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JULY 5, 2005 Posted: July 7, 2005 Hamidou Diarra, Radio Kledu ATTACKED Unidentified assailants kidnapped and brutally beat a commentator for the independent Radio Kledu in the Malian capital, Bamako. Hamidou Diarra was found several hours later about 10 miles (15 kilometers) outside of Bamako, Radio Kledu director Abel Koné told CPJ. No suspects were…

JULY 5, 2005 Posted: July 21, 2005 Habib Rahman Ibrahimi, Pajhwok Afghan News HARASSED, THREATENED Security guards at a government office in Kabul briefly detained and threatened Ibrahimi, a reporter for Pajhwok Afghan, a Kabul-based news agency.

MAY 10, 2005 Posted: May 17, 2005 Pedro Pérez Natividad, Primera Hora HARASSED An unidentified assailant hurled a homemade bomb into a truck belonging to Pérez, editorial director with the daily Primera Hora, in the border city of Nuevo Laredo. No one was injured in the attack.

MAY 10, 2005 Posted: May 12, 2005 Philip Agustin, Starline Times Recorder KILLED, CONFIRMED The editor and publisher of a local community newspaper was shot and killed—the second murder of a journalist in the Philippines in less than one week.

MAY 10, 2005 Posted: May 17, 2005 Victor Ivan, Ravaya and Free Media Movement Sunanda Deshaprita, Free Media Movement THREATENED Two journalists with the Sri Lankan press freedom organization Free Media Movement (FMM) received death threats at the group’s headquarters in the capital, Colombo.

MAY 9, 2005 Posted: May 10, 2005 Honoré Sepe, Le Front HARASSED Three armed gendarmes came to Honoré Sepe’s house at 4 a.m. and demanded to be let in, although they admitted they had no warrant, according to the journalist. Sepe refused to let them in and instead called his lawyer. As he was on…

MAY 9, 2005 Posted: May 17, 2005 Ivo Kirsblats, LTV Maris Jurgensons, LTV LEGAL ACTION, CENSORED The Latvian television crew members were detained by local police and federal agents in Pytalovo, a district on the Latvia-Russia border.

MAY 8, 2005 Posted: June 10, 2005 Zéphirin Kaya, Radio Ndeke Luka Patrick Akibata, Radio Ndeke Luka Maka Gbossokotto, Le Citoyen THREATENED Kaya, Akibata and Gbossokotto received death threats following critical coverage of the second round of presidential and parliamentary elections on May 8. Reinhard Moser, head of independent station Radio Ndeke Luka, and Le…

MAY 8, 2005 Posted: June 15, 2005 Al-Majd CENSORED Fahd al-Rimawi, editor of the weekly newspaper Al-Majd, told CPJ that publication of his May 8 edition was delayed by the printer under pressure from security officials. Authorities objected to Al-Majd’s planned interview with a member of parliament who said he supported the Iraqi insurgency and…

MAY 7, 2005 Posted: May 17, 2005 All Journalists CENSORED Burma’s military rulers restricted coverage of casualties from bomb blasts at two shopping malls and a trade center in the capital Rangoon. Exiled Burmese news sources reported that the government censored blast-related stories in the local media, while medical workers told international reporters that authorities…