Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Journalist Nina Yefimova killed
On 9 May 1996, Nina Yefimova, a 25-year-old Russian correspondent who resided in Chechnya, was found dead from a pistol shot to the back of the head. According to ITAR-TASS, both Yefimova and her mother were abducted from their apartment on the outskirts of Grozny on the night of 8 May. Yefimova’s body was found […]
Opposition editor Magdi Hussein arrested for refusing to pay fine
**Updates IFEX alerts dated 31, 30 January 1996 and 25 October 1995** On 7 May 1996, a Cairo court ordered Magdi Hussein, editor-in- chief of “Al-Shaab”, a bi-weekly organ of the pro-Islamist Labor Party, to pay a fine for a libel conviction, or else face imprisonment. The following day, police arrested Hussein because of his […]
Two “Feral Tribune” journalists face criminal charges; “Panorama” newspaper closed down; “Novi List” ordered to pay fine
According to journalists at the independent weekly “Feral Tribune”, on 3 May 1996, editor-in-chief Viktor Ivancic was taken to police offices and informed that a criminal case had been opened against him and reporter Marinko Culic. The charges cite the 29 April 1996 edition of the “Feral Tribune” issue that contained Culic’s article entitled “Bones […]
Reporters Alieu Badara Sowe and Bruce Asemota arrested and held incommunicado; police order them to reveal sources
On 6 May 1996, Alieu Badara Sowe, a reporter for the independent newspaper “The Point”, and Bruce Asemota, reporter for the independent “Daily Observer”, were arrested by plainclothes police officers from the criminal investigations unit. The officers later ordered the journalists to disclose their sources for articles that they had written about the National Police, […]
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 […]