Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Radio reporter stabbed to death
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 1 May 2000 CPJ press release: MEXICO: RADIO REPORTER STABBED TO DEATH New York, May 1, 2000 — The body of radio reporter José Ramírez Puente, the host of a popular news program in the Mexican town of Ciudad Juárez, across the border from El Paso, Texas, was found […]
Opposition journalist’s newspaper suspends publication indefinitely
**Updates IFEX alerts of 28, 13, 7 and 5 April and 31 March 2000** (CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 1 May 2000 CPJ press release: NAGORNO-KARABAKH: OPPOSITION JOURNALIST RELEASED WITH SUSPENDED SENTENCE (Posted May 1, 2000) New York, May 1, 2000 — A journalist who writes for an opposition newspaper in the self-proclaimed republic […]
Journalist killed, two more wounded
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 28 April 2000 CPJ press release: GUATEMALA: ONE JOURNALIST KILLED, TWO WOUNDED COVERING PROTEST New York, April 28, 2000 — A photographer for the Guatemala City daily Prensa Libre was killed yesterday and two other journalists were injured when private security guards opened fire on rioters in Guatemala City. […]
CPJ protests harassment of Azeri newspaper editor
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 28 April 2000 letter to President Heidar Aliyev, the CPJ expressed that it is deeply disturbed by his government’s recent crackdown on the Baku-based magazine “Monitor Weekly” and the continued harassment of its editor-in-chief, Elmar Huseynov. On 23 April, tax inspectors closed down the printing company where the magazine is produced. […]
CPJ condemns campaign of harassment against “The Daily News”
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 27 April 2000 CPJ letter to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe condemning the harassment campaign against “The Daily News”: April 27, 2000 President Robert Mugabe Office of the President Munhumutapa Building Samora Machel Avenue/ 3rd Street Harare, Zimbabwe VIA FAX: 011-263-4-708-820 Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the […]
CPJ condemns arrest of Associated Press photographer
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 27 April 2000 CPJ news alert: ZIMBABWE: AP PHOTOGRAPHER ARRESTED New York, April 27, 2000 — On April 26, Harare airport police arrested Obed Zilwa, an Associated Press photographer, on suspicion that he may have been involved in an April 22 bomb attack on the offices of the independent […]
French press delegation assaulted outside home of beleaguered journalist
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 26 April 2000 CPJ news alert: French Press Delegation Assaulted Outside Home of Beleaguered Tunisian Journalist Taoufik Ben Brik Temporarily Suspends Hunger Strike after 24 Days New York, April 26, 2000 – Tunisian police assaulted a group of French press freedom advocates and journalists today when they attempted to […]
Press crackdown intensifies, fourteen newspapers closed, two journalists imprisoned
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 24 April 2000 CPJ news alert: Iran Press Crackdown Intensifies 14 Newspapers are Closed, Two More Journalists Imprisoned New York, N.Y., April 24, 2000 – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) today expressed outrage over the closure of 14 Iranian newspapers and the imprisonment of journalists Akbar Ganji and […]