Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Printers refuse to print “Al-Ayyam”
On the morning of 3 January 1995, the Aden-based independent weekly “Al-Ayyam” paid the state-owned 14th of October Press in Aden to print its 200th issue. That night, the government printing facility returned the paper’s money, claiming that they could not print the issue because their equipment was in disrepair. On the morning of 4 […]
Correspondent Vladimir Zhitolenko killed
“Krasnaya Zvezda” (“Red Star”) correspondent Vladimir Zhitolenko was killed on 31 December 1994. “Krasnaya Zvezda” is the daily newspaper of the Russian Ministry of Defence. Zhitolenko was stepping out of an armoured personnel carrier in Grozny when he was hit with by two bullets. CPJ fears that press conditions in Chechnya may deteriorate as has […]
Clarification of circumstances of arrest of publisher Gennady Romanov
Source: Ukraine-based Russian journalist **Updates IFEX CH alert dated 15 December 1994** CPJ reports on 4 January that the circumstances in the 15 October 1994 arrest of publisher Gennady Romanov appear to be legitimate. On 15 December 1994, the IFEX CH distributed an appeal for information on the circumstances of the arrest of Romanov. It […]