International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ press release: Media Release April 9th, 1999 IFJ Urges NATO Secretary General Not to Bomb Serbian Media: Such a policy “threatens lives of journalists everywhere” Reports that NATO bombers may strike at media targets in Serbia, later retracted, has prompted the International Federation of Journalists to urge restraint […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ press release: Media Release April 6th 1999 IFJ Calls for Safety First As Journalists and Media Are Caught in Kosovo Crossfire The International Federation of Journalists today called on media organisations and journalists to minimise risks to news teams as the military action in Kosovo and Serbia intensifies. […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ press release: **Updates IFEX alerts of 2 April, 1 April, 31 March, 29 March, 25 March and 24 March 1999** IFJ Condemns “Whispering Campaign” as Milosevic Seizes Radio B92 The International Federation of Journalists today condemned the silencing of B92, the Belgrade-based independent radio station as a “manipulation […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The IFJ is concerned at the suspension of Med TV’s license by the Independent Television Commission (ITC). According to the IFJ’s information, the suspension issued on 22 March 1999 was based on the Commission’s opinion that Med TV had broadcast material “likely to encourage or incite to crime or to lead to disorder” […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is a 29 March 1999 IFJ press release: **Updates IFEX alerts of 29 March 1999** Media Release March 29th 1999 IFJ Condemns Kosovo Media Murders: “Senseless Attack on Democracy and Human Rights” The International Federation of Journalists today condemned the murder of a leading Kosovo journalist and the killing of a […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is a 28 March 1999 IFJ press release: MEDIA RELEASE Brussels, March 28, 1999 IFJ Plans Urgent Mission to Belgrade to Support Journalists and to Monitor Media Crisis Following reports of arrests and mistreatment of journalists and the closure of independent media in the war-torn regions of Serbia and Yugoslavia, the […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – To date, eight Radio Marañon journalists, in Jaen, Cajamarca, northeastern Peru, have received death threats as a result of having reported on human rights violations in the region. **Updates IFEX alerts of 24 March, 23 March, 22 March and 19 March 1999** According to the broadcaster’s director, Luis Tavara Martín, on the early […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – On Sunday, 28 March 1999, journalist Martín Mendoza Reyes denounced that his life is in danger, as a result of his having provided proof of corruption by National Customs Management (Superintendencia Nacional de Aduanas, SUNAD) high officials, who are involved in smuggling. Mendoza worked for SUNAD for three years. During that time he […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – Congresswoman and journalist Anel Townsend Diez Canseco has requested that the Minister of the Interior, General Ep. José Villanueva Ruestas, appear in front of the Congressional Human Rights Committee, provide information on the measures that have been taken to protect the Radio Marañon journalists and guarantee freedom of the press in the region, […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ press release received before news of B92’s editor-in-chief Veran Matic’s release was made known: **Updates previous IFEX alerts of 24 March 1999** Media Release Brussels, 24th of March 1999 IFJ DEMANDS RELEASE OF EDITOR AS SERBIA OPENS FIRE ON MEDIA The International Federation of Journalists today condemned the […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – Three Radio Marañon reporters, who have studios in the Jaen province, in northeastern Peru, were attacked and intimidated by anonymous assailants. **New cases and update to IFEX alerts of 22 March and 19 March 1999** These acts are further to the Thursday 18 March 1999 attempt on the life of journalist José Luis […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – On 20 March 1999, Nicaraguan journalists denounced, nationally and internationally, the smear campaign that President Arnoldo Alemán’s government has launched against the men and women of the press who, because of the shortage of work, have been obliged to sell advertising to be able to survive. In the midst of a political battle […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – On Thursday 18 March 1999, Patricia Vasquez Salinas, a journalist who worked at the Central Reserve Bank until 1992, denounced that she had been receiving death threats, as a result of her press reports on nepotism in the bank. The threats were communicated over the telephone by persistent and anonymous callers calling the […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ press release: IFJPrize 99: A Celebration of Tolerance in Journalism Journalism Winners as Europe Struggles Against Intolerance “The crisis of intolerance in Europe – from violence in Kosovo, to a surge of support for political extremists in Austria and racism among police in Britain – puts fresh responsibility […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The IFJ is disturbed by the recent prosecution of “Kosova Sot” under the Serbian Information Law. According to the IFJ’s information, the paper’s publishing house, Interpress R Company, the publisher, Ruzhdi Kadriu, and the editor-in-chief, Ibrahim Rexhepi, were all charged with “fomenting religious and ethnic hatred.” They were convicted and the publishing house […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The IFJ is disturbed by the recent prosecutions of staff at “The Post”. According to the IFJ’s information, Brighton Phiri, Kelvin Shimo, Joe Kaunda, Amos Malupenga, Lubasi Katunda and Goodson Machona of “The Post” were charged with espionage on 17 March 1999 and granted bail of K100 000 (US$43) each on the morning […]