Journalists return to Portugal

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International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)

10 March 1999

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(IFJ/IFEX) – IFJ informs that José Alberto Carvalho and José Maria Cyrne, the Portuguese journalists stuck in Dili, were finally given an escort out of the building they were in and have returned to Portugal. **Updates IFEX alert of 24 February 1999**

(IFJ/IFEX) – IFJ informs that José Alberto Carvalho and José Maria
Cyrne,
the Portuguese journalists stuck in Dili, were finally given an escort
out
of the building they were in and have returned to Portugal.

**Updates IFEX alert of 24 February 1999**

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