Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Concerns over comments warning of crackdown against journalists
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is deeply concerned over the comments made by the Minister of Social Communication, Hendrik Vaal Neto, in an interview carried on state radio on 1 June 1999. Neto’s comments are particularly alarming because this is not the first time that the Angolan authorities have warned of a crackdown against journalists who are […]
CPJ protests ongoing closure of TV station
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is greatly disturbed to learn that the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) continues to impose its closure order against the Bethlehem-based Al-Roa’ TV. CPJ last wrote to His Excellency Yasser Arafat on 24 May 1999, expressing alarm about the 17 May closure order against the station imposed by Palestinian Preventive Security Services (PSS), […]
CPJ urges Pasko’s release
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is greatly troubled by the continuing criminal prosecution and imprisonment of military journalist Grigory Pasko, whose closed military trial in Vladivostok on charges of high treason and revealing state secrets is scheduled to resume on 10 June 1999. A guilty verdict in the trial could result in his imprisonment for up to […]
CPJ protests arrest, prosecution of journalist
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is deeply alarmed by the recent arrest and indictment of Hasan Deniz, editor of the daily “Özgür Bakis”. On 4 June 1999, state prosecutors at the Istanbul State Security Court charged Deniz with violating Article 169 of the Penal Code (aiding an illegal organization) and ordered his immediate arrest. According to staff […]
CPJ welcomes Sethi’s release, criticises penal code provisions used to punish journalists
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is welcoming the 2 June 1999 unconditional release of Najam Sethi, the founding editor of the English-language weekly “The Friday Times”. CPJ notes that the government’s decision to drop all charges against him is a very encouraging development. However, CPJ remains concerned over the legal propriety of his arrest and weeks-long detention […]
Editor arrested
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is greatly troubled by the 1 June 1999 arrest of Laszlo Juszt, editor of the weekly magazine “Kriminalis” and former host of a television program of the same name on state-run MTV, on charges of revealing state secrets. The National Security office has accused Juszt of publishing classified documents in last week’s […]
Full text of CPJ’s Indonesia report
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is the full text of CPJ’s Indonesia report: NO TURNING BACK: Indonesia’s Press Strives to Maintain Its Hard-Won Freedom Introduction On the eve of Indonesia’s first free elections in more than a generation, government officials eagerly point to the country’s open and virtually unfettered press as one of the major accomplishments […]
CPJ releases Indonesia report
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: Indonesia’s Press Strives to Maintain Its Hard-Won Freedom; Upcoming Election Tests Government’s Commitment to Media Rights New York, N.Y., June 2, 1999 – The flowering of press freedom in Indonesia in the year since President Suharto was forced from office is one of the few tangible […]