Articles by Canadian Journalists for Free Expression
CCPJ calls for solidarity with Nigerians on Day of Action, 12 June
(CCPJ/IFEX) – Tomorrow, June 12, has been designated an International Day of Action on Nigeria. The Canadian Committee to Protect Journalists (CCPJ) joins with its colleagues in Nigeria, other members of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) and the Working Group on Nigeria in Canada to call for the release of all political prisoners, […]
Journalist object of government surveillance
(CCPJ/IFEX) – CCPJ has learned that a television journalist has received notice from government authorities that she has been the object of surveillance. Janice Johnston, a reporter with CFRN News in Edmonton (in the western Canadian province of Alberta), received a registered letter stating that she had been the object of an interception of private […]
Newspaper harassed by government office
(CCPJ/IFEX) – The CCPJ has learned that a weekly Quebec newspaper, “The Low Down to Hull and Back News” (“The News”), has been the victim of intimidation and pressure by a government agency. The English-language newspaper (circulation 2,300) is published in the town of Wakefield (in the southwestern part of the Canadian province of Quebec). […]
Open Letter to Prime Minister Radoje Kontic, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(CCPJ/IFEX) – Paris, 15 May 1998 – The following is an open letter to Prime Minister Radoje Kontic, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: We, journalists’ freedom of expression and human rights groups attending the annual general meeting of the International Freedom of Expression eXchange in Paris, are deeply disturbed by the decision to impose exorbitant fees […]
Fifty years of freedom of expression commemorated: freedom of expression examined at conference on the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(CCPJ/IFEX) – On 7 May 1998, CCPJ released the following statement: Paris, France (7 May 1998) — On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX) is holding an open conference entitled Commemorating Article 19: 50 Years of Freedom of Expression, from 14:00 […]
Canadian journalist arrested and threatened with deportation
(CCPJ/IFEX) – On 6 May 1998, Paul Watson, a foreign correspondent and photographer with the “Toronto Star” newspaper of Canada, was arrested by local police in Medan, Indonesia. He had been taking photographs of “a store being looted during violent protests against rising prices”, says the “Toronto Star.” Police confiscated his film when they arrested […]
Joint statement supports HKJA in calling for press freedom in Hong Kong and China
(CCPJ/IFEX) – The following is a statement signed by press freedom, human rights and journalists’ organizations worldwide in support of the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), which will call for press freedom in Hong Kong and China on World Press Freedom Day. The statement is to be released by HKJA locally on 3 May 1998 […]
Landmark free speech judgment in consumer boycott case
(CCPJ/IFEX) – According to CCPJ, a General Court Judge has made an important ruling in a long-lasting free speech battle between a Japanese multinational forestry corporation and a small group of citizen activists. On 14 April 1998, Mr. Justice J. MacPherson released his decision in the Daishowa v. Friends of the Lubicon case, tossing out […]