Articles by Human Rights Watch
Draft press law being debated
**Updates IFEX CH alerts dated 20 February 1995, 9 November 1994** The National Assembly of Cambodia was set to begin considering a draft press law on 19 June 1995. The draft law now omits criminal penalties. However, it still poses serious liabilities for journalists. Among the remaining problems are: – fines for publication of material […]
Christopher Lingle and “International Herald Tribune” found guilty
**Updates IFEX CH alert dated 22 November 1994** On 17 January, the Singapore High Court found guilty of contempt of court: American academic and former National University of Singapore professor Christopher Lingle; Richard McClean, publisher and chief executive of the “International Herald Tribune” (IHT) in Paris; and Michael Richardson, the Singapore- based Asia editor of […]
Dissident journalist Wei Jingsheng’s secretary, Tong Yi, detained without trial; beaten in detention
Tong Yi, China’s best-known woman prisoner and secretary to Wei Jingsheng until Wei’s arrest in April 1994, was badly beaten by fellow inmates on 16 January 1995 and again on 17 January in the Hewan Re-education Camp near Wuhan in Hebei Province for demanding that her work day not exceed eight hours. She is serving […]