Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
CPJ condemns crackdown on broadcast media
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is strongly condemning the Palestinian National Authority’s (PNA) closure of six television and radio stations in the West Bank. On 18 December 1998, Palestinian police ordered six private television and radio stations in the West Bank cities of Ramallah and Bethlehem to suspend broadcasting until further notice. The move has been widely […]
Croatian papers under pressure
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is greatly troubled by the burgeoning number of libel convictions and further harassment of independent newspapers in Croatia. **Updates IFEX alert of 24 November 1998. ** There are currently almost 300 criminal proceedings against journalists, and more than 600 civil law suits against newspapers. In both cases, the majority of plaintiffs are […]
Journalist arrested and charged with “promoting sectarianism”
(CPJ/IFEX) – On 17 December 1998, George Lugalambi, editor of the triweekly independent newspaper “The Crusader”, was arrested by police and detained overnight at the Kampala Central Police Station. The offices of the newspaper were also searched and documents were confiscated by officers who stated they were searching for seditious documents. “The Crusader” reporter Meddie […]
Journalist Philip True murdered
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 17 December 1998 CPJ letter to Mexican President Zedillo further to the confirmation that the death of journalist Philip True was a homicide: **Updates IFEX alert of 15 December 1998** December 17, 1998 Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon President of Mexico Los Pinos Mexico City VIA FACSIMILE Your Excellency, […]
CPJ protests recent harassment of independent media
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 15 December 1998 CPJ letter to Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif further to the recent harassment of the independent media in Pakistan: **Updates IFEX alerts of 15 December 1998** SENT BY FAX – to 011-92-51-920-5532 His Excellency Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Prime Minister Prime Minister’s Secretariat Islamabad, Pakistan Your […]
Libel suits proliferate in Azerbaijan
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is expressing grave concern about the proliferation of criminal and civil libel cases filed by officials against the independent and opposition press in Azerbaijan since the reelection of Heidar Aliyev as president on 11 October 1998. **Updates IFEX alerts of 15 December, 26 November, 23 November and 19 November 1998** Dozens of […]
Journalists appear in court
(CPJ/IFEX) – On 11 December 1998, Mildred Hancile, a reporter and production assistant with SLBS, Conrad Roy, an editor with “Expo Times” newspaper, Mano Mbompa Turay, editor of the now-defunct “Eagle” newspaper, and Amadu Jalloh, a senior journalist with “Liberty Voice” newspaper, appeared for the first time in the Magistrates’ Court among twenty two civilians […]
Journalist missing
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is expressing concern for journalist Philip True, Mexico correspondent for the “San Antonio Express-News”. True left his home in Mexico City on 28 November 1998 for a hiking trip through the rugged Sierra Madre Mountains of Nayarit. He was last seen in the village of Chalmotita on 4 December. According to his […]