Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Editor Savalan Mamedov released
(CPJ/IFEX) – Savalan Mamedov, chief editor of the weekly “Istintag” newspaper in Baku, was freed from prison on 23 January 1998. Mamedov, who was arrested on 22 December 1997 (see IFEX alert), still faces trial on criminal libel charges against a former district prosecutor. According to the Human Rights Center of Azerbaijan, Mamedov is charged […]
Daily newspaper shut down
(CPJ/IFEX) – On 28 January 1998 the government of the Ukraine shut down the opposition daily newspaper “Pravda Ukrainy”, two months before national parliamentary elections. According to the newspaper’s editor, Oleksander Horobets, the shutdown occurred when the state publishing house, Presa Ukrainy, announced it would no longer publish the newspaper on the order of the […]
Cuban journalists threatened with imprisonment
(CPJ/IFEX) – Jorge Luis Arce Cabrera told CPJ that on 30 January 1998 he and his colleague Jesus Eofcoue Castellanos were threatened with imprisonment by a state security official at Acre’s home in Cienfuegos. Lieutenant Orebis Montes de Oca reportedly told Arce, Cienfuegos-correspondent for the Buro de Prensa Independiente de Cuba (BPIC), and Eofcoue, a […]
CPJ expresses concern about denial of visas to jounalists and other cases
Below is the complete text of a letter which CPJ sent to President Fidel Castro regarding the cases of journalists denied visas to cover the Pope’s visit, and other pending cases. **New cases and updates. For background, see IFEX alerts of 16 January 1998, 17 October, 18 September, and 21 August 1997 (Arevalo Padron case); […]
Bosnian editor convicted of libel
(CPJ/IFEX) The editor of the independent “Dani” magazine in Sarajevo, Senad Pecanin, was convicted on 19 January 1998 by a municipal court of criminal libel against the editor of the daily “Dnevni Avaz”. Pecanin received a conditional sentence of two months in prison, which he would be required to serve if he is caught violating […]
Censorship Plagues Press in Armenia, Azerbaijan, CPJ Reports
(CPJ/IFEX) – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is calling on the governments of Azerbaijan and Armenia today to respect the right to a free press accorded citizens in democracies and to provide guarantees enabling journalists there to work freely and safely, without fear of reprisal. “Censorship continues to plague journalists in Azerbaijan, where it […]
Editor arrested
(CPJ/IFEX) – On 8 January 1998, CPJ expressed concern at the 22 December 1997 arrest of Salavan Mamedov, editor of the weekly newspaper “Istintag”. According to CPJ’s colleagues from Yeni Nesil, the independent association of journalists in Azerbaijan, Mamedov was charged with criminal libel under Article 121 of the Azeri Penal Code for allegedly making […]
Owner/director of TV Studio ZZIP detained; released, but charges stand
(CPJ/IFEX) – On 8 January 1998, CPJ expressed concern about the 5 January detention by police in Olomouc of Zdenek Zukal, the owner and director of the private TV Studio ZZIP, on charges of criminal libel. Police summoned Zukal to headquarters in Olomouc on 5 January to question him about a news piece he had […]