Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Freedom and captivity: Terry Anderson interviews Andrei Babitsky
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: New On CPJ’s Web Site: Freedom and Captivity: Terry Anderson Interviews Andrei Babitsky “I always had a sense that even colossal, dramatic events could change if a journalist were to tell the truth about what is happening.” – Russian journalist Andrei Babitsky Earlier this month, CPJ […]
CPJ protests censorship of “Cambodia News Bulletin”
(CPJ/IFEX) – In an 18 July 2000 letter to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, CPJ expressed its concern about the Information Ministry’s decision to once again suspend publication of the “Cambodia News Bulletin” (Pritbat Pordamean Kampuchea), a bilingual fortnightly published in English and Khmer from the capital city, Phnom Penh. On 13 July, the Information […]
CPJ condemns press freedom violations
(CPJ/IFEX) – In an 18 July 2000 letter to President Olusegun Obasanjo, CPJ expressed its grave concern that despite last year’s landmark democratic elections, the right of journalists to freely and independently report the news continues to be routinely violated in Nigeria. CPJ wrote President Obasanjo on 13 April, in the wake of a violent […]
CPJ report on effect of parliamentary elections on journalists
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: REPORT FROM ZIMBABWE: Parliamentary Elections Do Not Ameliorate Dangers for Independent Journalists July 18, 2000 — In a riveting account from Harare, just published on CPJ’s Web site , The Standard reporter Ray Choto writes about conditions for journalists in the wake of Zimbabwe’s historic parliamentary […]
CPJ disturbed over anonymous threats made to independent journalist
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 17 July 2000 CPJ press release: ANONYMOUS THREATS MADE TO INDEPENDENT MOLDOVAN JOURNALIST New York, July 17, 2000 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is deeply disturbed by the death threats made by unknown persons against independent Moldovan journalist, Andrei Turcanu. According to CPJ sources, Turcanu began receiving […]
CPJ protests criminal defamation charges brought against weekly
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 17 July 2000 letter to President Hugo Chávez Frías, CPJ expressed its concern over the criminal defamation charges being brought against the weekly “La Razon” for reporting on alleged irregularities in bidding on government contracts and at state auctions. CPJ strongly objected to the weekly’s being prohibited from publishing information related […]
CPJ condemns conviction of journalist Emadeddin Baghi
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 17 July 2000 CPJ press release: Iranian Journalist Sentenced New York, NY, July 17, 2000 — A leading Iranian reporter detained since late May was sentenced today by Tehran’s Press Court to five and a half years in prison, Iran’s official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported. Emadeddin Baghi’s […]
CPJ condemns journalist’s assassination
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 17 July 2000 letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, CPJ condemned the 16 July assassination of veteran journalist Shamsur Rahman, special correspondent of the Bengali-language national daily “Janakantha”, and urged her government to ensure that the perpetrators of this terrible crime are brought to justice. On 16 July at around 8:20 […]