Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Further remand set for “Standard” journalists
(CPJ/IFEX) – “Sunday Standard” journalists Mark Chavunduka and Ray Choto appeared in court in Harare on 4 October 1999 for further remand and review of their bail conditions. The hearing lasted only a few minutes: a further remand hearing was set for 4 January 2000. The two journalists were charged under the Law and Order […]
Journalists attacked, attempt to close down opposition newspaper
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is deeply alarmed by recent police attacks against journalists covering political demonstrations in Belgrade during the week of 27 September 1999, and by police attempts to close down the opposition newspaper “Glas Javnosti”. **Updates IFEX alert of 30 September 1999** According to CPJ’s sources, Belgrade police attacked at least four reporters on […]
CPJ condemns journalist’s killing, gunmen identified in news reports
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ strongly condemns the recent killing of Indonesian journalist Agus Muliawan, who was among a group of nine church workers massacred on Saturday, 22 September 1999 as they traveled to Baucau from Lospalos, East Timor. The gunmen were identified in Western news reports as Indonesian troops or pro-Indonesian militia members. The 26 year-old […]
Supreme Court trial for “Standard” journalists
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is deeply dismayed that journalists Mark Chavunduka and Ray Choto of the Harare-based “Sunday Standard” newspaper are to face trial in Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court on 4 October 1999, despite widespread international outrage over their case. **Updates IFEX alerts of 10 September, 19 July, 31 and 11 May, 15 March, 24, 12, 11, […]
CPJ special report on forbidden speech in Turkey
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ bulletin announcing a special report on forbidden speech in Turkey: CPJ BULLETIN CPJ RELEASES SPECIAL REPORT ON FORBIDDEN SPEECH IN TURKEY The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is pleased to announce the Web publication of Crossing the Line: Examples of Forbidden Speech in Turkey (http://www.cpj.org/dangerous/Tdaindex.html). The report features […]
Indonesian journalist killed in East Timor
(CPJ/IFEX) – An Indonesian journalist was among the group of nine people massacred by Indonesia troops in East Timor on Saturday 25 September 1999, according to wire service reports. Agus Muliawan, 26, was affiliated with the Tokyo-based news organization Asia Press International. He had been in East Timor for more than two months, working on […]
Newspaper confiscated
(CPJ/IFEX) – On 27 September 1999, an Istanbul State Security Court banned distribution of the 27 September edition of the Islamist daily “Akit”. Copies of the newspaper were seized from the paper’s head office and reportedly from kiosks in Istanbul. The seizure stems from an item published in the newspaper titled “Open Letter,” written by […]
Cuban government bars journalist from collecting award in New York
(CPJ/IFEX) – Raúl Rivero, founder and director of the independent news agency CubaPress, has informed CPJ that Cuban authorities denied him a permit to travel to Columbia University to receive a special citation from the Graduate School of Journalism for “independent reporting in the face of harassment, arrests, and threats from the government.” He was […]