Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
New CPJ briefing on press freedom in Syria
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 7 September 2001 CPJ press release: NEW CPJ BRIEFING ON PRESS FREEDOM IN SYRIA New York, September 7, 2001 – Just over a year after Syrian president Bashar al-Assad assumed power following the death of his father, the late Hafez al-Assad, optimism for a full-fledged revival of Syria’s restricted […]
CPJ condemns harassment of independent press ahead of the elections
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 5 September 2001 CPJ letter to Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko: September 5, 2001 His Excellency Aleksandr Lukashenko President of Belarus Republic Minsk 220020 Via Facsimile: 011-375-172-23-58-25 Via World Wide Web: http://www.president.gov.by/rus/president/mail.shtml Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is outraged by your government’s relentless attacks on the independent […]
CPJ concerned about military’s crackdown on press
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 5 September 2001 CPJ press release: New York, September 5, 2001-The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) today expressed its deep concern about the Lebanese army’s recent lawsuit against two journalists working with the leading Lebanese daily newspaper Al-Nahar. On August 31, Al-Nahar was informed that the army had taken […]
Press suffers under government restrictions
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 4 September 2001 CPJ press release and briefing: AZERBAIJANI PRESS SUFFERS UNDER GOVERNMENT RESTRICTIONS Legal harassment, alphabet change hamper independent media New York, September 4, 2001 – According to a news briefing on press conditions in Azerbaijan released today by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), President Heydar Aliyev’s […]
CPJ condemns writer’s sentencing
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 31 August 2001 CPJ press release: CPJ CONDEMNS SENTENCING OF CHINESE JOURNALIST TO LABOR CAMP New York, August 31, 2001 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns the sentencing of free-lance writer Liu Haofeng to three years at a labor camp for “endangering national security.” Documents recently provided […]
Cameraman assaulted
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 30 August 2001 CPJ press release: UKRAINIAN CAMERAMAN ASSAULTED New York, August 30, 2001 – Aleksey Movsesyan, a 23-year-old cameraman with the independent television station Efir-1 in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk, was assaulted on the evening of Sunday, August 26, CPJ has confirmed. An assailant struck Movsesyan […]
Radio station bombed in Medellín
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 29 August 2001 CPJ press release: COLOMBIA: Radio station bombed in Medellín New York, August 29, 2001 – On the evening of August 23, a powerful bomb exploded in a street behind the Medellín offices of Caracol Radio, an affiliate of the national Caracol Radio Network, according to local […]
Supreme Court refuses to consider lifting ban on controversial book
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 29 August 2001 CPJ press release: CHILE: Supreme Court refuses to consider lifting ban on controversial book New York, August 29, 2001 – The Chilean Supreme Court has refused to consider journalist Alejandra Matus’ appeal against the court-ordered banning of The Black Book of Chilean Justice, her muckraking book […]