Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
CPJ condemns murder of journalist
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is strongly condemning the murder of Rohana Kumara, chief editor of the Sinhala-language newspaper “Satana”. **Updates IFEX alerts of 8 September 1999** At around 10 p.m. (local time) on 7 September 1999, unidentified assailants shot and killed Kumara on the road leading to his home in the Colombo suburb of Mirihana. The […]
Government orders army to treat journalists as legitimate military targets
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is appalled to learn that Major Pierre Buyoya’s government has ordered the Burundian army to treat journalists as legitimate military targets. On 9 September 1999, Buyoya’s defence minister, Colonel Alfred Nkurunziza, said in a speech broadcast on state radio that the army should consider all journalists as enemies, and therefore legitimate targets, […]
Correspondents attacked, radio station threatened with closure
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is deeply troubled by a recent series of attacks against correspondents from Radio Lemma in Vladivostok, as well as by efforts on the part of regional and municipal authorities to shut down the popular independent radio station. The attacks started shortly after Radio Lemma began broadcasting investigative reports about Vostoktranslot, the largest […]
Journalist faces deportation order
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ urgently requested additional information from President Kabbah about the reasons for the deportation order served on the morning of 3 September 1999 on Emmanuel Sanossi, the editor of “The Reporter newspaper” in Freetown and a national of Cameroon. **Updates IFEX alert of 3 September 1999** In a telephone conversation with CPJ, Deputy […]
Journalists under siege in East Timor
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 1 September 1999 CPJ letter addressed to President B. J. Habibie expressing CPJ’s concern for the safety of journalists in East Timor: **New cases and update to IFEX alerts of 1 September, 27 August, 26 August and 25 August 1999** For more information regarding the issues raised in this […]
CPJ report on journalism in Sierra Leone
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ announcement of a special report on Sierra Leone: FREETOWN 1999: JOURNALISM IN THE KILLING FIELDS On January 6, 1999, fighters from the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) entered Freetown, Sierra Leone and launched a terror campaign. The rebels systematically murdered, mutilated, and raped thousands of civilians. Journalists, who were […]
Attempted arrest of journalist
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ has expressed great concern about the recent harassment of Alexander Kim, chief editor of the independent daily “Vecherny Bishkek”. On 24 August 1999, representatives from the Kyrgyz State Tax Police attempted to arrest Kim on charges of tax evasion and ordered him to provide a number of the newspaper’s financial documents. Kim […]
Pamphlet contains threats against journalists, intellectuals
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is urging the attorney general to investigate the provenance of a pamphlet containing threats against journalists and other intellectuals that started circulating in the streets of Bogotá, Cali, and Medellín earlier this month. **For background on the Molano case see IFEX alerts of 26 July and 23 June 1999; for background on […]