Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

(CPJ/IFEX) – On 24 February 1999, plainclothes police officers arrested Phillip Neville, managing editor of the independent “Standard Times,” following the newspaper’s publication on the same day of an article titled “Jo Demby’s Partner to Kill Kabbah and Jonah.” The article reported on business ties between Demby, vice president of Sierra Leone, and Yail Galkaleil, […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is deeply concerned over the prolonged detention of Naresh Kumar Kalita, news editor of the Assamese language newspaper “Agradoot.” ** Updates IFEX alert of 11 February 1999** On 25 February 1999, Guwahati’s High Court rejected Kalita’s bail petition for the second time in two weeks. Police arrested the journalist at his home […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 24 February 1999 CPJ press release: **Updates IFEX alerts of 19 February and 10 February 1999, 14 October, 11 August, 7 August, 10 July, 2 July, 11 June, 10 June, 14 May, 30 April, 29 April, 13 March, 3 March, 26 February, 20 February 1998 and 30 December 1997** […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: **Updates IFEX alerts of 16 February 1999, 5 October, 21 September, 30 June, 22 June and 21 April 1998, 28 October, 6 June and 9 April 1997, 20 January 1995, 14 November and 18 October 1994** CPJ Welcomes Release of Gao Yu, Urges China to Free […]

** Updates IFEX alerts of 28 January 1999** (CPJ/IFEX) – Munir Turay, a freelance reporter who has been published in the independent newspaper “Punch” and the state-owned newspaper, “Daily Mail,” and who has worked as a correspondent for the state-owned Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service (SLBS) radio station, was killed on an unspecified date, between 9 […]

** Updates IFEX alerts of 28 January 1999** (CPJ/IFEX) – On 3 February 1999 at 3:00 p.m., Abdulai Jumah Jalloh, news editor of the independent newspaper “African Champion,” was killed by a West African Peacekeeping Forces (ECOMOG) soldier in central Freetown. Jalloh was in the company of “African Champion” editor Mohammed D. Koroma, en route […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following journalists are missing and feared abducted or killed by Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels: **Update to IFEX alerts of 28 January, 22 January, 21 January, 20 January, 12 January, 11 January and 6 January 1999, 10 December and 9 December 1998** Dominick Kabba Kargbo (reported earlier as Kabba Karbo), deputy editor […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – On 8 February 1999, Ferayi Mungazi and Fernando Goncalves, former editor and news editor, respectively, of the independent weekly “Zimbabwe Mirror,” were released from detention. **Updates IFEX alerts of 8 February 1999** Background Information On 8 February, Criminal Investigation Division (CID) police arrested Kwinjeh and Goncalves, and later that day, also arrested Grace […]