Articles by Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
Editor Billy Knock interrogated
Billy Knock, editor-in-chief of the satirical weekly “Le Kpakpa Desenchante” was interrogated on 2 June 1995 by police with the Research and Investigation Service. At 6:30 a.m., five police arrived at his house and constrained him after a brief altercation, and using their weapons to threaten him they took him to the police station. It […]
Editor Ndzana Seme imprisoned after attack on newspaper’s offices
At 16:00 on 6 June 1995 police interrogated Ndzana Seme, editor- in-chief of the paper “Le Nouvel Independent”, without reason or an arrest warrant. At about 6:30 that morning they made a first attempt to arrest him. After forcing open the door of the home of Ndzana Seme, which is also the head office of […]
Journalist Vassilis Rafailidis sentenced to prison
Vassilis Rafailidis, a journalist, has been sentenced to four months in prison by the court at Drama. He is accused of having insulted the mayor of Prototsani, Constantin Raias, in an article published in the daily “Ethnos” in December 1994. The article denounced the actions of the Mayor after about fifty Jehovah’s Witnesses were attacked […]
Editor Dam Sithi beaten by students
On 2 June 1995, Dam Sithi, editor of the bi-weekly “Moneakseka Khmer” (“The Khmer Conscience”) was beaten up by a group of students from the University of Phnom Penh. He had previously been threatened because of an article published in his paper at the end of May, which criticized Second Prime Minister Hun Sen of […]
Radio director Pamphile Simbizi killed
Pamphile Simbizi, director of the French section of the second channel of the national radio of Burundi, was stabbed to death on the morning of 7 June 1995 in the hills of the Gasenyi district of Bujumbura, not far from the Kamenge district where violent fighting was taking place. Pamphile Simbizi was an experienced and […]
Four papers suspended
The government evening paper “Horizons” was suspended on 30 May 1995 by the Minister of Communications for “crossing the line of conduct of the State”. The paper had published an article denouncing the shortage of paper in Algeria and accusing those in power of being responsible for “delivering a severe blow to freedom of expression […]
Three journalists arrested by Russian forces on Chechen border & detained in Dagestan
On 3 June 1995, Noel Quidu, a French photographer with the Gamma agency, Laurent Hamida, an independent French cameraman, and United States journalist Stephanie Heymann of the Independent Media agency were arrested by Russian forces while crossing the border between Chechnya and Dagestan. They were again detained in Makhatchkala in Dagestan by the Minister of […]
“Khabrain” journalist Aslam Gauthar stabbed
On 29 May 1995, Aslam Gauthar, a staffer of the Urdu-language daily “Khabrain”, was stabbed in Multan, Punjab province by five unidentified assailants armed with daggers and guns. The journalist arrived at the local hospital in critical condition. In a written statement, Gauhar alleged that he had received threatening telephone calls after writing a report […]