Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
CPJ disturbed over efforts to censor news coverage
In a 6 April 2000 letter to President Khamtay Siphandone, CPJ stated that it is disturbed by the efforts of Lao authorities to censor news coverage of last week’s explosion at a restaurant in the capital city, Vientiane. On 30 March 2000, shortly after 9:00 p.m. (local time), Ginny Stein, Southeast Asia correspondent for the […]
CPJ disturbed by arrest and continued detention of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic journalist
In a 6 April 2000 letter to Karen Mirzorian, representative of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, CPJ stated that it is greatly disturbed by the arrest and continued detention of Vahram Aghajanian, a journalist with the newspaper “Tasnerord Nahang” in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, and a contributor to the Yerevan, Armenia-based paper “Iravunk”. On 28 March 2000, […]
CPJ disturbed by recent assassination attempt against journalist
**Updates IFEX alerts of 4 April, 7 March and 29 February 2000** (CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is deeply disturbed by the recent assassination attempt made against Zamzamin Ampatuan, host of the daily news and cultural affairs program “Radio Kalimudan,” broadcast by the Roman Catholic radio station dxMS in Cotabato City on the island of Mindanao. On […]
Human Rights Watch and CPJ protest ongoing harassment of journalist
**Updates IFEX alert of 4 April 2000. For further background information on the Taoufik Ben Brick case, see IFEX alerts of 19 and 8 October, 30 September, 12 July, 27, 25, 20 and 14 May, 28 April, 29 and 13 January 1999 and 24 June 1998** (HRW/CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a joint 5 April […]
Journalist sentenced to six months for defamation
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 5 April 2000 CPJ news alert: CAMEROON: JOURNALIST SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS FOR DEFAMATION New York, April 5, 2000 — On April 3, a criminal court in the western Cameroonian town of Bafoussam convicted Michel Eclador Pekoua on one count of defamation and sentenced him to six months in […]
CPJ expresses sadness over journalist’s assassination
**Updates IFEX alert of 4 April 2000** (CPJ/IFEX) – In a 4 April 2000 letter to President René Préval, CPJ expressed its deep sorrow over the recent assassination of Jean Léopold Dominique, owner and director of the independent station Radio Haïti Inter, and of the station’s security guard, Jean Claude Louissaint. CPJ called on President […]
Another blow for banned newspaper
**Updates IFEX alert of 24 March 2000** (CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 4 April 2000 CPJ press release: KYRGYZSTAN: ANOTHER BLOW FOR BANNED NEWSPAPER New York, April 4, 2000 — A Bishkek city court recently found the local independent weekly Res Publika liable in yet another defamation suit. The paper is currently banned from […]
President Clinton urged to raise press freedom concerns with Yemeni leader
The following is a 3 April 2000 CPJ press release: CPJ Urges President Clinton to Raise Press Freedom Concerns with Yemeni Leader New York, April 3, 2000 – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urges U.S. president Bill Clinton to put press freedom high on the agenda for his meeting with Yemeni president Ali Abdullah […]