Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Journalists still detained, one faces four-year jail term
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is expressing its deep concern over the continued detentions of four journalists – Thierry Kyalumba, André Ipakala, and Modeste Muntinga, editors for the private newspapers “Vision”, “La Référence Plus” and “Le Potentiel”, respectively, and Mbakulu Pambu Diambu, president of the local chapter of the Congolese Press Union and broadcaster for the private […]
CPJ’s report on attacks on the press in 1998
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is an announcement of CPJ’s report on Attacks on the Press in 1998: 118 Journalists Imprisoned in 25 Countries, New CPJ Report Shows 24 Journalists Murdered in 1998; Killings of 12 Others Under Investigation ‘Attacks on the Press’ Spotlights Algeria, Latin America, Nigeria, Southeast Asia Washington, D.C., March 25 – The […]
CPJ condemns media crackdown in Yugoslavia
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: **Updates IFEX alerts of 24 March 1999** For Immediate Release http://www.cpj.org CPJ Condemns Media Crackdown in Yugoslavia New York, N.Y., March 25, 1999 – As NATO carries out air strikes against Yugoslavia, President Slobodan Milosevic has turned his fury on the independent journalists who are attempting […]
Editors arrested after attending peace conference placed in custody of the Court of Military Order
(CPJ/IFEX) – On 24 March 1999, Andre Ipakala and Modeste Mutinga, editors for the private daily newspapers “La Reference Plus” and “Le Potentiel,” respectively, were transferred from National Information Agency (ANR) headquarters, where they had been detained since 14 March, to the Court of Military Order (Cour d’Ordre Militaire) in Kinshasa, and placed under its […]
Indian journalist murdered
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is deeply disturbed by the murder of Anil Rattan, a free-lance journalist and former correspondent for the Hong Kong-based magazine “AsiaWeek”. Rattan’s killing marks the third murder of a journalist in the Indian capital in less than two months. Police say that Rattan’s body was discovered in the bathroom of his Delhi […]
Indian journalist murdered
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is deeply disturbed by the murder of Anil Rattan, a free-lance journalist and former correspondent for the Hong Kong-based magazine “AsiaWeek”. Rattan’s killing marks the third murder of a journalist in the Indian capital in less than two months. Police say that Rattan’s body was discovered in the bathroom of his Delhi […]
Journalist arrested and detained
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is strongly protesting the arrest and subsequent detention of Tatyana Chaladze, a journalist currently based in Kaliningrad, Russia. The current charges against her stem from a previous criminal libel charge filed in 1992 by Alfreds Rubiks, a former Latvian Communist Party official. During 1991 and 1992, Chaladze was the general editor of […]
Magazine closed
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is deeply disturbed by the forced closure on 12 March 1999 of “Fangfa” (Way), an influential Beijing-based monthly magazine. “Fangfa”, which is well-known in academic circles for its frank discussion of political and economic reform, was ordered to suspend operations immediately by the State Press and Publishing Bureau, which oversees the press […]