Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Update on murder of Nadezdha Chaikova
**Updates IFEX alerts dated 12 and 10 April 1996** According to colleagues of murdered “Obshchaya gazeta” correspondent Nadezhda Chaikova, the office of the Prosecutor General of Russia has not opened an investigation into her death and the local Chechen village prosecutor who originally took up the case is unlikely to go further because of limited […]
Radio station and transmitter torched
The Eternal Love Winning Africa (ELWA) Christian radio station (94.5 FM), located in the Paynesville suburb of Monrovia, was set ablaze on 2 May 1996 and completely destroyed. The incident occurred during a battle between soldiers of Charles Taylor’s National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) and Roosevelt Johnson’s United Liberation Movement (ULIMO-J). The station was […]
Police raid office of Bureau of Independent Press in Cuba
On 26 April 1996, nine police officers raided the office of the Bureau of Independent Press in Cuba (BPIC) and confiscated several items, including files, correspondence, magazines, two typewriters, one computer, a printer, as well as office supplies such as pencils and paper. This action is the latest in a series of government harassment and […]
Widespread looting and arson attacks target media outlets and printing press
On 29 April 1996, the transmitter of the ELCM (97.9 FM) community radio station operated by the Catholic Church and the editorial offices of the independent newspapers “Inquirer” and “New Democrat”, all of which were openly critical of the Liberian Council of State, were completely destroyed in separate arson attacks. As well, the offices of […]
Several journalists beaten and detained while covering demonstration
On 26 April 1996, several journalists were beaten and detained during police dispersal of an unauthorized march in the capital, Minsk, on the 10th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Authorities reportedly set up a police line of OMON (special riot police) officers to stop the demonstrators from proceeding. The reporters were standing with their […]
Journalist Olance Nogueras freed
**Updates IFEX alert dated 25 April 1996** On 26 April 1996, journalist Olance Nogueras was released from detention. He was detained by Cuban authorities on 23 April in the city of Cienfuegos when he attempted to meet with Danielle Mitterand, president of the humanitarian organization France Liberte. Appeals To
Turkish journalists Ali Tekin and Telip Ozcelik reportedly sentenced to three years in prison
**Updates IFEX alerts dated 2 February and 25 January 1996** The CPJ has reported that, according to journalists at the Islamic weekly “Selam”, both Ali Tekin and Telip Ozcelik (also reported as Ozdemir), were sentenced to three years imprisonment for illegal entry into Chechnya under Article 83 of the Russian Criminal Code. Recommended Action Send […]
Journalist Olance Nogueras arrested
**For background to previous harassment of Olance Nogueras, see IFEX alert dated 23 January 1996, and others** On 23 April 1996, Olance Nogueras, a reporter for the Bureau of Independent Press in Cuba (BPIC), was detained by agents of the political police in the city of Cienfuegos as he was on his way to meet […]