Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Turkish journalist Nadire Mater appears in court
**Updates IFEX alerts of 12 and 11 July, 9 May, 9 and 1 March 2000, 30, 28, 24, 21, 10 and 9 September, 6 July and 25 June 1999** (CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 24 August 2000 CPJ press release: TURKISH JOURNALIST APPEARS IN COURT “Banning the truth does not eradicate it,” says author […]
CPJ protests inhuman interrogation of journalists
**Updates IFEX alerts of 18 August 2000** (CPJ/IFEX) – In a 23 August 2000 letter to President Askar Akayev, CPJ expressed concern over the harsh treatment to which three journalists from the Bishkek independent weekly “Delo N” were recently subjected by agents of the Ministry of National Security. After a long and brutal interrogation on […]
Judge denies bail to jailed Channel Four team
**Updates IFEX alerts of 22 and 21 August 2000** (CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 23 August 2000 CPJ press release: LIBERIAN JUDGE DENIES BAIL TO JAILED CHANNEL FOUR TEAM Alleges “crime against me and the people of Liberia” New York, August 23, 2000 – A four-man television news team from Britain’s Channel Four television […]
Liberia charges Channel 4 team with espionage
**Updates IFEX alert of 21 August 2000** (CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: New York, August 22, 2000 – A four-man television news crew from Britain’s Channel Four, in Liberian police custody since last Friday, was indicted yesterday, August 21, on espionage charges. Liberian authorities claim the journalists entered the country to […]
CPJ protests attack on Ukrainian journalist
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 21 August 2000 letter to President Leonid Kuchma, CPJ expressed outrage over the recent assault on Valentina Vasilchenko, a freelance journalist from the city of Cherkassy who was apparently beaten up in retaliation for a series of articles on police corruption that she published in the local independent weekly “Antenna”. CPJ […]
French journalists’ release delayed
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 17 August 2000 CPJ news alert: PHILIPPINES: As hostage crisis drags on, release of three French journalists delayed New York, August 17, 2000 — The expected release today of three French journalists and nine Western hostages held by Muslim separatist rebels on the southern island of Jolo has been […]
Filipovic hospitalized again with heart condition
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 17 August 2000 CPJ news alert: Filipovic Hospitalized Again with Heart Condition New York, August 17, 2000 – Serbian journalist Miroslav Filipovic was transferred from a military prison in Nis, where he is serving a seven-year sentence for espionage, to the city’s military hospital on Tuesday. He was admitted […]
CPJ outraged at arson attack against Radio 1 FM
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 15 August 2000 letter to President Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh, CPJ expressed its outrage at the recent arson attack against the editorial offices of the Banjul-based private broadcaster Radio 1 FM. While a police investigation is ongoing, sources in The Gambia told CPJ that the attack might have come in response to […]