Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
CPJ condemns arrest and conviction of former television station manager
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is strongly condemning the18 June 1999 arrest and conviction of Julio Sotelo Casanova, the former general manager of the television station Frecuencia Latina-Canal 2. CPJ regards Sotelo’s jailing as further evidence of a systematic campaign against the independent press in Peru. **Updates IFEX alerts on the Ivcher case of 16 June, 26 […]
Journalist’s book banned
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ has learned that on Wednesday 23 June 1999 an Istanbul court banned distribution of the book “Mehmed’s Book: Soldiers Who have Fought in the Southeast Speak Out,” written by Turkish journalist Nadire Mater, a freelance reporter with Inter Press Service (IPS). The court ruled that the book, first published in April 1999, […]
CPJ is disturbed by editor’s continued persecution
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is deeply disturbed by evidence that the Pakistani government is continuing to persecute Najam Sethi, chief editor of the English-language weekly newspaper “The Friday Times”. In the last few weeks, various government agencies have blocked Sethi from leaving Pakistan, confiscated his passport, and filed more than two dozen cases of tax evasion […]
Kidnappers release ITAR-TASS correspondent in Chechnya
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 23 June 1999 CPJ press release: **Updates IFEX alerts of 20 April, 31 March and 30 March 1999** Kidnappers release ITAR-TASS correspondent in Chechnya New York, N.Y., June 23, 1999 – A Chechen correspondent for the Russian ITAR-TASS news agency abducted by unknown assailants nearly three months ago was […]
CPJ protests closure of Al-Jazeera television station
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is strongly protesting the closure of the Qatar-based television station, Al-Jazeera. CPJ has learned that, on 19 June 1999, the Minister of Information, Youssef Muhammad al-Samait issued a decree ordering the shut down of Al-Jazeera’s Kuwait office and prohibiting the station from reporting from Kuwait because of alleged violations of professional ethics. […]
CPJ protests continued closure of independent radio station, repressive media legislation
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 17 June 1999 CPJ letter addressed to the President of Gambia: **Updates IFEX alerts of 17 June 1999. For further background information, see IFEX alerts of 19 May, 20 April, 3 March, 19 February, 13 February and 9 February 1998** President Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh State House Banjul The Gambia […]
Correspondents shot in Kosovo; Yugoslav army harassment continues in Montenegro, while exiled daily distributes in Pristina.
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 17 June 1999 CPJ update on the situation in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: **Updates IFEX alerts of 16 June, 15 June, 14 June, 26 April, 26 March, 25 March, 23 March, and 22 March 1999** Correspondents shot in Kosovo; Yugoslav army harassment continues in Montenegro, while exiled daily […]
CPJ condemns arrest and indictment of CEO and editor
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ letter to the President of the Republic of Chile condemning the arrest and indictment of the CEO and the chief editor of Planeta Publishing Company: **Updates IFEX alerts of 17 June, 5 May, 27 April and 15 April 1999** 17 June 1999 His Excellency Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle President […]