Articles by Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
Zahid Qureshi, editor and publisher of the daily “Parcham,” and printer Mohammed Ali arrested
On 1st June 1995, the chief editor and publisher of the daily “Parcham”, Zahid Qureshi, was arrested by the Karachi police. The printer of the newspaper, Mohammed Ali, was also arrested. Both of them are still detained. The newspaper had reportedly published a “hit list” based on a fax sent to the staff by an […]
Proposed law threatens press freedom and access to information
The Moldavian Parliament voted last week to adopt a bill on public meetings. If ratified by Parliament in a second round (ratification is highly likely), the law would severely restrict journalists’ access to information. Article 10 of the proposed law, which prohibits “the access and participation of all foreigners in public meetings,” would severely restrict […]
Three radio journalists banned from broadcasting
Three broadcasters from Iasi, the state radio station of the National Radio Broadcasting Corporation of Romania, have been banned from going on air as of 12 June 1995. On 1st June, the three journalists had advised Iasi listeners to tune into Romanian independent stations and foreign stations after their 21:00 news bulletin was cancelled. The […]
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 […]