(IFJ/IFEX) – Four journalists at the hotel Mazafran de Zeralda, a secured site located on the west coast of the country some twenty kilometres from Algiers, started a hunger strike on 2 July 1998. The action is being taken to protest the decision by authorities to transfer the journalists at the hotel to the Matarès […]
(IFJ/IFEX) – Four journalists at the hotel Mazafran de Zeralda, a secured
site located on the west coast of the country some twenty kilometres from
Algiers, started a hunger strike on 2 July 1998. The action is being taken
to protest the decision by authorities to transfer the journalists at the
hotel to the Matarès de Tipaza hotel, which is located more than 70
kilometres from the capital, Algiers. The lack of security at the Matarès de
Tipaza and on the road that takes them to and from their place of work in
Algiers is cited by the journalists as the principal reason for their
refusal to move to the new location.
“This is our last resort in order to preserve our dignity, and to question
the irresponsibility of the Ministry of Communications”, stated one of the
members of the office of the Capitale-Médias association, which includes the
journalists affected by the transfer of the site.
The journalists have entered their thirteenth day of the hunger strike
without any clear response from authorities. According to the Algiers Centre
of the IFJ, the health of the journalists is getting worse.
The IFJ in Brussels has expressed its concern about the deterioration of the
health of the four journalists. It offers them its total support and
solidarity, and hopes that a solution can quickly be found before their
health worsens.
