1. On rare occasions, journalists were harassed, and even murdered, at official instigation. 2. The embattled governments of Zimbabwe and Angola regularly arrest and harass journalists. 3. There were also reports that the militias might harass foreign journalists. 4. A media watchdog group Friday criticized the Commonwealth for not imposing further sanctions against Nigeria, which it accused of jailing, beating and generally harassing journalists. 5. An international media rights group said Monday that a Sri Lankan journalist was being harassed by a group of unidentified people. 6. Authorities confiscated film from photographers for The Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France Press, and civilians harassed foreign journalists. 7. BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has accused the government of muzzling the press and harassing the journalists. 8. Bosnian Croat hardliners, who seek to annex the part of Bosnia they control to Croatia proper, have often harassed journalists who criticized them. 9. Government supporters and opponents clashed in December when a pro-Chavez mob stormed an opposition demonstration, and Chavez supporters recently have harassed Venezuelan journalists. 10. Kazak opposition groups have few media outlets, and human rights groups say the government has harassed independent journalists. |