Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Editor and publisher released on bail, due to appear in court
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is deeply concerned by the 12 January 2000 arrests of Zulkifli Sulong, the editor of “Harakah”, the biweekly newspaper of the opposition Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), and Chia Lim Thye, the owner of the company that prints “Harakah” and formally holds the newspaper’s publishing license. Police charged Zulkifli and Chia with sedition […]
CPJ expresses deep concern over deteriorating press freedom situation
(CPJ/IFEX) – Ahead of the United Nations Security Council open briefing on Angola, scheduled to take place in New York on 18 January 2000, CPJ is once again expressing its deep concern over the deteriorating press freedom situation in Angola. Over the past year, His Excellency José Eduardo dos Santos’ government has been among Africa’s […]
Imprisoned journalist’s health deteriorating
**Updates IFEX alerts of 11 August, 17 July and 29 June 1998** (CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ has written President Islam Karimov of the Republic of Uzbekistan to draw his attention to the deteriorating health of Shadi Mardiev, a 63-year-old reporter with the state-run Samarkand radio station, who was sentenced on 11 June 1998 to an eleven-year […]
Publications threatened with closure
In a 10 January 2000 letter to Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Mahathir Mohamad, CPJ expressed its deep concern over the Ministry of Home Affairs’ recent threats to close five Malaysian publications, including the widely-read opposition biweekly “Harakah”. In a 24 December 1999 letter, the home ministry accused “Harakah”, the newspaper of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party […]
CPJ expresses its concerns over press freedom in Africa
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 10 January 2000 CPJ letter to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan alerting him to the organisation’s concerns over press freedom in Africa: January 10, 1999 Kofi Annan United Nations Secretary-General United Nations New York NY 10017 BY FAX: (212) 963 4879 Dear Mr. Secretary-General, On the occasion of the […]
Tortured journalists’ trial deferred
The following is a 6 January 2000 CPJ news alert: New York, January 6, 2000 — The trial of Sunday Standard journalists Mark Chavunduka and Ray Choto has been deferred to July 2000. At a hearing in Harare yesterday, the magistrate remanded the two until July 7, pending the outcome of their constitutional challenge to […]
CPJ reports thirty-three journalists killed in 1999 because of their work
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 33 JOURNALISTS KILLED IN 1999 BECAUSE OF THEIR WORK CPJ Sees Worldwide Trend to Silence Witnesses to Wars, Atrocities, Corruption Sierra Leone Tops List with Ten Killed; Journalists Also Killed in Yugoslavia, Colombia, Chechnya, East Timor, and Other Countries Warring factions, seeking to […]
CPJ dismayed by recent spate of killed journalists in Sri Lanka
**Updates IFEX alert of 4 January 2000** (CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is condemning the 31 December 1999 murder of Vasthian Anthony Mariyadas, a freelance radio reporter who was on assignment for the state-run Sri Lankan Broadcasting Corporation when he was shot dead in the northern town of Vavuniya. The assassination took place outside St. Anthony’s Church, […]