Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
CPJ calls for immediate release of Internet essayist
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 25 June 2001 letter to President Jiang Zemin, CPJ stated that it is dismayed by the recent imprisonment of essayist Liu Weifang on subversion charges. CPJ called for his immediate and unconditional release. The government’s case against Liu is based on essays that he had posted on the Internet. In mid-June, […]
Spanish Version of CPJ’s “Attacks on the Press in 2000” now available online
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: Spanish Version of CPJ’s Attacks on the Press in 2000 Now Available on Web New York, June 22, 2001 — A Spanish language version of Attacks on the Press in 2000, is now available on the Web site of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), at […]
CPJ alarmed by Venezuelan High Court “Truthful Information” ruling
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 21 June 2001 letter to President Hugo Chávez Frías, CPJ is alarmed by the Venezuelan Supreme Court’s recent decision establishing criteria for “timely, truthful, and impartial information” and specifying how this right may be exercised. The right to “truthful information” was included in Venezuela’s 1999 Constitution despite strong domestic and international […]
Research on shootings of journalists in Israel and the Occupied Territories
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 20 June 2001 CPJ report: CPJ Releases Latest Research on Shootings of Journalists in Israel and the Occupied Territories June 20, 2001 – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) today released its latest research into the cases of journalists wounded by Israeli gunfire while covering unrest in the West […]
Journalist convicted on defamation charges
(CPJ/IFEX) – In an 18 June 2001 letter to Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, CPJ strongly protested the recent conviction of Oleg Liachko, editor of the independent Kyiv weekly “Svoboda”, on defamation charges. On 7 June, Liachko was found guilty by the Minsk District Court in Kyiv of defaming former prime minister Vasyl Durdynets and General […]
CPJ welcomes journalists’ release but calls for charges to be dropped
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is an 18 June 2001 CPJ press release: NEPAL: CPJ welcomes journalists’ release, but says sedition charges should be dropped New York, June 18, 2001 — Three journalists with the Nepali-language daily Kantipur, Yubaraj Ghimere, Kailash Shirohiya, and Binod Raj Gyawali, were released from jail on June 15. They face a […]
CPJ condemns arrest of four journalists for blasphemy
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 14 June 2001 letter to Pakistan’s chief executive, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, CPJ condemned the closure of the Urdu-language daily “Mohasib”, based in Abbotobad, Northwest Frontier Province, and the arrest of four of its editors on charges of blasphemy. The organisation called for their immediate and unconditional release. On 29 May, “Mohasib” […]
Radio journalist threatened
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 13 June 2001 letter to President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, CPJ expressed profound concerned about recent threats against Roosevelt Benjamin, director of information of the radio station Signal FM, based in the Port-au-Prince suburb of Pétion-Ville. Benjamin told CPJ that on the afternoon of 9 June, one hour after concluding his weekly political […]