Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
CPJ names world’s worst places to be a journalist
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: CPJ Names World’s Worst Places To Be A Journalist New York, May 3, 2002-The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) marks World Press Freedom Day by naming the world’s worst places to be a journalist-10 places whose dangers and restrictions represent the full range of current threats […]
Parliament debates harsh broadcasting bill
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 2 May 2002 CPJ press release: TURKEY: Parliament debates harsh broadcasting bill New York, May 2, 2002-The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is deeply concerned about the draft Supreme Radio and Television Board Bill currently being debated by the Turkish Parliament. The bill was passed last year but vetoed […]
CPJ condemns sentencing of reformist journalist Ahmed Zeid-Abadi
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 2 May 2002 CPJ press release: IRAN: Journalist sentenced to prison New York, May 2, 2002-The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the recent sentencing of Iranian reformist journalist Ahmed Zeid-Abadi, a writer for the newspaper Hamshahri, to 23 months in prison. On April 29, The Associated Press quoted Zeid-Abadi’s […]
CPJ calls for U.S. ban on recruiting journalists as spies
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 2 May 2002 CPJ press release: CPJ Calls for U.S. Ban on Recruiting Journalists as Spies Washington D.C., May 2, 2002 — In Senate testimony today, the Committee to Protect Journalists’ (CPJ) Washington representative Frank Smyth argued that the U.S. government should never recruit journalists as spies, and that […]
Three independent reporters arrested
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 1 May 2002 letter to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, CPJ condemned the arrests of Lloyd Mudiwa, Collin Chiwanza and Andrew Meldrum, three Harare-based, independent journalists. Central Intelligence Division officers arrested Mudiwa and Chiwanza, both staff writers at the privately owned “Daily News”, at their Harare office in the early morning hours […]
Regional newspaper editor killed
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: RUSSIA: Regional newspaper editor killed New York, April 30, 2002-Valery Ivanov, editor of the newspaper Tolyatinskoye Obozreniye in the southern Russian city of Togliatti, was shot dead outside his home last night, CPJ has confirmed. At approximately 11 p.m., Ivanov, 32, was shot eight times in […]
Threatened journalist latest target in series of attacks against press
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 26 April 2002 CPJ press release: COLOMBIAN TV JOURNALIST THREATENED WITH DEATH Local press under siege amid escalating violence, CPJ finds Bogotá, April 26, 2002-On April 22 and 23, unidentified men threatened to kill television journalist Daniel Coronell and his 3-year-old daughter. Coronell, news director of “Noticias Uno,” a […]
CPJ requests information about murdered journalist
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 25 April 2002 CPJ press release: INDIA: CPJ requests information about murdered journalist New York, April 25, 2002—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) today sent a letter of inquiry to Dr. Vishnu Kant Shastri, governor of Uttar Pradesh State, India, requesting information about the April 14 death of journalist […]