Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
CPJ protests suspension of newspaper
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is strongly protesting the closure of the opposition weekly newspaper “Al-Haq”. **Updates IFEX alert of 12 October 1999** On 7 October 1999, a Yemeni court ordered the one month suspension of “Al-Haq” for allegedly inciting “sectarianism” and “regionalism” in opinion columns published in the newspaper in 1997 and 1999. The offending articles, […]
Broadcast media under army control
(CPJ/IFEX) – The Pakistani army took over state-run television and radio during a military coup against the civilian government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on 12 October 1999. Pakistan Television (PTV) went off the air within hours of its broadcast announcing the prime minister’s dismissal of Pakistan’s army chief, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, which apparently prompted […]
Local farmer witnessed murder of Sander Thoenes in East Timor
(CPJ/IFEX) – On 8 October 1999, CPJ reported that according to “The Christian Science Monitor” and wire service reports, an East Timorese farmer said he witnessed the shooting of Sander Thoenes, a Dutch correspondent killed near Dili in September. **Updates IFEX alerts of 23 September, 22 September and 21 September 1999** Alexandre Estevao said the […]
Tunisian journalist speaks out on CPJ website
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: **For background on the Ben Brik case, see IFEX alerts of 30 September, 12 July, 27 May, 25 May, 20 May, 14 May, 28 April, 29 January and 13 January 1999 and 24 June 1998** TUNISIAN JOURNALIST SPEAKS OUT ON CPJ WEBSITE October 7, 1999 — […]
Romanian reporters assaulted
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is deeply disturbed by two recent violent attacks against journalists investigating corruption in Romania. On 23 September 1999, Marian Tudor, a reporter with the daily “Jurnalul de Constanta” in the Black Sea port of Constanta, was assaulted by two unidentified assailants aboard a train traveling from Constanta to Bucharest. Tudor was delivering […]
Election Commissioner dismisses petition against editor Najam Sethi
(CPJ/IFEX) – After a two-hour hearing on 6 October 1999, the Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan dismissed a petition that sought to exclude embattled editor Najam Sethi from political life by having him declared non-Muslim. The petition was filed on 24 June by legislator Syed Zafar Ali Shah, a member of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s […]
CPJ protests imprisonment of contributor to newspaper
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is protesting in the strongest terms the conviction and imprisonment of Dr. Ahmad Baghdadi, head of the political science department at Kuwait University and a regular contributor to the daily newspaper “Al-Siyassa”. On 4 October 1999, a Kuwaiti appellate court sentenced Baghdadi to one month in prison for allegedly defaming Islam and […]
Government bans nine publications
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is greatly alarmed by President Alexander Lukashenko’s government’s decision to ban nine local publications, many of which had yet to publish their first issue. **Updates IFEX alerts of 28 September, 23 July, 31 May, 27 May, 21 May, 14 May, 13 May, 19 April, 16 March and 18 February 1999** On 4 […]