11. Police arrested two journalists Monday night for publishing a statement by a Maoist rebel leader and are searching for their colleagues, media rights groups said Tuesday. 12. Other Algerian journalists have been arrested on numerous occasions on various pretexts. 13. Police forces arrest prominent journalist. 14. Over the last month, Bosnian Serbs have arrested two journalists, Bosnian Namik Berberovic and Jordanian Shanaat Nahrawaand, near the Bosnian capital. 15. Police have arrested a journalist under anti-terrorism laws for erroneously reporting that Tamil rebels had overrun a police commando camp in eastern Sri Lanka. 16. Police say journalists have been arrested on suspicion of helping the rebels by publishing false stories intended to weaken security agencies. 17. A French journalist was arrested in Afghanistan and was under investigation for espionage charges because France has admitted sending intelligence agents to that country, the Taliban said Wednesday. 18. A Japanese journalist arrested by the Taliban last month left Afghanistan on Saturday and arrived in Pakistan, the Afghan Islamic Press reported. 19. A Swiss journalist has been arrested in Cape Town on charges of illegally possessing secret South African government papers, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Monika Schmutz Cattaneo said Saturday. 20. After the attack, police also arrested five journalists, saying they refused to leave the site when ordered to do so. |