Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
CPJ gravely concerned over murder of journalist
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is gravely concerned over last week’s brutal murder of Supriadi, a reporter based in Aceh Province who was working for the Indonesian-language daily “Medan Pos”, a newspaper published in neighboring North Sumatra. **Updates IFEX alert of 10 August 1999** On 3 August 1999, Supriadi was abducted from his home near the provincial […]
Violent attacks against journalists continue
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is deeply disturbed by a recent series of violent attacks against journalists in Azerbaijan, including the 6 August 1999 assault on Mirjavid Rahim, a reporter with the “Uch Noqte” daily in Baku. Rahim was assaulted by three unidentified men outside the Supreme Court in Baku, where he had gone to cover the […]
CPJ protests silencing of Crimean TV stations
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is greatly troubled by President Leonid Kuchma’s government’s recent suspension of all broadcasts by four independent television stations on the Crimean peninsula. **Updates IFEX alert of 28 July 1999** On 26 July 1999, President Kuchma’s government’s frequency inspection agency ordered the state-run Crimean Radio and Television Broadcasting Center (CRTBC) to halt transmissions […]
Rebel soldiers free one journalist
(CPJ/IFEX) – Former military junta soldiers in Sierra Leone released a journalist and one other hostage on the night of Thursday 6 August 1999. The two freed hostages were among forty people kidnapped near the capital Freetown on Wednesday 5 August. **Updates IFEX alert of 5 August 1999** The journalist, local Reuters reporter Christo Johnson, […]
Four journalists taken hostage
(CPJ/IFEX) – Four journalists were among a group of people taken hostage by Sierra Leone rebels on Wednesday 4 August 1999, in the Okra Hills some forty miles east of the capital Freetown. The four journalists are Reuters reporter Christo Johnson, Pasco Temple, a journalist with Star Radio in Liberia, Ade Campbell of the Sierra […]
Thai government responds to intimidation charge
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ received the following letter from the Thai government in response to their protest regarding alleged political intimidation of the Bangkok-based daily “Thai Post”: **Updates IFEX alerts of 16 July and 15 July 1999** August 2, 1999 Secretariat of the Prime Minister Government Spokesman Bureau Government House Bangkok 10300 Dear Ms. Cooper, I […]
CPJ protests conviction of “Al-Ayyam” journalists
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is expressing its deep concern about the convictions handed down on the morning of 4 August 1999 by the Seera Court of First Instance against Hisham Basharaheel, editor of the thrice-weekly newspaper “Al-Ayyam”, and Ali Haitham Ghareeb, a reporter with the paper. **Updates IFEX alerts of 15 July, 18 May and 4 […]
CPJ welcomes release of four journalists
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is welcoming the release from jail, on the weekend of 31 July 1999, of four journalists who were imprisoned on charges of treason in August 1998. **Updates IFEX alerts of 29 July 1999, 20 September, 27 August, 25 August, 14 April and 1 April 1998** The four are Jipu Felix George, Dennis […]