Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
CPJ condemns recent attacks on independent media
In a 13 April 2000 letter to President Olusegun Obasanjo, CPJ expressed its grave concern over the recent attack on the independent daily newspaper “ThisDay”, and the overall deterioration of press freedom standards in Nigeria. On 4 April 2000, nine armed members of the State Security Service (SSS) invaded the offices of “ThisDay” in the […]
Two journalists convicted of defaming official, two others begin trial
The following is a 12 April 2000 CPJ news alert: ANGOLA: Two journalists convicted of defaming official; two others begin trial New York, April 12, 2000 — On April 11, a Luanda court convicted two journalists of defaming a senior government official and gave them suspended sentences, sources in Angola told CPJ. Graca Campos, a […]
Journalist appeals defamation charges
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ has written to Slovakian President Rudolph Schuster to express its dismay over recent defamation charges brought against Vladimir Mohorita, a journalist with the Slovak weekly “Zmena”. On 16 March 2000, Mohorita received a registered letter from the Bratislava 2 Regional Court informing him that unspecified, undated criminal charges had been filed against […]
Jailed journalist sentenced for defamation
**Updates IFEX alerts of 7 and 5 April and 31 March 2000** (CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 12 April 2000 CPJ press release: NAGORNO-KARABAKH: JAILED JOURNALIST SENTENCED FOR DEFAMATION New York, April 12, 2000 — Two weeks after being arrested and detained without charge, a Nagorno-Karabakh journalist has been sentenced to serve one year […]
Radio journalist killed in student demonstration
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 12 April 2000 CPJ press release: GAMBIA: RADIO JOURNALIST KILLED IN STUDENT DEMONSTRATION New York, April 12, 2000 — Popular Gambian journalist Omar Barrow, a news editor with the privately-owned Senegalese radio station SUD FM, which broadcasts in the Gambia, was shot dead on April 10 by a uniformed […]
CPJ publishes “Hunting The Dictator”
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ news alert: CPJ PUBLISHES “HUNTING THE DICTATOR” CPJ is pleased to announce the Web publication of “Hunting the Dictator,” Chadian journalist Daniel Bekoutou’s account of how his life was threatened after he led the fight to have former Chadian leader Hissene Habré prosecuted for torture and other crimes […]
CPJ condemns assault on BBC journalist
**Updates IFEX alert of 7 April 2000** (CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 7 April 2000 CPJ news alert: SRI LANKA: BBC CORRESPONDENT ASSAULTED IN COLOMBO New York, April 7, 2000 — CPJ condemns the April 6 assault on Elmo Fernando, Sri Lanka correspondent for the BBC’s Sinhala-language service. Fernando was attacked in front of […]
Weekly suspended
In a 6 April 2000 letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen, CPJ stated that it is deeply disturbed by the Information Ministry’s decision to suspend the publication of the “Cambodia News Bulletin” (“Pritbat Pordamean Kampuchea”), a bilingual weekly newspaper published in English and Khmer from the capital city, Phnom Penh. On 4 April 2000, the […]