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As a follow up to yesterday's posting about the availability of
the IFEX Communique and Alerts to AMARC members, the following
is the table of contents for the IFEX Communique for the week
of Aug. 28, 1995 and the list of Action Alerts issued by the
IFEX Clearing House last week.


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International Freedom of Expression eXchange Clearing House
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INDEX OF THIS WEEK'S NEWS:
-ARGENTINA: DRAFT BILL ON STATE SECRETS DRAWN UP AMID PROTESTS
-SOUTHERN AFRICA: PUBLIC BROADCASTERS WANT MORE FREEDOM
-CAMBODIA: PRESS CRACKDOWN CONTINUES IN WAKE OF NEW PRESS LAW
-SOUTH KOREA AND NORTH KOREA: "FREEDOM ANNIVERSARY" NOT FOR ALL
-FORMER YUGOSLAVIA: INDEPENDENT MEDIA SUFFERING UNDER EMBARGO
-UNITED KINGDOM: COURT BANS ADVERTISING BY HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS
-OTHER NEWS FROM THE IFEX COMMUNITY:
-WIPC RECORDS UP TO 35 DEATHS IN CASE LIST FOR FIRST HALF OF 1995
-GAL-FIP WARNS OF DOMINATION, HIGHLIGHTS ATTACKS ON MEDIA FREEDOM
-ACTION ALERTS ISSUED BY THE CLEARING HOUSE DURING THE PAST WEEK

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ACTION ALERTS ISSUED BY THE CLEARING HOUSE DURING THE PAST WEEK

21/08/95
BANGLADESH: Journalist Farhad Mazhar under "preventive" custody
(WiPC) - alert
ALGERIA: "Le Matin" journalist Ameur Ouageni assassinated (CPJ) -
alert

22/08/95
PERU: Superior Court repeals order to detain 3 Chota journalists
(OFIP) - update
ARGENTINA: Draft bill on state secrets drawn up (IAPA) - alert
ARGENTINA: Government withdraws libel & defamation bills (IAPA) -
update
MALAWI: Journalist questioned & subpoenaed as state witness in
politician's trial (MISA) - alert
RUSSIA: U.S. journalist Andrew Shumek reported missing in
Chechnya (CPJ) - alert
BOTSWANA: MP threatens "Mmegi" journalist Mesh Moeti (MISA) -
alert
MALAWI: Increasing interference reported at Malawi Broadcasting
Corporation (MISA) - alert
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Journalist sentenced to prison (RSF) -
alert

23/08/95
ZIMBABWE: "Financial Gazette" publisher, editor & deputy editor
fined (MISA) - update
VIETNAM: Buddhist religious leader & author sentenced to 5 years
in prison (WiPC) - alert
NAMIBIA: Freelancer arrested while photographing seal cull (MISA)
-alert

24/08/95
SIERRA LEONE: 2 "For di People" editors arrested (RSF) - alert
INDONESIA: AJI worker sentenced to 20 months in prison (CPJ) -
update
CHINA: Government expels Harry Wu after court sentences him to 15
years in prison & expulsion (CCPJ) - alert
CHINA/UNITED NATIONS: A19 protests arrest of American journalist
Harry Wu (A19) - update
SIERRA LEONE: 2 journalists released (CPJ) - update/correction

25/08/95
KENYA: 6 journalists beaten (CPJ) - alert
KENYA: BBC news item censored by KBC (CPJ) - alert
CAMEROON: Journalist Paddy Mbawa sentenced & remains in prison
(RSF) - alert
CAMEROON: "Le Messager" editor and journalist sentenced & fined
(RSF) - alert
PALESTINE: RSF correspondent defamed by police chief (RSF) -
alert

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