Committee to Protect Journalists (New York)
Website: http://www.cpj.org/
June 22
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Burundi: Reporter Sentenced to Life Imprisonment [press release]
A Burundian appeals court must reverse the ruling against a journalist sentenced to life in prison on vague terrorism charges, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Read more »
June 21
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Burundi: Burundi Reporter Sentenced to Life Imprisonment [press release]
A Burundian appeals court must reverse the ruling against a journalist sentenced to life in prison on vague terrorism charges, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Read more »
May 9
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Burundi: Prosecutor Requests Life Sentence for Journalist [press release]
State prosecutors requested a life sentence today for Burundian radio reporter Hassan Ruvakiki who was imprisoned after airing a November interview with a purported rebel leader,... Read more »
December 1, 2011
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Burundi: Burundi Journalist Detained By Security Agents [press release]
The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely concerned by the ongoing detention of a radio journalist in Burundi since Monday. Read more »
October 1, 2011
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Burundi: Media Defy Censorship Order
Tensions between the Burundi government and the local press are bound to increase as several media this week defied an order not to investigate or discuss a recent massacre. Read more »
September 27, 2011
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Somalia: AU Forces - Four Soldiers Responsible for Journalist's Death [press release]
Four African Union soldiers deployed in Somalia have been suspended and returned to their home country of Burundi for potential trial after an internal investigation found them... Read more »
August 13, 2011
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Burundi: Journalists and Lawyers Face Intense Harassment [press release]
It's possible that no journalist in the world has received more court summonses in recent weeks than Editor Bob Rugurika of Burundi's Radio Publique Africaine (RPA), a station... Read more »
August 4, 2011
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Burundi: Government Harassing Independent Broadcasters [press release]
The government of Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza is attempting to silence critical press coverage of his administration with incessant judicial harassment of two of the... Read more »
June 2, 2011
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Burundi: Journalist Freed in Burundi Vows to Keep Reporting, Carefully [press release]
As recently as April, the state prosecutor in Burundi demanded journalist Jean-Claude Kavumbagu be put away for life. But just a month later, Africa's only jailed online journalist... Read more »
May 3, 2011
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Burundi: Govt Suspends RPA's Popular Talk Show [press release]
Burundi's state-run media regulator suspended a popular radio talk show on Monday because of accusations made by a caller about the president, according to news reports and local... Read more »
April 16, 2011
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Burundi: State Prosecutor Seeks Life Sentence Against Online Journalist [press release]
A Burundi state prosecutor asked a panel of judges on Wednesday to hand journalist Jean-Claude Kavumbagu, who has been imprisoned since July 2010 over a column critical of the... Read more »
April 13, 2011
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Burundi: Seeking Justice for Wrongly Charged Journalist [press release]
Burundi, the only Sub-Saharan country jailing a journalist on treason charges, must halt a flawed prosecution of an online journalist imprisoned following his criticism of security... Read more »
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