Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
CPJ protests arrest of journalist
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is protesting the arrest of Abdel Karim Barghouti, editor-in-chief of the weekly newspaper “Al-Bilad”. On 23 August 1999, Jordanian authorities arrested Barghouti after a state prosecutor issued a 14 day detention order against him, reportedly for defaming Prime Minister Abdel-Ra’uf S. Rawabdeh’s son, Issam Rawabdeh. According to media reports and sources at […]
Journalist expelled
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is deeply troubled by the recent deportation of American journalist Amy Goodman, who was stopped at Bali’s Ngurah Rai international airport while en route to East Timor to cover the territory’s 30 August 1999 vote on independence. Goodman’s expulsion directly contradicts pledges made by President Habibie’s administration to lift restrictions on foreign […]
CPJ deeply concerned by recent attacks on the press
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is deeply concerned about a number of attacks on the press in Freetown in recent days. An ECOMOG officer was directly involved in one attack. In another case, an ECOMOG officer stood by and did nothing to intervene. On 20 August 1999, an ECOMOG officer calling himself Major Anthony threatened Jonathan Leigh, […]
CPJ disturbed over attack on newspaper
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is deeply disturbed over the Saturday 21 August 1999 attack on the Tamil-language newspaper “Uthayan”, the only daily publishing in the northern city of Jaffna. At around 8:30 p.m. (local time) on 21 August, unidentified assailants threw two hand grenades at “Uthayan”‘s office building. The grenades exploded outside the building. About seventy […]
Restrictions on media coverage of Dagestan conflict
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is deeply troubled by efforts to restrict media coverage of the conflict in Dagestan on the part of the Russian government, as well as Dagestani and Chechen authorities. **New case and update to IFEX alert of 16 August 1999** On 17 August 1999, the new Russian Ministry for the Press, Television and […]
CPJ protests government’s repression of the press
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ has once again protested the government’s brutal repression of the Angolan press. **Updates IFEX alerts of 13 August, 11 August and 10 August 1999** On 9 August 1999, four plainclothes police officers from the Criminal Investigation Department (DNIC) raided the studios of Radio Ecclesia, a Roman Catholic FM station in Luanda, while […]
CPJ expresses its sorrow over journalist’s murder
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ has expressed its deep sorrow over the 13 August 1999 cold-blooded murder of radio journalist Jaime Garzon, one of Colombia’s most popular political humorists. CPJ urged President Andrés Pastrana Arango to ensure a thorough investigation into this killing is carried out. **Updates IFEX alert of 13 August 1999** At 6 a.m. (local […]
Aceh editor attacked
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is deeply concerned over the recent firebomb attack against Sjamsul Kahar, chief editor of the Aceh-based, Indonesian-language daily newspaper “Serambi Indonesia” and chairman of the Aceh chapter of the Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI). On 10 August 1999, at around 2:00 a.m. (local time), unidentified assailants threw two Molotov cocktails at Kahar’s home […]