Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Journalist Appolos Hakizimana released
Appolos Hakizimana, a journalist with the privately-owned newspaper “Intego”, was released from the Muhima Brigade in Kigali during the week of 19 August 1996. **Updates IFEX alerts dated 9 and 1 August 1996** Background Information Hakizimana was picked up by police on 30 July and accused of being an “interahamwe” (a term used to designate […]
“Expo Times” editors Ibrahim Seaga Shaw and Gibril Kroma arrested; newspaper’s offices searched
On 28 August 1996, “Expo Times” publisher and editor-in-chief Ibrahim Seaga Shaw and news editor Gibril Kroma were arrested and transported to Central Investigation Department (CID) headquarters at Slater Terrace. The arrest followed a two-hour search by ten CID agents who had entered the editorial offices of “Expo Times” with a search warrant granting permission […]
“The News” editors Bayo Onanuga and Babafemi Ojudu arrested; Ojudu later released
Two editors of the opposition weekly magazine “The News,” Bayo Onanuga and Babafemi Ojudu, have been arrested by Nigerian security authorities. Citing the Constitutional Rights Project, a Lagos-based human rights group, Reuters said Onanuga and Ojudu had been detained since 11 August 1996 over an article about Oil Minister Dan Etete entitled “The Man Abacha […]
Russian helicopters fire on CNN and WTN crews
CPJ has confirmed reports that on 8 August 1996, four members of a Cable News Network (CNN) television crew, travelling in an armoured Land Rover vehicle that was clearly marked with the letters “T.V.” on the roof and sides, were stopped at a Russian military checkpoint on the outskirts of Grozny, the capital of the […]
Patria journalist Ramon Alberto Cruz Lima detained and harassed; concern at reports of arrest of Patria member Magali Pino and Bernardo Fuentes Camblor
CPJ is concerned over the recent detention, harassment and threats of incarceration made by Cuban State Political Police against Ramon Alberto Cruz Lima, a journalist for the independent Cuban news agency Patria in the city of Ciego de Avila. Cruz was arrested on 1 August 1996, when he visited the home of Hector Valdivia in […]
Journalists trapped in Chechnya hostel reportedly rescued; CPJ appeals to both sides in Chechen conflict for journalists’ safety
On 12 August 1996, ITOGI television news and other news sources reported that Russian and foreign journalists trapped in a hostel in Grozny, the capital of the secessionist Russian republic of Chechnya, had been rescued and taken safely out of Grozny by Russian forces. On 10 August 1996, CPJ urged both sides in the Chechen […]
Journalist Amiel Nkuriza detained; Isaie Niyoyita goes into hiding; Appolos Hakizimana and Joseph Ruyenzi still detained; whereabouts of Mauass Mugabo still not known
On 6 August 1996, Amiel Nkuriza, director of the privately-owned newspaper “Intego” and editor of the independent newspaper “Le Partisan”, was arrested by officers of the security forces. He is reportedly being held at the information services department. No formal charges have been made against him. **New cases, plus update to IFEX alerts dated 1 […]
Prosecutor withdraws suit against Kazakh edition of Russian daily “Komsomolskaya Pravda”
On 24 July 1996, the Medeus District People’s Court judge closed the case against the Kazakh edition of the Russian newspaper “Komsomolskaya Pravda”. **Updates IFEX alert dated 31 May 1996** At a court hearing on 17 July, the paper was ordered to print an apology within a week for publishing a controversial 23 April article, […]