Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Jailed journalist asks United Nations for justice
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 2 October 2001 CPJ press release: CHINA: Jailed journalist asks United Nations for justice New York, October 2, 2001-After trying unsuccessfully for three years to secure his release from prison, Gao Qinrong, a reporter for the official Xinhua News Agency, has asked the United Nations High Commissioner for Human […]
CPJ demands release of British journalist and colleagues
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 1 October 2001 CPJ press release: CPJ DEMANDS RELEASE OF BRITISH JOURNALIST AND COLLEAGUES HELD IN AFGHANISTAN TALIBAN INVESTIGATING REPORTER YVONNE RIDLEY ON SUSPICION OF SPYING New York, October 1, 2001—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns the recent arrest of Yvonne Ridley, a reporter for London’s Sunday Express […]
CPJ condemns investigative reporter’s murder
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 1 October 2001 CPJ press release: INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER SHOT DEAD IN NORTHERN IRELAND New York, October 1, 2001-Martin O’Hagan, a 51-year-old investigative journalist with the Dublin newspaper Sunday World, was shot dead outside his home in the Northern Irish town of Lurgan late Friday, CPJ has confirmed. O’Hagan was […]
CPJ concerned over takeover of TVK television station
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 28 September 2001 letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, CPJ expressed concern over the recent illegal takeover of the television station TVK in central Russia’s Lipetsk Region. After investigating the circumstances, CPJ believes this was a politically motivated attempt by local governor Oleg Korolyov to control the station ahead of gubernatorial […]
President repeals controversial information law
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 27 September 2001 CPJ press release: PARAGUAY: Government repeals controversial information law New York, September 27, 2001-After a barrage of criticism from the local media and civil society, the Paraguayan government repealed a controversial new access to information law that restricted the ability of journalists to obtain public records. […]
CPJ briefing on Colombia’s worst enemy of the press, Carlos Castaño, now available online
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 26 September 2001 CPJ press release: CPJ BRIEFING ON COLOMBIA’S WORST ENEMY OF THE PRESS, CARLOS CASTAÑO, NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE New York, September 26, 2001-The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) today released a special report on right-wing paramilitary leader Carlos Castaño’s brutal campaign against journalists in Colombia. The report, […]
Concern over missing journalist’s safety
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 26 September 2001 CPJ press release: JAPANESE JOURNALIST MISSING IN CAUCASUS New York, September 26, 2001- Japanese free-lance journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka has now been missing since late July, when he reportedly left Georgia for Chechnya to interview Chechen rebels. Tsuneoka, 32, last communicated with his family via e-mail at […]
CPJ protests regressive press law
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 25 September 2001 letter to Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, CPJ expressed its alarm over news that his government is poised to enact sweeping amendments to existing press laws, an action that will severely curtail freedom of information in Brunei by imposing strict licensing requirements on newspapers and threatening journalists […]