Articles by Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
Canadian journalist deprived of passport pending an appeal of conviction for contempt of court
(RSF/IFEX) – On 3 October 1997, Murray Hiebert, a Canadian correspondent for the Hong Kong-based “Far Eastern Economic Review”, had his request for the return of his passport refused pending an appeal of his conviction for contempt of court. **Updates IFEX alert dated 5 September 1997** Since being found guilty on 30 May, Hiebert has […]
Three journalists and head of independent union of journalists assaulted during opposition protest
(RSF/IFEX) – On the evening of 1 October 1997, Slobodan Miljevic, correspondent with the Frankfurt, Germany newspaper “Vesti”, Emil Vas, photographer with the Reuters news agency, and Vladan Markovic, photographer with the daily “NT Plus”, were assaulted during the intervention by anti-riot police in a demonstration protesting the dismissal of the mayor of Belgrade Zoran […]
Journalist with Albanian-language newspaper arrested
(RSF/IFEX) – On 25 September 1997, two uniformed police officers entered the offices of the Albanian-language daily “Koha Ditore”, located in Pristina, and arrested one of the paper’s three associate editors-in-chief, Baton Haxhiu. He was released after being questioned by police. The officers also seized documents pertaining to the two other associate editors-in-chief, Yiber Hysa […]
Clean sweep of the media in Nigeria, says RSF
(RSF/IFEX) – Since early September 1997, because of articles published about the deterioration of President Sani Abacha’s health, the Nigerian private press has been harassed. More than twenty people have been detained. **For background to cases mentioned in the press release, see IFEX alerts** The coverage given by the private press brought repression from the […]
AFP bureau journalist stripped of his accreditation
(RSF/IFEX) – Algerian authorities stripped the accreditation of one of the four journalists who work for the Algiers bureau of the Agence France Presse (AFP) news agency. According to RSF’s information, on 25 September 1997, the journalist was called in by a Foreign Affairs Ministry official and informed that his accreditation as a foreign correspondent, […]
Journalist Hector Peraza Linares released
(RSF/IFEX) – Hector Peraza Linares, co-director of the news agency Habana Press, was released on 23 September 1997 after having been detained for 92 days. However, authorities did not return to Peraza equipment – a computer, typewriter and camera – seized duing his arrest in June. **Updates IFEX alerts dated 16 and 2 July 1997** […]
“Gunluk Emek” journalist threatened; copies of paper seized
(RSF/IFEX) – On 24 September 1997, four men with walkie-talkies entered the office of the leftist daily “Gunluk Emek” in Dyarbakir, searched the premises and threatened a reporter present, saying, “Be careful. If an article about Dyarbakir is published in the newspaper, bad things will happen to you.” The four men seized some documents before […]
Journalist Joseph Nyada Mani remains imprisoned; pressures against journalists continue
(RSF/IFEX) – Journalist Joseph Nyada Mani, director of publication for the privately-owned newspaper “Le Proces”, remains imprisoned. On 27 May 1997, he was arrested in Yaounde and placed in detention in the Nkodengui central prison. Mani was convicted of defamation and sentenced to six months in prison and ordered to pay 500 000 CFA francs […]