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MAY 18, 2005 Posted: June 10, 2005 Nepal Television ATTACKED Rebels bombed the state-owned Nepal Television tower in the western district of Palpa, according to local and international news reports. No one was hurt, but broadcasts of Nepal Television in the region were disrupted, according to the online version of the daily Kantipur and The…

MAY 18, 2005 Posted: June 15, 2005 Pablo Hernandez, Bulgar ATTACKED Hernandez, a self-described “hard-hitting’ crime columnist with the tabloid Bulgar (Expose), survived an apparent assassination attempt when he exchanged gunshots with two motorcycle-riding assailants just before dawn in the Valenzuela suburb of Manila. It was the second attack on Hernandez this year; he survived…

MAY 17, 2005 Updated: May 23, 2005 Radiotélévision debout Kasaï (RTDK) CENSORED The provincial governor ordered the closing of Radiotélévision debout Kasaï (RTDK), a community radio station in the central diamond mining town of Mbuji-Mayi, where at least three people were killed in violent anti-government protests. The governor, Dominique Kanku, accused the radio station of…

MAY 4, 2005 Posted: May 17, 2005 Respublika Delovoye Obozreniye CENSORED The Kazakh Culture, Information, and Sports Ministry ordered the closing of the leading opposition weekly Respublika Delovoye Obozreniye (Republic Business Review).

MAY 16, 2005 Posted: May 18, 2005 Daniel Coronell, Canal Uno Carlos Lozano, Voz Hollman Morris, Canal Uno THREATENED Coronell, news director of “Noticias Uno” (News One) on the television station Canal Uno; Lozano, news director with the weekly Voz (Voice); and Morris, producer of the weekly news television show “Contravía” (Opposite Way) on Canal…

MAY 15, 2005 Posted: June 9, 2004 Rede Amazônica de Televisão CENSORED A judge banned TV station Rede Amazônica de Televisão, the affiliate of television network Rede Globo in central-west Rondônia state, from broadcasting a report on corruption involving state legislators and the governor.

MAY 14, 2005 Posted: May 17, 2005 Dmitry Yasminov, Ren TV Vikrot Muzalevsky, Ren TV HARASSED Uzbek authorities detained and expelled journalists covering civil unrest in the northeastern city of Andijan.

MAY 13, 2005 Updated: June 10, 2005 Som Sharma, Aankha ABDUCTED Maoist rebels abducted Sharma, a reporter for the weekly newspaper Aankha, from his home in the eastern district of Ilam. Rebels released Sharma on July 9 after negotiations with the Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ).

MAY 13, 2005 Posted: May 17, 2005 CNN, BBC, and NTV CENSORED Ferghana.ru, Lenta.ru, and Gazeta.ru CENSORED Didor Radio CENSORED

MAY 13, 2005 Posted: May 17, 2005 Shamil Baygin, Reuters Galima Bukharbayeva, Institute for War and Peace Reporting HARASSED Uzbek authorities detained and expelled journalists covering civil unrest in the northeastern city of Andijan.