Articles by Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
“La Tribune” cartoonist still detained; bail denied
**Updates IFEX alert dated 4 July 1996** On 10 July 1996, RSF renewed its appeals for the release of journalist Chawki Amari, the political cartoonist of the privately-owned daily “La Tribune” who remains in detention. On the afternoon of 10 July, an examining judge denied Amari’s request for bail. The public prosecutor’s office requested the […]
Armed assailants raid journalist’s (f) home; threaten her
On 5 July 1996, seven armed men held up Fabiola Cancino de los Santos (f) at gunpoint at her Mexico City home. Fabiola Cancino de los Santos, a journalist with the daily “El Universal Grafico”, was in her home with family members, when the assailants forced their way in. They searched the entire house and […]
Editorial writer Kutlu Adali killed
Kutlu Adali, editorial writer for the Turkish Cypriot daily “Yeni Duzen”, organ of the left-wing Turkish Republican Party (CTP), was shot dead outside his home in the capital, Nicosia, on 7 July 1996. He was hit in the head and died instantly. A left-wing intellectual who often criticised political figures in his editorials, Kutlu Adali […]
Journalist kidnapped and beaten
On 23 June 1996, Oswald Alonso, a journalist with Radio Rama in Cuernavaca, Morelos state, was kidnapped from his home by three unidentified men. He was beaten and tortured for twenty four hours, and released the night of 24 June in Teloloapan, Guerrero state. A medical exam confirmed that Alonso had a dislocated collarbone, a […]
Group continues to make threats against journalists and media outlets
**Updates IFEX alert dated 1 July 1996** RSF is concerned at an underground group’s continued threats against journalists and media outlets. On 3 July 1996, the group Fuerza Nacionalista Roberto D’Aubuisson (named after the late founder of the governing National Republican Alliance, or ARENA, party) released a statement in which it threatened the Cable News […]
“La Tribune” cartoonist arrested; restrictions placed on managing director and managing editor (f) ; paper’s offices sealed
Chawki Amari, the political cartoonist of the privately-owned daily “La Tribune”, was arrested in his home on the morning of 4 July 1996. His arrest stems from a satirical cartoon depicting the Algerian flag which appeared in the 1st July edition of the daily. The Algiers tribunal examining judge called the cartoon an “insult to […]
Director of weekly “Payam-e-Daneshjoue” banned from working at any publication for five years
An Iranian court has banned Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, the director of the radical weekly “Payam-e-Daneshjoue”, from working at any publication for a period of five years. He was also ordered to pay a fine of US$ 3,300 for the “publication of lies and for disturbing the public order.” Tabarzadi had initially been sentenced to one year […]
Journalist sentenced to prison
On 25 June 1996, Santa Cruz judge Luis Antezana Parra sentenced journalist Ronald Mendez Alpire to two years in jail for falsifying private documents, using a falsified legal document, violating private correspondence, revealing confidential information, defamation, slander and libel (“falsedad material de documentos privados, uso de instrumento falsificado, violacion de la correspondencia, violacion de secretos […]