Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Media threatened during state of emergency
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 24 April 2000 CPJ news alert: BOLIVIA: MEDIA THREATENED DURING STATE OF EMERGENCY New York, April 24, 2000 — CPJ is deeply concerned about a series of recent threats against Bolivian media organizations covering corruption and state violence. On April 14, at 9:30 a.m., the La Paz-based daily Presencia […]
Government official attacks journalist
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 21 April 2000 CPJ news alert: YUGOSLAVIA: GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL ATTACKS JOURNALIST New York, April 21, 2000 — Serbian ultranationalist leader and deputy prime minister Vojislav Seselj has insinuated that an independent journalist’s life may be in danger. Appearing April 12 on a government TV program called “Fifth Column,” about […]
Supreme leader lashes out at reformist media; parliament stiffens press law
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 20 April 2000 CPJ news alert: IRAN: SUPREME LEADER LASHES OUT AT REFORMIST MEDIA; PARLIAMENT STIFFENS PRESS LAW New York, April 20, 2000 — On April 19, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei launched a biting verbal attack against Iran’s reformist press, which continues to face fierce pressure from […]
Journalist continues hunger strike
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 21 April 2000 CPJ news alert: Tunisia: Journalist Enters 19th Day of Hunger Strike New York, April 21, 2000 – Tunisian journalist Taoufik Ben Brik today entered the 19th day of a hunger strike launched on April 3 to protest the Tunisian government’s ban on his travel outside the […]
Thai editor shot
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 20 April 2000 letter to Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai, CPJ noted that it is dismayed by the recent assassination attempt against Amnat Khunyosying, owner and editor of the Thai-language newspaper “Phak Nua Raiwan” (“Northern Daily”), published in Chiang Mai. On 18 April, around 4:45 p.m. (local time), Amnat was outside the […]
TV station fires news director for covering attacks on opposition leaders
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 20 April 2000 CPJ news alert: KAZAKHSTAN: TV STATION FIRES NEWS DIRECTOR FOR COVERING ATTACKS ON OPPOSITION LEADERS New York, April 20, 2000 — A TV news director in Kazakhstan was dismissed under official pressure after she covered the harassment of three opposition leaders, according to CPJ’s sources in […]
CPJ disturbed by arrests of editor and writer
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 20 April 2000 letter to Chief Minister Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh, CPJ noted that it is deeply disturbed by the imprisonment of Nongthonbam Biren, chief editor of the Manipuri-language daily “Naharolgi Thoudang”, and Thounaojam Iboyaima, the author of a speech recently published in the newspaper. Biren and Iboyaima were arrested on 14 […]
Concern over sentencing of five opposition journalists
The following is a 19 April 2000 CPJ news alert: EGYPT: Five Opposition Journalists Sentenced to Jail Terms New York, April 19, 2000 – A Cairo criminal court sentenced five journalists working for the opposition weekly newspaper Al-Ahrar to six months in prison on April 16 for allegedly libeling Muhammad Fahim al-Rayyan, the chairman of […]