Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Journalists covering Zimbabwe elections intimidated
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 21 June 2000 letter to President Robert Mugabe, CPJ expressed its deep concern about the climate of intimidation in which journalists covering the upcoming parliamentary elections in Zimbabwe are being forced to work. In recent weeks, local and foreign correspondents have been subjected to harassment and even violence by politicians and […]
Top investigative reporter tells why he fled the country
**Correction to IFEX alert of 16 June 2000** (CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ correction to alert: DANGEROUS ASSIGNMENT: INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN COLOMBIA Colombia’s Top Investigative Reporter Tells For the First Time Why He Fled The Country Special Report on CPJ’s Web Site New York, June 16, 2000 – Colombia’s top investigative journalist, Ignacio […]
Journalist beaten
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 19 June 2000 letter to Armenian President Robert Kocharian, CPJ protested the brutal beating of an independent Armenian journalist. According to local sources, Vahagn Ghukasian, a contributor to the Yerevan-based daily “Aravot”, the daily “Haykakan Jamanak”, and the weekly “Chorrord Ishkhanutiun”, was taken on 6 June to the Interior Ministry, where […]
Top investigative reporter tells why he fled the country
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ news advisory: DANGEROUS ASSIGNMENT: INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN COLOMBIA Colombia’s Top Investigative Reporter Tells For the First Time Why He Fled The Country Special Report on CPJ’s Web Site New York, June 16, 2000 – For the first time since he left his country, Colombia’s top investigative journalist, Ignácio […]
Officials pledge to lift Sri Lanka censorship
**Updates IFEX alerts of 7 and 6 June, 24, 23, 22, 15 and 4 May 2000** (CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 15 June 2000 CPJ press release: OFFICIALS PLEDGE TO LIFT SRI LANKA CENSORSHIP CPJ Delegation Is Told Restrictions Are Counterproductive COLOMBO, Sri Lanka June 15 — Harsh press censorship in Sri Lanka is […]
CPJ concerned about second incident of police posing as journalists in hostage crisis
**For background information on the Luxembourg case, see IFEX alerts of 6 and 2 June 2000** (CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 15 June 2000 CPJ press release: CPJ CONCERNED ABOUT SECOND INCIDENT OF POLICE POSING AS JOURNALISTS IN HOSTAGE CRISIS New York, June 15, 2000 — The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned […]
Call for end to criminal defamation
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 13 June 2000 CPJ press release: JOURNALISTS, LAWYERS IN THE AMERICAS CALL FOR END TO CRIMINAL DEFAMATION New York, June 13, 2000 — Prominent journalists, lawyers, and academics from throughout the Americas, who gathered June 8-9 in Buenos Aires, Argentina at a conference hosted by CPJ and the Argentine […]
Two journalists grilled over coverage of alleged police rape attempt
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 14 June 2000 CPJ statement: KENYA: Two journalists grilled over coverage of alleged police rape attempt New York, June 14, 2000 — Two journalists from the daily newspaper The People were arrested on June 12 and questioned over an article alleging attempted rape by police officers in the district […]