Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
NATO bombs RTS transmission towers, Montenegro media threatened, Baton Haxhiu is alive
(CPJ/IFEX) – On 8 April 1999, British Air Commodore David Wilby said that since the Serbian state-run radio and television were “an instrument of propaganda and repression,” it “is therefore a legitimate target.” The following day, CPJ sent a letter to NATO general secretary Javier Solana asking for clarification of the criteria NATO planned to […]
CPJ seeks clarification regarding NATO’s position on targeting Serbian media
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ letter to NATO Secretary General Javier Solana seeking clarification regarding NATO’s position on targeting Serbian media: **Updates previous IFEX alert of 9 April 1999** April 9, 1999 Javier Solana Secretary General NATO Brussels, Belgium VIA FACSIMILE April 9, 1999 Dear Secretary General Solana: The Committee to Protect Journalists […]
CPJ calls for end to restrictions on foreign media
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ letter to Algerian President Liamine Zeroual expressing concern about ongoing government restrictions on foreign journalists who report from Algeria. In addition, attached as an appendix is the text of CPJ’s 9 April 1999 briefing on Algerian government restrictions on the foreign media: BY FACSIMILE April 9, 1999 His […]
Four independent radio stations are silenced, independent television station is shut down, ANEM offices seized, three foreign correspondents detained
(CPJ/IFEX) – Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic’s assault on independent journalists continued and intensified this weekend. CPJ has documented several alarming new developments that it became aware of on Saturday, 3 April, and early Sunday, 4 April 1999. **Updates IFEX alerts of 2 April, 1 April, 29 March, 25 March and 24 March 1999** Thursday, 1 […]
Radio B92 shut down, foreign correspondent detained in Novi Sad
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ has documented several alarming new developments in Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic’s assault on independent journalists. **Updates IFEX alerts of 2 April, 1 April, 31 March, 29 March, 25 March and 24 March 1999** On 2 April, at 9:00 a.m. (Belgrade time), police officers arrived at Radio B92’s office and ordered the staff […]
CPJ protests closure of Palestine news agency
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is deeply concerned about the Israeli government’s decision to shut down the Jerusalem office of the Palestine News Agency (WAFA), the official news agency of the Palestinian Authority (PA). On 29 March 1999, a ministerial committee headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the closure of WAFA along with that of two […]
CPJ protests the kidnapping of Said Isayev
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is greatly alarmed by the kidnapping of Said Akhmedovich Isayev, the sole correspondent in Grozny, Chechnya, for the Russian Itar-Tass news agency. **Updates IFEX alert of 30 March 1999** Late in the evening of 28 March 1999, a few unidentified, armed men broke into Isayev’s house in Grozny, and abducted him. On […]
CPJ news alert on the crackdown on the independent media in Yugoslavia
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 28 March 1999 CPJ press release: **Updates IFEX alerts of 29 March, 26 March, 25 March, 24 March and 23 March 1999** CPJ News Alert on the Crackdown on the Independent Media in Yugoslavia Since long before the initiation of NATO air strikes, Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has been […]