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Afghanistan
OPC Protests Afghani Gag Order
9 March 2010 - 7:29pm

The OPC is dismayed by last week's order of the Afganistan National Directorate of Security that local and international media must stop reporting from the scene of terrorist attacks in Afghanistan.

Russian Federation
Reversal in Yevloyev Case Further Erodes Russian Press Freedom
5 March 2010 - 1:00am
Yet again, Russia's courts have made a mockery of the government's repeated promises to respect the principles of press freedom and protect Russian journalists as they try to keep Russia's citizens informed about events in your country. In this case, the police officer who killed the journalist,...
Bangladesh
OPC Raises Alarm on Behalf of Threatened Bangladeshi Editor
25 February 2010 - 1:51pm

We write on behalf of our Bangladeshi colleague, Nurul Kabir, editor of New Age. On February 23, someone claiming to be “top terror mamun” phoned Kabir to threaten him and his family with “dire” consequences if he continues to write and speak out against “terrorism of various sorts.”...

Yemen
Yemen, February 8, 2010
8 February 2010 - 9:58am

The OPC joins other international news organizations deeply alarmed by your continued attacks on Yemen's independent press. We ask that the Yemen government cease and desist in all manner of these attacks.

Spain
Spain, January 20, 2010
20 January 2010 - 6:31pm

The OPC joins the IFJ in condemning a court verdict against Daniel Anido, director of the private radio, Cadena SER, and Rodolfo Irago, Cadena’s news director.

Pakistan
Pakistan January 5, 2010
5 January 2010 - 10:15am

For more than seventy years, we have been among the prime watchdogs over the freedom and rights of expression of our international colleagues and we understand the unique complexity of those issues for the Pakistani government at the present moment. However, though ruthless and violent attacks...

Brazil
Brazil December 23, 2009
23 December 2009 - 1:35pm

This past year was in many ways a great one for Brazil -- a booming economy and then the news that Rio de Janeiro will play host to the 2016 Olympics. Brazil is in a spotlight brighter than ever before, and with that new scrutiny has come heightened awareness of the frequent threats to our...

Bolivia
Bolivia Re-Election
21 December 2009 - 3:39pm

The OPC takes this occasion to express its alarm over what appear to be government-inspired attacks on the press, both physically and verbally.

Ecuador
Ecuador December 8, 2009
8 December 2009 - 4:59pm

The OPC would like to endorse the declaration of the Inter-American Press Association that the Communications Law placed before the National Assembly is a clear threat to the freedom of information in Ecuador. Taken at face value, the proposed law might not seem overly threatening. But these...

Russian Federation
OPC Denounces "Suicide" Verdict in Death of Another Russian Journalist
3 December 2009 - 1:00am

Once again, a Russian reporter who has angered government officials has died under mysterious circumstances. Once again, the authorities have decided -- with no evidence at all, and very little plausibility -- that Olga Kotovskaya committed suicide. But this time, after her colleagues insisted...