Global organisations call for release of jailed Cuban journalists, criticise Venezuelan press laws and media interference in Brazil
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 22 November 2006 IAPA press release: Global call issued for release of jailed Cuban journalists and Venezuela anti-free press laws assailed RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (November 22, 2006) – The Global Coordinating Committee of Press Freedom Organizations at its meeting here today issued a series of resolutions on violations […]
Journalist freed after 16 months in jail without charges ever being brought against him
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 21 November 2006 CPJ press release: CUBA: Journalist González is freed after 16 months in jail New York, November 21, 2006 – The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release of Cuban journalist Oscar Mario González, who had been jailed for 16 months without charge. González was freed unexpectedly […]
Independent journalist sentenced to two years’ house arrest
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is an 8 November 2006 CPJ press release: CUBA: Independent journalist sentenced to two years’ house arrest New York, November 8, 2006 – The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the sentence of two years’ house arrest handed down by a Cuban court to a journalist who reported on a dengue fever […]
RSF publishes report on state control of the Internet
(RSF/IFEX) – The following is a 19 October 2006 RSF press release: REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS PUBLISHES A REPORT ON HOW THE AUTHORITIES CONTROL THE INTERNET IN CUBA Reporters Without Borders today publishes a report entitled “Going online in Cuba – Internet under surveillance” with the results of tests carried out on the island in August. […]
One journalist arrested, another, imprisoned and awaiting sentence, goes on hunger strike
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has voiced alarm at the renewed harassment of independent journalists, with Odelín Alfonso’s arrest by state security agents at his Havana home on 16 September 2006 and the delayed verdict in the trial of Alberto Gil Triay Casales, who began a hunger strike on 13 September in Valle Grande prison in west […]
State security agents arrest, jail independent journalist in Havana
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the detention of Ahmed Rodríguez Albacia, 21, a member of the independent news agency Jóvenes sin Censura, who was arrested without charge by state security agents in Havana on 15 September. “Rodríguez’s detention raises the possibility of new arrests without trial like those of Oscar Mario González Pérez […]
Member countries reminded of Non-Aligned Movement’s goals as Cuba takes over presidency and hosts summit
(RSF/IFEX) – The following is an RSF press release: CUBA REMINDED OF GOALS OF NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT AS IT TAKES OVER PRESIDENCY AND HOSTS SUMMIT Reporters Without Borders said today that it hoped UN Secretary General Kofi Annan will remind Cuba of the goals of the Non-aligned Movement in relation to human rights and fundamental liberties […]
Journalist harassed; another arrested and interrogated; health of various imprisoned journalists continues to deteriorate
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF calls on Cuba’s acting leader, Raúl Castro, to immediately and unconditionally release all of the country’s independent journalists who are in prison. “We are waiting for a gesture of clemency towards the 23 journalists who have been in jail since the crackdown in 2003,” RSF said. “They are living in dirty cells […]
At least three foreign journalists denied entry
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 3 August 2006 CPJ press release: Reporters denied entry to Cuba New York, August 3, 2006 – Cuban authorities on Wednesday turned back at least three foreign journalists seeking to enter the country to cover President Fidel Castro’s illness and handover of power. The Committee to Protect Journalists is […]
Foreign reporters denied entry into country
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: CPJ Statement: Cuba must let journalists into the country New York, August 3, 2006 – The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Cuban authorities to allow foreign journalists into the country after a group of foreign journalists attempting to enter Cuba were turned back at the […]
Two independent journalists complete a year in detention without trial
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has reiterated its support for two independent journalists, Roberto de Jesús Guerra Pérez and Oscar Mario González Pérez, who have been held without trial since their arrests on 13 and 22 July 2005, respectively. Guerra was a regular contributor to the US-based Radio Martí and the Nueva Prensa Cubana and […]
Journalist Guillermo Fariñas Hernández ends hunger strike
(RSF/IFEX) – Niurvys Díaz Remond of the independent Cubanacán Press agency has reported that the agency’s director, Guillermo Fariñas Hernández, has again suspended the hunger strike he originally began more than four months ago and is once more, since 30 June 2006, being fed intravenously. After initially agreeing to be put on a drip, he […]
CPJ concerned about deteriorating health of two journalists
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 6 June 2006 CPJ press release: CUBA: CPJ concerned about deteriorating health of two Cuban journalists New York, June 6, 2006 – The Committee to Protect Journalists expressed concern today at the worsening health of two independent Cuban journalists. Guillermo Fariñas, who has refused food for four months to […]
Reporter jailed after covering government evictions
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 30 May 2006 CPJ press release: Reporter jailed in Cuba after covering government evictions New York, May 30, 2006 – The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the detention of independent Cuban journalist Armando Betancourt, who was arrested a week ago while covering the evictions of dozens of families from […]
Two journalists arrested, one still held without charge
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the brutal and unfair arrests of Odelín Alfonso, a regular contributor to the Cubanet website, and Milisa Valle Ricardo of the Jóvenes sin Censura news agency, on 13 May 2006, and the continued detention of Alfonso without any specific charges being put to him. “These arrests reveal […]
On World Press Freedom Day, IAPA calls for attention to plight of imprisoned journalists
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is an IAPA press release: Message on World Press Freedom Day* by the President of the Inter American Press Association, Diana Daniels, Vice President of The Washington Post Company, Washington, D.C. Today, World Press Freedom Day, the Inter American Press Association is focusing its attention on the deplorable plight of 25 […]