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Thailand: Government shuts down radio station PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 10 August 2005
Local community radio station FM92.25, known for its strong criticism of the government, was shut down in an outrageous raid on the station by authorities on 9 August 2005.

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Nepal: Two journalists forced to sign a statement under threat of imprisonment PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 09 August 2005
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the organisation representing over 500,000 journalists in more than 110 countries, has condemned the Nepalese government's harassment of two senior journalists from the Parsa district.

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Taiwan: Authorities close down television news station PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 08 August 2005
RSF has voiced dismay over the abrupt closure of television news station ETTV-S. The station was closed along with six others - mainly entertainment, commercial cable television stations - following a 31 July 2005 decision by the government's Satellite Broadcasting Business Review Committee not to renew their licences. They were given just two days to stop broadcasting.

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China: Journalist Wu Shishen freed after more than 12 years in prison PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 05 August 2005
Reporters Without Borders today welcomed the early release of journalist Wu Shishen from Beijing's main prison, which took place some time in July as the Chinese justice ministry had said it would late last year. Arrested in October 1992, he had been serving a life sentence.

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Philipines: Journalist fears for her life after exposing local corruption PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 04 August 2005
A reporter based in Batangas, south of Manila, has been living in fear for more than three weeks after articles she wrote exposing provincial government corruption angered the local governor, Armando Sanchez.

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