Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
CPJ condemns journalist’s detention and other press freedom violations
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 10 May 2000 letter to President Gnassingbe Eyadéma, CPJ stated that it was disturbed by the continued detention of Hippolyte Agboh, publisher of the private weekly “L’Exilé”, who is being prosecuted on criminal defamation charges. CPJ is equally concerned about the recent spate of reprisals against news organisations that have criticised […]
CPJ protests arrests of journalists in Serbia
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 9 May 2000 CPJ press release: New York, May 9, 2000 — Yugoslav authorities detained at least eight journalists overnight and early today, according to CPJ sources and local press reports. Six were released after police questioning, one was ordered to leave the city in which she was working, […]
CPJ condemns murder of journalist
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is condemning the 2 May 2000 murder of Sufi Mohammad Khan, an investigative reporter with the “Daily Ummat Karachi”. While the organisation is relieved that the gunman and two accomplices are now in police custody, CPJ believes, based on interviews with local sources, that others involved in this crime may still be […]
CPJ announces publication of “Iran: The Press on Trial”
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: CPJ is pleased to announce the Web publication of “Iran: The Press on Trial,” a CPJ briefing on the recent press crackdown in Iran. EXCERPT: “When Iran’s top cleric, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, launched a scathing tirade against the country’s pro-reform newspapers on April 20, journalists braced […]
CPJ protests beating of journalists at opposition rally
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 4 May 2000 CPJ news alert: AZERBAIJAN: SEVENTEEN JOURNALISTS BEATEN AT OPPOSITION RALLY New York, May 4, 2000 – Seventeen journalists were beaten by police while covering an opposition demonstration on April 29 in the capital city of Baku, according to the Journalists’ Trade Union and other sources in […]
CPJ protests illegal detention of Congolese journalist
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 3 May 2000 letter to President Laurent-Désiré Kabila, and on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, CPJ reminded the president that the illegal detention of Freddy Loseke Lisumbu la Yayenga, editor of the Kinshasa-based weekly “La Libre Afrique”, is entering its fifth consecutive month. In the early hours of 31 […]
CPJ concerned about press freedom violations in Commonwealth countries
(CPJ/IFEX) – On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, CPJ has written to Commonwealth Secretary-General Donald McKinnon to express its concerns about press freedom violations in Malaysia and Sierra Leone, which have been Commonwealth member states since 1957 and 1961, respectively. The organisation wishes to draw McKinnon’s attention to the fact that the leaders […]
CPJ names Ten Worst Enemies of the Press
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: SPOTLIGHT ON PRESS TYRANTS: CPJ NAMES 10 ENEMIES OF THE PRESS ON WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY New York, May 3, 2000 – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) released its annual list of the Ten Worst Enemies of the Press today, calling to account those whose […]