Articles by Canadian Journalists for Free Expression
Journalist threatened
(CCPJ/IFEX) – According to CCPJ, on the evening of 2 March 1998, Vancouver-based Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reporter Greg Rasmussen came home to find that his house had been broken into and vandalized. The break-in occurred on the same day that a special report on the Hell’s Angels motorcycle club aired on CBC radio. The […]
Campaign to assists Sierra Leonean journalists in distress
(CCPJ/IFEX) – On 25 May 1996, a bloody military coup in Sierra Leone terminated the West African nation’s first meaningful experiment in pluralistic democracy. The Armed Forces Ruling Council (AFRC) which overthrew the constitutional government of President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah have since embarked upon a campaign of repression against any perceived opponent of the junta, […]
Police justify actions to quell demonstrations during APEC forum, admit to suppressing freedom of expression
(CCPJ/IFEX) – In a memo distributed during the first week of December 1997, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) justified its use of pepper spray on university students and other demonstrators on 25 November 1997, during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Vancouver. The RCMP memo also justifies officers’ actions in removing demonstrators’ signs. […]
Coroner’s jury makes recommendations regarding treatment of mentally ill individuals two years after murder of journalist Brian Smith
(CCPJ/IFEX) – A coroner’s jury looking into the August 1995 fatal shooting of popular television personality Brian Smith has come out with 72 recommendations aiming at a major overhaul in the laws and programs dealing with the mentally ill. **Updates IFEX alert dated 3 August 1995** The inquest was called to examine possible changes to […]
“Le Phare” editor-in-chief released
(CCPJ/IFEX) – CCPJ has learned that, on 19 November 1997, Polydor Muboyayi Mubanga, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Le Phare” who was detained on 8 September, was released. **Updates IFEX alerts of 23 and 9 September 1997**
Journalist Ladi Olorunyomi released
(CCPJ/IFEX) – Ladi Olorunyomi, journalist and assistant director (not head, as was reported in the original alert) of the Independent Journalism Centre (IJC) in Nigeria, was released from custody, apparently without charge, during the afternoon of 3 November 1997. **Updates IFEX alert dated 3 November 1997** Olorunyomi was picked up from her home in Lagos […]
Journalist Ladi Olorunyomi released
(CCPJ/IFEX) – Ladi Olorunyomi, journalist and assistant director (not head, as was reported in the original alert) of the Independent Journalism Centre (IJC) in Nigeria, was released from custody, apparently without charge, during the afternoon of 3 November 1997. **Updates IFEX alert dated 3 November 1997** Olorunyomi was picked up from her home in Lagos […]
Radio producer Okina Deesor detained
Okina Deesor, a producer with Radio Rivers in Rivers state, was arrested on 31 July 1996 and detained at the Government House Cell, reportedly without being provided food or water. On 3 August, he was transferred to the Mobile Police Cell. According to Major Obi Umabi, who ordered the arrest, Deesor’s detention is in connection […]