Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
CPJ condemns editor’s arrest
(CPJ/IFEX) – In an 8 November 2001 letter to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, CPJ condemned the 8 November arrests and detentions of Geoff Nyarota, editor-in-chief of the “Daily News”, Zimbabwe’s only independent daily newspaper, and Wilf Mbanga, the former chief executive officer of the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ), the company that publishes the “Daily […]
CPJ awardee receives nine-year sentence
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: CHINA: CPJ awardee receives nine-year sentence November 2, 2001-The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns the nine-year prison sentence handed down to journalist Jiang Weiping by the Dalian Intermediate Court in Liaoning Province. The sentence was confirmed by CPJ sources, but has not yet been publicly […]
CPJ concerned by detention of Japanese journalist in Taliban-controlled territory
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 1 November 2001 CPJ press release: AFGHANISTAN: Japanese journalist detained in Taliban territory November 1, 2001 – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is very concerned by the detention of Japanese journalist Daigen Yanagida in Taliban-controlled territory. Yanagida was arrested on October 22 in Asadabad, near the border with […]
CPJ condemns government raid on independent TV station
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 31 October 2001 CPJ press release: GEORGIA: CPJ condemns government raid on independent TV station New York, October 31, 2001-The Committee to Protect Journalists today denounced a government raid on the independent Georgian television station Rustavi-2. On October 30, some 30 agents from Georgia’s National Security Ministry raided Rustavi-2’s […]
CPJ urges Ethiopia to remove remaining press restrictions
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ letter to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi: October 31, 2001 His Excellency Prime Minister Meles Zenawi Office of the Prime Minister P.O. Box 1031 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Via facsimile: 251-155-2020 Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) recently completed a fact-finding mission to Ethiopia to assess conditions for […]
CPJ concerned over discriminatory visa policy for journalists
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 29 October 2001 letter to President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, CPJ expressed concern over his government’s apparent refusal to process visa applications from journalists of Indian descent. Indian journalists, as well as journalists of Indian origin holding citizenship from Western countries, have told CPJ that visa applications submitted in mid-September are still […]
Israeli forces harass journalists, bar them from covering clashes
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 25 October 2001 CPJ press release: CPJ: Israeli forces harass journalists, bar them from covering clashes New York, October 25, 2001-The Committee to Protect journalists is deeply troubled that Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) harassed journalists and barred them from covering clashes in the Palestinian village of Beit Rima on […]
State regulatory commission investigates television station
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 24 October 2001 CPJ press release: VENEZUELA: State regulatory commission investigates television station New York, October 24, 2001-CPJ is alarmed that the Venezuelan National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) is investigating Globovision, a 24-hour news channel, to determine whether the station violated media broadcast regulations by reporting “false” news. Conatel could […]