Kremlin pressures Lithuania to close pro-Chechen website
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 21 September 2004 CPJ press release: KREMLIN PRESSURES LITHUANIA TO CLOSE PRO-CHECHEN WEB SITE New York, September 21, 2004-Lithuania’s State Security Department (VSD) closed the pro-Chechen Web site KavkazCenter on Friday after coming under intense pressure from the Kremlin, according to local and international press reports. The closure came […]
Court issues mixed decision on pro-independence Chechen website
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 1 October 2003 CPJ press release: LITHUANIA: Court issues mixed decision on pro-independence Chechen Web site New York, October 1, 2003-The Second District Court in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius yesterday ruled that the State Security Department overstepped its authority when it shuttered the pro-independence Chechen Web site KavkazCenter […]
Authorities detain and expel film crew
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is an 18 September 2003 CPJ press release: LITHUANIA: Authorities detain and expel film crew New York, September 18, 2003-Lithuanian border guards detained and expelled a film crew from the independent, Moscow-based national television station NTV on Sunday, September 14, after they filmed a protest on a train near the Lithuanian-Russian […]
President orders investigation into harassment of independent daily
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a WAN press release: President Responds to WAN Protest The President of Lithuania has ordered an investigation into the activities of a security agent who was videotaped asking a reporter to provide “compromising information” about the newspaper Respublika. In a letter and in a telephone call to the World Association […]
Authorities launch harassment campaign against independent press group
(WAN/IFEX) – In a 3 February 2003 letter to Lithuanian President Valdus Adamkus and President-Elect Rolandas Paksas, WAN and the World Editors Forum (WEF) expressed their serious concern about an apparent campaign of harassment against the independent daily newspaper “Respublika” by state authorities. According to the organisations’ information, tax authorities have undertaken extensive inspections of […]
IFJ backs journalists in dispute over new media law
(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: IFJ Backs Lithuania Journalists In Row Over New Law on Media The International Federation of Journalists today called upon lawmakers in Lithuania to think again over plans for a new media law. Proposals from the ruling coalition will undermine progress towards openness and democracy, says the […]
Lithuanian Parliament to consider restrictions to press law
(IFJ/IFEX) – The IFJ is disturbed by proposed amendments to the 1996 Lithuanian law on the media. According to the IFJ’s information, these amendments propose the creation of a Media Protection Commission. The IFJ believes that these amendments will permit censorship to be imposed by Lithuania’s politicians. The IFJ believes that self-regulation is the appropriate […]
Trial pending for Russian journalist Stanislav Mitskevich
Source: Journalists Union of Russia, Moscow A trial is pending in the case of the 67 year old journalist of Russian origin Stanislav Mitskevich. Mitskevich, a Russian citizen and retired journalist, began working as editor-in-chief of the Russian language services of the radio station Sovetskaya Litva (Soviet Lithuania) in Vilnius, Lithuania in 1990. He edited […]