Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Zimbabwe journalist on alleged government death list summoned by police
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 21 August 2001 CPJ press release: Zimbabwe journalist on alleged government death list summoned by police New York, August 21, 2001 — Two days after a Harare newspaper reported that prominent local journalist Basildon Peta topped an alleged government “hit list,” police summoned the journalist for questioning. Peta is […]
Editor charged with defamation
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 21 August 2001 CPJ press release: ZAMBIA: Editor charged with defaming president New York, August 21, 2001 — Fred M’membe, editor-in-chief of the independent Zambian daily The Post, was arrested today and charged with criminal defamation of the head of state, an offence under Article 69 of Zambia’s Penal […]
Police confiscate special edition of independent newspaper
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 20 August CPJ press release: BELARUS: Police confiscate special edition of independent newspaper New York, August 20, 2001 — In the latest crackdown on the independent press before the September 9 presidential election, police from the State Committee for Financial Investigation seized 400,000 copies of the independent tri-weekly Nasha […]
Mugabe government more hostile to independent press as election nears
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 16 August 2001 CPJ press release: IN ZIMBABWE, MUGABE GOVERNMENT GROWS MORE HOSTILE TO INDEPENDENT PRESS AS ELECTION NEARS New York, August 16, 2001 – The Committee to Protect Journalists today sent a letter to Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe chronicling a host of press freedom violations. The letter called […]
Belgian documentary filmmakers released
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 16 August 20001 CPJ press release: INDONESIA: CPJ welcomes release of Belgian filmmakers held hostage New York, August 16, 2001—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) welcomes today’s release of Philippe Simon and Johan van Den Eynde, two Belgian documentary filmmakers who were held hostage by a faction of the […]
Jailed Internet publisher Huang Qi tried in secret
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: CHINA: Jailed Internet publisher tried in secret New York, August 16, 2001 – Jailed Internet publisher Huang Qi was tried Tuesday, August 14, on charges of subversion, according to CPJ sources in China and the United States. The trial was held in secret in the Chengdu […]
Threatened by separatists, Aceh newspaper suspends publication
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 15 August 2001 CPJ press release: INDONESIA: Threatened by separatists, Aceh newspaper suspends publication New York, August 15, 2001 – On August 11, Serambi Indonesia, the largest daily newspaper in Aceh Province, suspended publication under pressure from the separatist Free Aceh Movement (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka, or GAM), CPJ has […]
Four journalists from “The Daily News” arrested
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: ZIMBABWE: Popular editor and three other journalists arrested New York, August 15, 2001 — Police arrested Daily News editor Geoff Nyarota at 12:15 a.m. this morning at his home in Harare, according to international news reports confirmed by CPJ sources in Zimbabwe. Police later detained Daily […]