Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Police raid “La Prensa”, attempt to arrest investigative reporter Herasto Reyes
(CPJ/IFEX) – On 28 December 1998 Panamanian police raided the offices of “La Prensa”, Panama’s leading daily, and attempted to arrest Herasto Reyes, an investigative reporter with the paper. His colleagues surrounded Reyes to shield him. One of them, investigative reporter and CPJ International Press Freedom Award recipient Gustavo Gorriti, denounced the incident as a […]
Journalist arrested, interrogated, and released
(CPJ/IFEX) – On 19 December 1998, James Mujone, a journalist with the privately owned newspaper “New Vision”, was arrested in Mbarara and transported to Kampala. Police interrogated Mujone for two hours before releasing him on bail. The arrest is believed to be in connection with unspecified articles published in “New Vision” which authorities categorized as […]
Journalist remains under threat
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is deeply concerned about the safety of Saeed Iqbal Hashmi, a correspondent for the Urdu-language daily “Mashriq”. **Updates IFEX alerts of 21 December and 28 September 1998** On 17 December 1998, around dawn, two men armed with pistols entered Hashmi’s home. When Hashmi’s brother came upon them in the living room, the […]
Journalist released
(CPJ/IFEX) – On 28 December 1998, Agence France Presse (AFP) correspondent Ruth Simon was released from prison in Asmara. The conditions of her release are currently unknown. **Updates IFEX alerts of 19 October and 29 April 1998, and 16 June 1997** Simon was among five journalists who received CPJ’s International Press Freedom Award on 24 […]
Journalist and television editor released
(CPJ/IFEX) – On 22 December 1998, CPJ issued the following release: **Updates IFEX alert of 23 and 21 December 1998** During the evening of 22 December 1998, Yvette Idi Lupantsha and Risasi Risonga, journalist and television editor with Radio Television Nationale Congolese (RTNC), respectively, were released from detention on the orders of President Laurent Kabila.
CPJ protests recent arrests, continued attacks against journalists
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 22 December 1998 CPJ letter to Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Kabila further to the recent arrest of two journalists and the ongoing stream of attacks against journalists and independent media in DRC: **Updates IFEX alert of 21 December 1998** December 22, 1998 Laurent-Désiré Kabila President of the […]
Journalist arrested
(CPJ/IFEX) – At approximately 4:00 p.m. (local time) on 22 December 1998, Kabba Kargbo, a free-lance reporter with the independent newspaper “Pathfinder,” was arrested by Criminal Investigation Department (CID) police in Freetown and transported to the CID headquarters. The arrest came shortly after Kargbo was interviewed on the British Broadcasting Service (BBC) “Focus on Africa” […]
“Feral Tribune” journalists acquitted
(CPJ/IFEX) – Zagreb Municipal Court Judge Marin Mrcela on 21 December 1998 once again acquitted “Feral Tribune” editor Viktor Ivancic and reporter Marinko Culic on charges they insulted Croatian President Franjo Tudjman in an April 1996 article and photomontage in the satirical weekly, CPJ has learned. **Updates IFEX alerts of 21 December, 24 November, 30 […]