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The general media climate in the region can be described as restrictive, although short of open harassment of the few media outlets that proclaim themselves as independent. Only three newspapers are non-governmental, not only organisationally and financially, but also providing political journalism independent of the government line: Chelovek i Ego Prava from Tiraspol, Novaya Gazeta from Benderi, and Dobrii Den in Ribnitsa. All other outlets are either “state-controlled”, or published by local non-government organizations close to the “state”.
Open pressure, including violent tactics, were recently used against the newspaper Chelovek i Ego Prava (The Individual and His Rights) and its two founders (for more details see the chapter bellow). Other independent newspapers reported civil libel suits and threatening phone calls from local authorities. In addition, methods of administrative discrimination are often utilized: increased fees for printing services, for renting of facilities, etc. Several editors mentioned that their distributors had been threatened.