Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Journalist tortured on presidential orders, CPJ expresses its alarm
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 13 September 2000 letter to President Robert Gueï, CPJ stated that it is gravely disturbed by the continued brutal persecution of journalists who criticize the president and the activities of his military government. CPJ is particularly alarmed at the recent beating of Joachim Beugré, editor of the private daily “Le Jour”, […]
CPJ concerned about detention and abuse of Associated Press reporter, deportation order faced by ORT reporter and cameraman
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ news alert: Associated Press Reporter Detained and Abused by Russian Troops in Chechnya New York, September 11, 2000 – Ruslan Musayev, a local reporter, cameraman, and photographer for The Associated Press (AP), was captured by Russian military forces in Chechnya on September 5, beaten, and held in detention […]
Why does the president of Kenya want to ban private vernacular broadcasting?
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ briefing report: CPJ BRIEFING: Radio Interference Why does the president of Kenya want to ban private vernacular broadcasting? By Wacuka Mungai New York, September 8, 2000 – On August 31, President Daniel arap Moi of Kenya ordered his attorney general to craft legislation that would ban private radio […]
CPJ protests suspension of two magazines
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 7 September 2000 letter to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, CPJ expressed its dismay at the recent suspension of two Malaysian publications, the weekly news magazine “Eksklusif” and the monthly youth magazine “Wasilah”. In an interview yesterday with the online newspaper “Malaysiakini”, Home Ministry official Tengku Mahmood Tengku Ismail said “Eksklusif”‘s publication […]
Newspaper offices besieged by angry supporters of prime minister
New York, September 7, 2000 — An irate crowd of some three dozen people calling themselves agents of Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam’s Labor Party staged a loud demonstration in front of the offices of Le Mauricien and L’express, the island’s leading independent dailies. Wielding sticks and shouting slogans, the protesters railed against what they […]
CPJ condemns president’s plan to ban vernacular broadcasting
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 6 September 2000 letter to President Daniel arap Moi, CPJ said it was disturbed by his stated intention of banning private radio stations from broadcasting in Kenya’s vernacular languages. On 31 August, at the opening of the Agricultural Society of Kenya show in Mombasa, the president accused private stations that broadcast […]
Another editor interrogated in connection with attempted hijacking
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 5 September 2000 CPJ news alert: Another Azerbaijan Editor Interrogated in Connection with Attempted Hijacking New York, September 5, 2000 — In a widening crackdown on local media, Azeri authorities called in a second editor for questioning in connection with the recent attempted hijacking in the Azeri enclave of […]
CPJ condemns editor’s sentencing, calls for repeal of criminal defamation laws
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ news alert: CPJ CONDEMNS SENTENCING OF SRI LANKAN EDITOR Calls for Repeal of Criminal Defamation Laws New York, September 5, 2000—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns the sentencing today of Lasantha Wickrematunga, editor of the English-language weekly newspaper The Sunday Leader, on charges of criminally defaming President […]