Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
CPJ special briefing on Venezuela
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: CPJ Special Briefing On Venezuela: President Chávez Delivers An Earful But Is Press Freedom Being Drowned Out? New York, March 1, 2001 — Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez Frías gives new meaning to the term “radio frequency,” according to a special briefing released today by the Committee […]
CPJ welcomes editor’s release on bail
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 28 February 2001 CPJ press release: New York, February 28, 2001 – Befekadu Moreda, editor of the private Amharic-language weekly Tomar, was released on bail February 27, after spending two weeks in jail for refusing to reveal sources for a story on a secessionist movement. Kifle Mulat, the president […]
BBC staffer detained
(CPJ/IFEX) – In an 18 December 2000 letter to Mullah Mohammad Omar, Afghanistan’s supreme leader, CPJ expressed its deep concern about the safety of Abdul Saboor Salehzai, a translator for the BBC in Kabul who has been detained incommunicado since 16 December 2000. Foreign Ministry officials confirmed that Salehzai was arrested on 16 December, but […]
Two Colombian journalists murdered
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 14 December 2000 CPJ press release: Bogotá, December 14, 2000 — Early yesterday morning, two men on a motorcycle killed radio journalist Alfredo Abad Lopez as he was saying goodbye to his wife outside their home in the southern Colombian city of Florencia. Abad was the director of Voz […]
CPJ calls for independent investigation into Gongadze disappearance
The following is a 14 December 2000 CPJ press release: CPJ calls for prompt independent investigation of Gongadze disappearance New York, December 14, 2000 — In the wake of allegations linking President Leonid Kuchma and two top aides to the September 16 disappearance of independent journalist Georgy Gongadze, CPJ urges President Kuchma and his government […]
CPJ protests continued harassment of journalist, refusal to allow him to leave the country
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 12 December 2000 letter to President José Eduardo dos Santos, CPJ strongly protested his government’s continued harassment of journalist Rafael Marques, who was refused the right to leave the country on the morning of 12 December despite official assurances, and a signed court order, stating clearly that all travel restrictions against […]
CPJ welcomes improvement of press-freedom climate, calls on President Kostunica to repeal Public Information Act, investigate media harassment by Milosevic regime
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 7 December 2000 CPJ letter to President Kostunica: December 7, 2000 His Excellency Vojislav Kostunica President of Yugoslavia Savezna Skupstina 11000 Belgrade Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Fax: (381 11) 636-775 Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent press freedom organization dedicated to the defense of journalists […]
CPJ concerned over Swiss journalist’s prolonged detention
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 6 December 2000 letter to President Abdurrahman Wahid, CPJ expressed its deep concern over the prolonged detention of Swiss journalist Oswald Iten in Jayapura, Irian Jaya, on suspicion that he violated Indonesia’s immigration laws by reporting without a press visa. Police have threatened Iten with a five-year jail term for improper […]