Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

(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 […]

(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 […]

(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 […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The Committee to Protect Journalists reports the release of American journalist Richard Choi by the South Korean government on his own recognizance. A Seoul court released Choi, who had been in jail since 19 December 1997, early Thursday morning, Korea time. He must still stand trial on charges arising from a complaint of […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – American journalist Richard Choi, a veteran reporter and the vice-president of Radio Korea, a Korean-language radio station in Los Angeles, was arrested at the Koreana Hotel in Seoul on 19 December 19997 and charged with criminal slander and defamation on the basis of a story he broadcast from Seoul to Los Angeles. The […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – American journalist Richard Choi, a veteran reporter and the vice-president of Radio Korea, a Korean-language radio station in Los Angeles, was arrested at the Koreana Hotel in Seoul on 19 December 19997 and charged with criminal slander and defamation on the basis of a story he broadcast from Seoul to Los Angeles. The […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – On the morning of 13 December 1997, Nabil al-Amoudi, a reporter for the biweekly newspaper “Al-Ayyam” in Abyan governorate, was detained by agents from Yemen’s Political Security (PS) in the town of Zinjibar, after being summoned to PS headquarters the previous evening. To the best of CPJ’s knowledge, he continues to be held […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – Alex Redd, a journalist for Radio DC101, was arrested on 21 December 1997 in Gbarnga by one of President Charles Taylor’s Security Units while returning home from the funeral of slain opposition leader Sam Dorkie. His whereabouts are unknown. Forkpa Nyenkan, managing editor of “The News” newspaper, was arrested in Monrovia on 22 […]