Sources: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), New York; Reporters sans frontieres (RSF), Paris **Updates IFEX CH alerts dated 3 March 1995** CPJ and RSF confirm reports that journalists Namik Berberovic and Shanaat Nahrawand, both held hostage by Bosnian Serb forces since January and February respectively, were freed on 20 March 1995 at 5pm as part […]
Sources: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), New York;
Reporters sans frontieres (RSF), Paris
**Updates IFEX CH alerts dated 3 March 1995**
CPJ and RSF confirm reports that journalists Namik Berberovic and
Shanaat Nahrawand, both held hostage by Bosnian Serb forces since
January and February respectively, were freed on 20 March 1995 at
5pm as part of a prisoner exchange. The exchange was witnessed by
UNPROFOR and ICRC officials, as well as the media.
