Activists jailed; correction to CPJ alert of 23 March 1998

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Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

24 March 1998

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(CPJ/IFEX) – On 21 March 1998, six American peace activists, including Peter Lippman, a Seattle-based journalist, were jailed for two days by Yugoslav authorities in Kosovo. They were sentenced to 10-day jail terms for ailing to register with local police during their stay in the troubled province (a rarely-enforced law). They were freed two days […]


(CPJ/IFEX) – On 21 March 1998, six American peace activists, including
Peter
Lippman, a Seattle-based journalist, were jailed for two days by Yugoslav
authorities in Kosovo. They were sentenced to 10-day jail terms for
ailing
to register with local police during their stay in the troubled province (a
rarely-enforced law). They were freed two days later following protests by
the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade.

The name of the cameraman for French-language Belgian Television (RTBF)
beaten
in Prishtina on 19 March was Michel Rouserez, not Michel Rousez. We regret
the error.

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