Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
CPJ protests storming of four media outlets by Yugoslav authorities
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: YUGOSLAV AUTHORITIES STORM FOUR MEDIA OUTLETS New York, May 17, 2000 — Shortly after two a.m. this morning, hundreds of Yugoslav police raided the offices of Serbia’s largest opposition television station, the Belgrade-based Studio B. The 23-story Beogradjanka building in central Belgrade also houses three other […]
Independent radio station harassed over coverage of anti-government strike
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 16 May 2000 CPJ press release: LESOTHO: Independent radio station harassed over coverage of anti-government strike New York, May 16, 2000 — Journalist Candi Ratabane Ramainoane, manager of the Maseru-based independent radio station Moafrika FM, received a hand-delivered summons to appear at the Ministry of Communication with a copy […]
Yemeni editor charged with instigating “sectarian feuds”
**Updates IFEX alerts of 11 May and 10 March 2000** (CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 15 May 2000 CPJ press release: Yemeni Editor Charged With Instigating “Sectarian Feuds” New York, May 15, 2000 — The editor of a leading Yemeni newspaper has been charged for the second time in a week with violating tough […]
Serbian journalist freed, but may still face charges
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 12 May 2000 CPJ press release: New York, May 12, 2000 — A leading Serbian journalist who was arrested May 8 and charged with espionage three days later in a military court has been released, according to news reports and CPJ sources in Belgrade. The military charges against Miroslav […]
Media-Most office raided
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 12 May 2000 letter to President Vladimir Putin, CPJ expressed its alarm over the 11 May raid on the head office of Media-Most, the company that owns NTV Television, Ekho Moskvy radio, the daily newspaper “Segodnya” and the weekly news magazine “Itogi”. CPJ noted that such a show of force, in […]
CPJ protests attack on “Jawa Pos” newspaper
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is deeply disturbed by the recent attack on the Surabaya-based daily newspaper “Jawa Pos” by members of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the grassroots Muslim organization that President Abdurrahman Wahid chaired for fifteen years before becoming president of Indonesia. Last Saturday 6 May 2000, some thirty members of Banser, the paramilitary youth wing of […]
CPJ protests continued detention of journalist
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 10 May 2000 CPJ press release: New York, 10 May 2000 — A Serb journalist who was detained in a wave of arrests on 8 May may face charges of espionage, according to news reports and CPJ sources in Belgrade. Miroslav Filipovic, a correspondent for the independent Belgrade daily […]
CPJ condemns prosecution of editor
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 10 May 2000 letter to President Ali Abdullah Saleh, CPJ strongly protested the prosecution of Hisham Basharaheel, the editor in chief and publisher of the independent thrice-weekly newspaper “Al-Ayyam”. In a hearing on the morning of 10 May at the Seera Court of First Instance, Basharaheel was charged with a multitude […]