Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Further information on detained journalist
(CPJ/IFEX) – Antun Masle, a Croatian journalist from the weekly “Globus” who was arrested on 21 March 1999, is in good health and has had access to a lawyer, according to Eric Vaillant, a French TV reporter, who was held in the same prison. Vaillant, a cameraman with TF1, was released by the Yugoslav government […]
Journalists detained, harassed, threatened
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is strongly protesting the latest wave of government-sponsored attacks against independent journalists working in Pakistan. CPJ is particularly alarmed that many of the journalists who have been either detained, harassed, or threatened in recent days appear to have been punished for granting interviews to a television crew from the British Broadcasting Corporation […]
CPJ calls on Algeria to locate two “disappeared” journalists
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: **Updates IFEX alerts of 9 June 1998, 28 July, 25 April and 18 April 1997** CPJ Calls on Algeria to Locate Two ‘Disappeared’ Journalists Appeal Marks Fourth Anniversary of Djamel Eddine Fahassi’s Abduction New York, N.Y., May 6, 1999 – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) […]
Journalist dies in government custody
(CPJ/IFEX) – On 30 April 1999, “Expo Times” news editor Conrad Roy, imprisoned in Sierra Leone since February 1998, died at the Lakka Tuberculosis Hospital (located approximately 10 miles west of Freetown) from tuberculosis which he contracted while in prison. Roy was transferred to the hospital from the Pademba Road prison during the week of […]
Ten enemies of the press named by CPJ on World Press Freedom Day
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: New York, N.Y., May 3, 1999 The leaders of Yugoslavia, China, Cuba, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Ethiopia head the list of the top 10 Enemies of the Press, named today by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Singled out for their unrelenting and often […]
Journalist assaulted for reporting on draft evasion
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is strongly protesting the 28 April 1999 assault by a soldier on Josefa Lamberga, a reporter with the Luanda bureau of the Voice of America (VOA). CPJ is expressing concern that this attack follows a 1 March statement, issued by the Ministry of Social Communication, that defined journalists’ reporting on draft evasion […]
Milosevic regime tightens noose around domestic critics and foreign reporters
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 28 April 1999 CPJ review of continued attacks on the independent media in FRY: **New cases and updates to IFEX alerts of 27 April, 26 April, 23 April and 22 April 1999** April 28, 1999 CPJ Update: Milosevic regime tightens noose around domestic critics and foreign reporters The Committee […]
CPJ condemns prosecution of journalist
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 22 April 1999 CPJ letter to Chilean President Edouardo Frei protesting the prosecution of investigative journalist Alejandra Matus and the confiscation of her book “The Black Book of Chilean Justice”: **Updates IFEX alert of 15 April 1999** April 22, 1999 His Excellency Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle President of the Republic […]