Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Journalist Alieu Badara Sowe flees The Gambia after being threatened and attacked
**Updates IFEX alerts dated 23 and 8 May 1996** On 2 June 1996, Alieu Badara Sowe, a reporter for the independent weekly “The Point”, fled The Gambia for Senegal after being physically assaulted and receiving death threats. On 25 May, Sowe was walking home when three men attacked him. One of his attackers said, “As […]
Further harassment of leftist newspapers “Aydinlik” and “Evrensel”
**For background to previous harassment of “Evrensel”, see IFEX alerts dated 23 and 10 April 1996** On 31 May 1996, police confiscated copies of the 1 June issue of the leftist weekly “Aydinlik” as it was being printed. This was the second consecutive confiscation; previously, on 24 May, police seized the 25 May issue. The […]
Police threaten Joaquin Torres Alvarez, of the independent news agency Havana Press
On the morning of 31 May 1996, two members of the Cuban state security police went to the home of Joaquin Torres Alvarez, president of the independent news agency Havana Press, and threatened to incarcerate him if he continued to write for the agency. Torres told the Committee to Protect Journalists that police initially informed […]
Russian daily “Komsomolskaya pravda” charged with violating Kazakh Constitution
According to correspondents of the Kazakh edition of the Russian daily “Komsomolskaya pravda”, on 29 May 1996 the newspaper’s editors and a local District Court judge were unofficially summoned through an anonymous posting of a notice in the local newspaper “Karavan” for talks with the Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan, Maksut Sultanovich Narikbaev. During the meeting, […]
CPJ appeals to author of Criminal Libel Law
**For background to recent cases, see IFEX alerts dated 24, 8, 6 May, 24 April 1996 and others** The following is the full-text of an appeal sent by CPJ’s Program Coordinator for Central Europe and the former Soviet Union to the author of Croatia’s Criminal Libel Law, Vladimir Seks: “Dear Mr. Seks, “You may recall […]
Croatian President’s daughter files libel suit against “Feral Tribune”
**Updates IFEX alert dated 8 May 1996; for background, see also IFEX alerts of 21 May, 24 April, 12 March and others** According to the Reuter news agency, on 23 May 1996, Croatian President Franjo Tudjman’s daughter, Nevenka Kosutic, filed a civil libel suit against the Split-based independent newspaper “Feral Tribune”, demanding 3.5 million kuna […]
Editor Magdi Hussein released; CPJ appeals for postponement of appeal hearing until Law 93 revised
**Updates IFEX alerts dated 9 May, 31, 30 January 1996, and 25 October 1995** On 10 May 1996, Magdi Hussein, editor-in-chief of “Al-Shaab”, the bi-weekly organ of the pro-Islamist Labor Party, was released. Hussein is appealing a conviction under a controversial press law currently being revised by parliament. CPJ is asking that Hussein’s appeal and […]
French journalist arrested; Zaire imposes ban on journalists crossing from Rwanda
Adrian de Mun, a French freelance journalist based in Rwanda and working for Radio France International and several other radio stations, was arrested in the Goma region of Zaire earlier this week. De Mun was transferred to the Zairian capital, Kinshasa, on Thursday 23 May 1996. The charges against him are still not known. The […]