Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
CPJ dismayed by China’s latest effort to control Internet
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 3 October 2000 CPJ news alert: CPJ DISMAYED BY CHINA’S LATEST EFFORT TO CONTROL INTERNET New Regulations Encourage Self-Censorship New York, October 3, 2000 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is dismayed by the raft of Internet regulations announced this week by the Chinese government, which include new […]
Angolan journalist found dead in Zambezi river
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: ZAMBIA: ANGOLAN JOURNALIST FOUND DEAD IN ZAMBEZI RIVER New York, October 3, 2000 — An Angolan journalist who had disappeared during a media tour of refugee camps in western Zambia was found dead early today in the Zambezi River near the town of Senanga, according to […]
CPJ inquires about prosecution of Ciudad Juárez journalists on criminal-defamation charges
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 2 October 2000 CPJ press release: MEXICO: Ciudad Juárez journalists prosecuted for defaming former police chief New York, October 2, 2000 — CPJ has written to the attorney general of Chihuahua State to inquire about the prosecution of journalists Jesús Antonio Pinedo Cornejo and Luis Villagrana on criminal-defamation charges. […]
Babitsky’s trial starts Monday 2 October 2000
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: Babitsky Trial Starts Monday CPJ Calls On Russian Government to Drop Charges New York, September 29, 2000 — The trial of the Russian journalist Andrei Babitsky, which has attracted the attention of the international press freedom community, will begin on Monday, October 2 at 10 a.m. […]
Journalist Nadire Mater acquitted
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: Turkish Journalist Nadire Mater Acquitted of “Insulting” the Military CPJ Welcomes Court Decision New York, September 29, 2000 — A Turkish journalist standing trial for “insulting” Turkey’s powerful military in a book of interviews with former conscripts of the civil conflict in southeastern Turkey was acquitted […]
CPJ concerned about journalist’s disappearance
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 25 September 2000 letter to President Leonid Kuchma, CPJ expressed its deep concern about the recent disappearance of Georgy Gongadze, the 31-year-old editor of the news Web site Ukrainska Pravda (www.pravda.com.ua). CPJ noted that this event has alarmed the journalistic community in Ukraine and further eroded President Kuchma’s government’s already limited […]
CPJ protests confiscation of independent newspaper
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 25 September 2000 letter to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, CPJ expressed its deep concern over the recent confiscation of more than 100,000 copies of the Minsk-based independent weekly “Rabochy”. On 13 September, according to local sources, police confiscated 112,000 copies of a special edition of “Rabochy”, nearly a third of the […]
Journalist murdered in Moscow
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: RUSSIA: Journalist Murdered in Moscow New York, September 22, 2000 — Late last night, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reporter Iskandr Khatloni was attacked in his Moscow apartment by an unknown, axe-wielding assailant. Khatloni was struck twice in the head, according to the Moscow bureau of […]