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| | Attacks on the Press - 2002 |
 | | Soon after the incident, Foreign Minister Alex Bartlett, a former member of the MEF, issued a public statement calling on journalists to be patriotic and refrain from reporting negatively on the government or its leaders. |
 | | In May, a group of police officers stormed SIBC’s offices, destroying equipment and assaulting two employees in retribution for a report about disagreements within police ranks, according to SIBC general manager Johnson Honimae. |
 | | SIBC, the nation’s most popular media outlet, has received none of its designated funding from Parliament for two years in a row, despite repeated requests from SIBC management, and is operating at a loss. |
| www.cpj.org /attacks02/asia02/solomon.html (622 words) |
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