Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
CPJ disturbed by journalist’s kidnapping, torture
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 26 May 2000 letter to President Alberto Fujimori, CPJ stated that it is deeply disturbed by the kidnapping and torture of journalist Fabián Salazar Olivares. Salazar was attacked and brutally tortured on 24 May, just after receiving materials with allegedly damaging information about high-level officials from President Fujimori’s administration, according to […]
Journalist attacked
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 26 May 2000 letter to the general prosecutor of Romania, Mirea Cristea, CPJ stated that it is troubled by the brutal assault on Valentin Dragan, a journalist with the weekly newspaper “Cuget Liber” in Constanta, and urgently requested further information about the status of the investigation. On 12 May, Dragan was […]
Fifteen reporters killed since 1997
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: SIERRA LEONE: 15 REPORTERS KILLED SINCE 1997, 13 BY REBEL FORCES CPJ: “RUF Deliberately Targeted Local Reporters And Foreign Correspondents For Years” New York, May 25, 2000 — A total of 15 journalists have been killed in Sierra Leone since 1997 because of their work, according […]
CPJ protests continuing harassment of independent media
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 25 May 2000 letter to President Alexander Lukashenko, CPJ stated that it was deeply disturbed by the continuing pattern of intimidation by federal and local authorities of the independent press in Belarus. Over the past few months, CPJ has monitored many violations of press freedom, and now wishes to draw the […]
CPJ deeply concerned over safety of journalist
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 25 May 2000 letter to President Carlos Roberto Flores Facussé, CPJ expressed deep concern for the safety of Julio César Pineda, coordinator of the press department of Radio Progreso in the town of El Progreso, near the northern city of San Pedro Sula. Pineda was seriously wounded in an attempt on […]
CPJ concerned over prosecution of journalist
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 24 May 2000 letter to Attorney General Jorge Madrazo Cuéllar, CPJ expressed its concern about the prosecution of Meliton García, a reporter with the Monterrey-based daily “El Norte”, who is being charged under Mexico’s federal electoral law for fraudulently obtaining a voter credential. If convicted, García could be jailed for up […]
Two journalists killed by RUF gunmen; two others wounded
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 24 May 2000 CPJ press release: SIERRA LEONE: TWO JOURNALISTS KILLED BY RUF GUNMEN; TWO OTHERS WOUNDED CPJ: “RUF Deliberately Targeted Local Reporters And Foreign Correspondents For Years” New York, May 24, 2000 — The Committee to Protect Journalists is outraged by the latest murderous attack on journalists in […]
CPJ concerned by violent attack on journalist
**Updates IFEX alert of 16 May 2000** (CPJ/IFEX) – In a 22 May 2000 letter to President Vladimir Putin, CPJ stated that it is deeply troubled by the recent violent attack on Igor Domnikov, a reporter for the twice-weekly paper “Novaya Gazeta” in Moscow, and by the government’s recent announcement that it plans to interrogate […]