Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
CPJ condemns NATO attack on RTS
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is deeply disturbed by NATO’s missile attack against state-run Radio and Television of Serbia (RTS) in downtown Belgrade early on the morning of 23 April 1999. The attack destroyed RTS’s main newsroom and studios, knocking it off the air for several hours, and reportedly killed at least nine people and injured eighteen […]
CPJ joins press freedom community protest against NATO bombing of media targets in Belgrade, Kosovar Albanian journalist tells of expulsion from Pristina, German TV correspondent missing in Yugoslavia.
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ has joined the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and other press freedom groups in condemning the predawn 21 April 1999 NATO air attack that knocked three television channels in Belgrade off the air. CPJ and other members of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) signed the IFJ’s 21 April letter to […]
CPJ concerned for journalist’s personal safety
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is gravely concerned for the personal safety of journalist Winston Ojukutu-Macauley. On 18 April 1999, Ojukutu-Macauley, Freetown correspondent for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), interviewed rebel leader Foday Sankoh – who was conditionally released the same day to attend peace talks in Togo – for that evening’s broadcast of the BBC programme […]
Improper arrest and seizure questioned
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is seeking information and clarification regarding the 20 April 1999 arrest of Krishna Sen, editor of the Nepali-language weekly “Janadesh”, and the reported seizure of thousands of copies of the newspaper. CPJ’s sources say that Sen has not yet been formally charged, but that he was apparently arrested in connection with Janadesh’s […]
CPJ alarmed by attacks against journalists working in East Timor
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is alarmed by the attacks against journalists working in East Timor that have accompanied the sharp escalation of violence in the province in recent weeks. Conditions are now extremely dangerous for journalists reporting in East Timor, as they are increasingly targeted by pro-government militias offended by press coverage of their activities. **Updates […]
Press caught in crossfire of Kosovo conflict
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ has documented several alarming new developments for the press in Yugoslavia. **Updates IFEX alerts of 13 April, 12 April, 9 April, 7 April, 2 April, 1 April, 29 March, 25 March, 24 March 1999** 15 April – Independent Media Commission Orders Kanal S Television Off the Air – The Independent Media Commission […]
Journalist held for questioning
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is concerned about the recent interrogation of Oleg Gruzdilovich, a reporter for the Minsk-based independent newspaper “Naviny” and Radio Liberty. On the morning of 7 April 1999, Gruzdilovich was picked up by agents of the Committee for State Security (KGB) near the entrance to his house and taken to KGB headquarters for […]
Philippine press threatened by “Manila Times” precedent
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is deeply disturbed by the threatening signals the Philippine administration has sent to the independent press in the Philippines in recent months as it pursued a 101 million peso (US$2.6 million) libel suit against the “Manila Times”, one of the country’s oldest newspapers. **Updates IFEX alert of 24 March 1999** The lawsuit […]