Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Journalist threatened by police
(PPF/IFEX) – On 4 February 1999, Sindh police threatened Mazhar Abbas, chief reporter of “The Star” and former president and general secretary of the Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ). The threats were made in response to articles written by Abbas and printed in various issues of “The Star”, most recently on 3 February 1999. The […]
Publisher arrested, 80,000 copies of magazine seized
(CPJ/IFEX) – During the evening of 6 February 1999, police raided the Satellite Press in Ogba, Lagos, owned by former government minister and presidential aspirant Jim Nwobodo. They arrested Kingsley Uwannah, the company’s chief accountant; Kayode Sofuyi, a production assistant for “The News” magazine; and the publisher of “Prime Sunset,” a Lagos-based afternoon newspaper. Sofuyi […]
CPJ condemns recent crackdown on independent press
**New cases and updates to IFEX alerts of 29 January, 20 January and 8 January 1999** (CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ letter to Cuban President Fidel Castro condemning the recent crackdown on journalists and independent media in Cuba: February 3, 1999 His Excellency Fidel Castro Ruz President of Cuba c/o United Nations Mission […]
CPJ protests continued harassment of the Jang Group of Newspapers
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 1 February 1999 CPJ letter to Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif protesting the continued harassment of the Jang Group of Newspapers: **Updates IFEX alerts of 1 February and 8 January 1999, 16 December and 15 December 1998** February 1, 1999 SENT BY FAX – to 011-92-51-920-5532 His Excellency […]
Attacks on Sierra Leone journalists claim four lives, CPJ reports
**Updates IFEX alerts of 28 January, 22 January, 21 January, 20 January, 11 January and 6 January 1999** (CPJ/IFEX) – The follwing is a 27 January 1999 CPJ press release: Attacks on Sierra Leone Journalists Claim Four Lives, CPJ Reports New York, N.Y., Jan. 27 – Four journalists have been killed in Sierra Leone since […]
CPJ protests murder of Indian journalist
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is expressing its deep dismay over the brutal murder of Shivani Bhatnagar, special correspondent for the prestigious English-language daily newspaper “The Indian Express”. On 23 January 1999, unknown assailants entered Bhatnagar’s East Delhi apartment, strangled her with a length of wire, and then stabbed her in the neck and abdomen with kitchen […]
Journalist missing and feared dead
(CPJ/IFEX) – On 9 January 1999, Mabay Kamara, a free-lance reporter, was abducted by Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels from his residence on Soldier Street, near the State House in Central Freetown. A female RUF rebel commando ordered his abduction. The rebels then set the house on fire before leaving the area. Kamara has not […]
Journalist killed
(CPJ/IFEX) – On 9 January 1999, Paul Mansaray, deputy editor of the “Standard Times”, his wife, two young children, and an unnamed nephew were all murdered by Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels at his residence on Andrews Street, in Calabar Town, in the east end of Freetown. An unnamed fellow journalist, who was with Mansaray […]