- Apr. 2008: AP photographer released from U.S. custody
- Apr. 2008: Two CBS journalists abducted in Basra
- Apr. 2008: Head of Iraq’s journalist union killed
- Oct. 2007: Two more journalists murdered in Iraq
- Oct. 2007: Martial Arts for journalists working in Iraq
- Jul. 2007: Journalists' death toll increases
Ireland
Israel
- Apr. 2008: Reuters Cameraman Killed in Gaza
- Apr. 2008: The Hamas government’s internal security services
Italy
- Sep. 2007: Attempt to kill Italian journalist fails
Japan
- Apr. 2008: Lawsuit to restore journalists' innoncence
Kenya
- Jul. 2007: Proposed media bill a threat to journalism
Kyrgystan
- Apr. 2008: Kyrgyz authorities shut down Saipov murder investi
- Feb. 2008: Attacks against two TV journalists likely linked t
- Jul. 2007: Recent violence toward Kyrgystan journalists focus
Lebanon
Malaysia
- Jul. 2008: Malay blogger charged with sedition
- Apr. 2008: Journalist arrested for asking too many questions
- Sep. 2007: Malaysian government attempts to silence Internet
- Jul. 2007: Government warns media against using blogs
- Jul. 2007: Political party members allegedly assault photogra
- Feb. 2007: New report on government's freedom of informa
- Jan. 2007: Newspaper reporters bring defamation suits against
Mexico
- Apr. 2008: Photographer Gabriel Huge Córdoba was detained and
- Oct. 2007: Newspaper delivery workers murdered
- Jul. 2007: No hope of finding missing journalists alive
- Jul. 2007: President eliminates prison sentences for libel an
Moldova
- Oct. 2007: TVR - Another Act of Moldovan Censorship
Morocco
Myanmar
- Apr. 2008: Government hikes satellite fees, suspends newspape
- Apr. 2008: Two journalists arrested
Nepal
- Apr. 2008: Media must follow election code of conduct
- Apr. 2008: Eastern presses stalled
- Feb. 2008: Journalist loses hand in attack over controversial
- Oct. 2007: Journalist abducted in Nepal
- Oct. 2007: Journalist’s death raises suspicions
- Oct. 2007: Unions attack news organization
- Oct. 2007: Journalist abducted in Nepal
Niger
- Oct. 2007: Journalist held without reason given
- Sep. 2007: Live debates on regional rebellion banned
- Oct. 2006: Director and Editor handed 18 month prison sentenc
Nigeria
- Feb. 2008: Nigeria sends journalist to prison
Pakistan
- Jul. 2008: Arrest made in murder of journalist
- Apr. 2008: Pakistani journalist killed
- Apr. 2008: Pakistan on way to lifting media restrictions on i
- Apr. 2008: Journalists in Pakistan face bodily harm
- Oct. 2007: Journalist Protest Incites Police Brutality
- Jul. 2007: Pakistani journalist killed in mosque clashes and
- Jul. 2007: Journalist murdered in Sindh province Pakistan
- Jul. 2007: Regulatory body threatens independent TC station w
- Jul. 2007: Pakistani reporter's family killed by foreign
Palestinian National Authority
- Sep. 2008: Gaza radio station back on the air
- Sep. 2007: Palestinian Executive Force interrogates journalis
- Jul. 2007: Johnston released in Gaza
Panama
- Mar. 2007: Journalists protest reforms in Panama City
Peru
- Oct. 2007: Journalists convicted of criminal defamation
- Oct. 2007: Military leaders sentenced in journalist’s 1988 mu
- Oct. 2007: Guards fire on journalists
Philippines
- Oct. 2007: Broadcaster injured in attack
- Jul. 2007: Radio journalist fears retaliation in jail
- Jul. 2007: New Anti-terror Law Threatens Philippine Journalis
Russia
- Jul. 2008: Politkovskaya’s murderer charged
- Apr. 2008: Two Russian journalists killed
- Apr. 2008: Slandering the President is now an "extremist
- Apr. 2008: Police raid two Russian newspapers for counterfeit
- Apr. 2008: Police in Russia's Ingushetia Region Harm Jou
- Apr. 2008: Russian Union of Journalists in jeopardy
- Oct. 2007: Politkovskaya Suspects Charged
- Oct. 2007: Newspaper under threat for insulting Putin
- Sep. 2007: New Suspect in Politkovskaya Murder
- Jul. 2007: Internews leaves Russia
- Jul. 2007: Russian journalists harassed covering local electi
- Jul. 2007: Moscow: Klebnikov Trial Postponed After Defendant
- Jul. 2007: Russian editor faces up to 5 years in prison
- Jul. 2007: Police close down Internews Russia
- Jul. 2007: Bill may effect freedom of speech
- Jul. 2007: Russia Rules Out Murder In Journalist's Death
- Mar. 2007: Second Klebnikov murder trial begins friday
- Mar. 2007: Journalist's death questioned after reports o
- Feb. 2007: Chechen police investigated for role in killing of
- Feb. 2007: Putin Promises to Protect Press in Russia
- Feb. 2007: Reporter charged with insulting public official in
- Feb. 2007: Newspaper editor and founder jailed since Jan. 21
- Feb. 2007: Police search IWPR offices in the North Caucasus
- Oct. 2006: Newspaper raided and harassed
Saudi Arabia
- Jul. 2008: Blogger released from jail
- Apr. 2008: Saudi cleric condemns two of the country's jo
Scotland
Senegal
- Apr. 2008: Reporter attacked covering protest
Sierra Leone
- Jul. 2007: Court sets high bail for editor's releasel
Somalia
- Oct. 2007: Radio Station bombed
- Sep. 2007: Editors targeted for coverage
- Jul. 2007: Somaliland TV reporter freed after being held for
- Mar. 2007: Radio journalist, union activist murdered
- Mar. 2007: Four journalists sentenced to prison despite prote
South Korea
- Apr. 2008: New ‘press-friendly’ policy proposed
Spain
- Oct. 2007: Insulting the crown still a crime
- Feb. 2007: Judge issues warrant to U.S. soldiers for death of
Sri Lanka
- Oct. 2007: Sri Lankan Reporter interrogated for his sources
- Jul. 2007: Court sets high bail for editor's releasel
- Mar. 2007: Journalists abducted in capital
- Feb. 2007: Press limited by ink shortage
Sudan
Sweden
- Mar. 2007: Unaccredited photographer arrested
- Feb. 2007: Worlds oldest newspaper now online only
Switzerland
Syria
- Oct. 2007: Syrian Journalist held in detention
- Sep. 2007: Syrian Cyber-dissident released
Taiwan
- Apr. 2008: Journalists want U.N. press credentials
Tajikistan
- Oct. 2007: New Laws could Restrict Speech
Thailand
- Feb. 2008: Public television comes to Thailand
- Jul. 2007: Government Continues to Suppress Freedom of Speech
- Mar. 2007: Only independent station shuts down
Tunisia
- Oct. 2007: Journalist manhandled by police
- Mar. 2007: French Web sites, publications censored by Tunisia
Turkey
- Apr. 2008: Two journalists are facing investigation for caric
- Oct. 2007: Acquitted of one charge, facing three more
- Sep. 2007: Turkish Court moves to block YouTube
- Feb. 2007: New suspects arrested for journalist's death
- Jan. 2007: ournalist killed after challenging Turkish histori
Turkmenistan
- Oct. 2007: New Comment Feature Removed
United Kingdom
- Oct. 2007: BBC Arabic TV to operate 24 hours a day
United States
- Apr. 2008: USA Today journalist appeal has been upheld
- Oct. 2007: Anchor sues for millions
- Jul. 2007: Foundation offers $50,000 for best preventive jour
- Jul. 2007: Ex-media mogul Conrad Black convicted
- Jul. 2007: Zell Makes a Deal
- Jun. 2007: Finally Out
- Feb. 2007: Army drops subpoena charges against journalists
- Feb. 2007: Reporter breaks record for longest time in jail
- Oct. 2006: Blogger freed after 30 days in jail
- Oct. 2006: CPJ Conducts Special Report on the Only Journalist
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Venezuela
Vietnam
- Apr. 2008: Journalist and activist released from prison
Yemen
- Apr. 2008: News sites blocked by government
- Sep. 2007: Former editor of online magazine kidnapped and bea
Zimbabwe
- Apr. 2008: New York Times correspondent was detained
- Oct. 2007: Journalists marked for surveillance
- Oct. 2007: Journalist and two actors arrested during play
- Oct. 2006: Future of the Internet is unclear