Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
CPJ protests harassment of Nacional
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is concerned about the harassment of the independent weekly newspaper “Nacional”, which recently published an article on government corruption. On 2 June 1999, “Nacional” printed a front page article, entitled “Nacional publishes authentic documents about how the soccer team ‘Croatia’ won the championship: Under Tudjman’s orders, SZUP fixed the result of the […]
CPJ protests harassment of Hong Kong journalists
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is deeply concerned over reports that police in Beijing briefly detained 11 Hong Kong-based journalists on Monday 14 June 1999, as they were covering a visit by delegates from the territory’s Federation of Students. The journalists had accompanied the students to Beijing, where the delegation had intended to present a petition before […]
Editor’s bodyguard attacked
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is expressing its growing concern for the safety of Jesús Barraza, editor of the weekly magazine “Pulso” in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora. **Updates IFEX alerts of 10 June, 14 and 13 May 1999** As stated in a 13 May 1999 CPJ letter to the President of Mexico Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de […]
Further details on murder of German journalists in Kosovo
(CPJ/IFEX) – Two German journalists on assignment in Kosovo were fatally shot by unidentified gunmen on 13 June 1999 just outside Dulje, some 25 miles south of the provincial capital Pristina. **Updates IFEX alert of 14 June 1999** Veteran photographer Volker Kraemer, 56, died on the scene, while 35-year-old Gabriel Gruener, an experienced Balkans correspondent, […]
Journalist indicted
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is condemning in the strongest terms the 10 June 1999 indictment of Andrew Finkel, a free-lance journalist based in Istanbul who reports for “Time” magazine and “The Times of London” and appears on CNN. **New case and update to IFEX alerts of 9 June and 20 May 1999** In a hearing today, […]
Editor assaulted and detained
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is deeply concerned over the detention of and assault on Gibril Foday Musa, editor of the Freetown-based “New Tablet” newspaper, by members of the Kamajor civil militia, during the afternoon of 10 June 1999. Musa was detained shortly after the arrest of two journalists of the “Independent Observer”, by soldiers of the […]
Two journalists escape, while one faces trial in Yugoslavia
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ has confirmed the following new developments in the cases of three independent journalists targeted by the Yugoslav military for practicing their profession. ** Updates IFEX alerts of 2 June, 14 May, 7 May, 29 April, 27 April, 23 April and 22 April 1999** Croatian journalist escapes Yugoslav military incarceration Antun Masle, a […]
Two journalists arrested, newspaper offices raided
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is greatly alarmed by the arrest on 10 June 1999 of Sorie Sudan Sesay and Jerry Tryson, Jr., editor and reporter, respectively, of the Freetown-based biweekly “Independent Observer” newspaper, and by the raid on their offices. The two men were arrested along with a secretary, by soldiers of the Nigerian-led West African […]