International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)

(IFJ/IFEX) – On 26 July 1999 the head of the twentieth penal court of Lima, Judge Arturo Vílchez Requejo, issued a recently made available sentencing which absolves Hector Ricardo Faisal, representative of the Association for the Defense of Truth (Asociacion Pro Defensa de la Verdad) of charges of defamation and slander made by Gustavo Mohme […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ press release: Media Release 5 August 1999 IFJ Safety Programme Launches Safety Office For Journalists and Media Staff in East Timor The International Federation of Journalists and two of its key Asian affiliates – the Alliance of Independent Journalists in Indonesia and the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – A new defamatory and satirical publication called “Repudio” appeared on Monday 26 July 1999. The publication apparently forms part of the smear campaign that was initiated a few months ago against the editor of “La República” newspaper, Gustavo Mohme Llona. The twelve page tabloid-like pamphlet features the same style of sensationalist journalism as […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – IFJ is deeply concerned about the continued detention of Tesfa Tegegne. **Updates IFEX alerts of 21 October 1998 and 13 November 1997** According to IFJ’s information, Tegegne has been granted bail in accordance with Ethiopian criminal procedure. This bail has been paid and Tegegne should no longer be in prison. However, IFJ understands […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – Tesehalene Mengesh, editor of “Mebruk” newspaper, jailed since 5 March 1999, was released on bail on 15 July, following payment of bail money. **Updates IFEX alerts of 7 June 1999, 21 October and 14 April 1998** Fisseha Alemu, editor of “Agere” newspaper, who has been in prison since 24 March 1994, was released […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – On 10 June 1999, Judge Antonio Valdia Garcia of the Criminal Court sentenced journalist Alfredo del Carpio Linares, the director of “Veredicto” newspaper, to a two-year suspended prison sentence and ordered him to pay 20,000 soles (approx. US$2,000) in damages to the mayor of Camana, Enrique Gutierrez Souza. Gutierrez had accused the journalist […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The Taxation and Customs Offences Court, presided by Raul Lorenzi Goycochea, changed its ruling yesterday against the former general manager of the television station Frecuencia Latina – Canal 2, Julio Sotelo Casanova, who has now been released on bail. **Updates IFEX alerts of 2 July, 29 June, 25 June, 21 June, 16 June, […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The editor-in-chief of the newspaper “le Reporter des Temps Nouveaux”, Romain Koudjodji, was released on 29 June 1999, further to the conclusion of his trial in which he received a two-month suspended sentence and was ordered to pay a fine of one million CFA Francs (approx. US$1,562) and an additional symbolic fine of […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – Wondwosen Asfaw was released from prison on 23 June 1999. **Updates IFEX alerts of 7 June 1999, 19 November and 21 October 1998, and 13 November 1997** Garuma Bekele, Solomon Nemerra and Tesfaye Deressa, all of Urji, had been granted bail for charges relating to the press law, but were later denied bail […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – On Wednesday, 16 June 1999, three of the fifteen accused of the murder of journalists Isabel Chumpitaz Panta and José Amaya Jacinto were sentenced to life imprisonment by the National Court for Aggravated Crimes in Piura, judge Jorge Eduardo Díaz Campos presiding. **Updates IFEX alerts of 21 May and 6 May 1999 18 […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is a letter received by the IFJ from the minister of information of Pakistan in response to a 9 June 1999 IFEX alert update: **Updates IFEX alerts of 9 and 4 June 1999** Mr. Aidan White, General Secretary, International Federation of Journalists, Brussels, Belgium. From: Mr. Mushahid Hussain Minister for Information, […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – Senol Alit’s body was apparently found after German soldiers were allowed near the car he was travelling in with the two killed journalists, Volker Kraemer and Gabriel Gruener. They found the body near the car. They had been kept away from it by Serb soldiers. **Updates IFEX alerts of 15 June and 14 […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ press release: Media Release 14 June 1999 IFJ Issues New Safety Alert after Killing of German Journalists The International Federation of Journalists today condemned the killing of three journalists in Kosovo. Two of the correspondents, Volker Krämer, aged 56, and Gabriel Grüner, aged 35, worked for the German […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – IFJ General Secretary Aidan White met Indian Minister of Information and Communication Pramod Mahajan on 9 June 1999. **Updates IFEX alert of 4 June 1999** White raised the IFJ’s concerns, similar to those raised by other organisations, about the ban on Pakistan television by the Indian authorities. The IFJ notes that on the […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – Here are the latest details that the IFJ has received from the Ethiopian Free Press Journalists’ Association on detentions in Ethiopia: **Updates IFEX alerts of 23 April and 12 March 1999, 19 November, 29 October and 21 October 1998 and others** Journalists in detention in Ethiopia as of 4 June 1999 1. Wondewesen […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ press release: Media Release Kosovo Journalists Fight Back: Alliance of Journalists Relaunched · Headquarters in Exile Established in London · Regional Sections in Albania and Republic of Macedonia · International Appeal for Support of Displaced Media Staff JOURNALISTS of Kosovo who have been scattered around Europe following expulsion […]