Articles by Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
“Ozgur Ulke” 6 January edition seized
On the morning of 6 January, copies of “Ozgur Ulke” were seized from the newspaper’s distribution centre. Editions of “Ozgur Ulke” have been seized in the past, but it has always been possible to obtain copies of the editions in their first hours at newsstands. The 6 January seizure marks the first time since the […]
“Quds Press” raided by Israeli police
Source: “Quds Press”, London On 16 January 1995, the offices of the Palestinian “Quds Press” in Jerusalem were raided for 75 minutes by a 19 member Israeli police unit, who seized computers and files and made a record of the names and identifications of personnel. The officer in charge gave no explanation as to the […]
Two Khmer language newspapers suspended
On 14 January 1995, on the basis of the press law of 6 April 1992, Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith suspended the “Samleng Yuvachun Khmer”, “for having offended the governmental institutions” of Cambodia by publishing a picture showing the Prime Minister, Norodom Ranariddh, with a sack of gold on his head. According to information received […]
Hearing date upcoming for five “New Breed” journalists who remain in detention
**Update to IFEX CH alert dated 13 December 1994** The following four journalists and printer from the weekly “The New Breed” have been in detention at the Pademba Road prison in Freetown since 12 December 1994: Julius Spencer, publisher; Donald John, editor-in-chief; Alfred Conteh, business manager; Mohamed Bangura, journalist; Abdul Bashiru Alusine Kargbo, director of […]
Siaka Massaquoi, editor-in-chief of “The Vision”, arrested; Gambian newspaper correspondent Ojukwu Sesay also arrested
Siaka Massaquoi, editor-in-chief of the weekly “The Vision”, and Ojukwu Sesay, a correspondent for a Gambian newspaper, were both arrested on 10 January 1995 by military security police. The two journalists were taken to military security offices where they were interrogated. The journalists were asked about their sources for articles criticizing the government with respect […]
Police prevent holding of Palestinian press conference
A 2 January 1995 Palestinian press conference was banned by the authorities in East Jerusalem, reported Reporters sans frontieres (RSF) on 2 January. The police, led by police captain Arie Amit, prevented the conference on the topic of settlement in the occupied territories of the West Bank from taking place in an East Jerusalem hotel. […]
Newspaper “Correio da Guine Bissau” suspended
On the night of 29 December 1994, the Minister of Communications of Guinea-Bissau, Helder Proenca, suspended the publication of the independent newspaper “Correio da Guine Bissau”. In a press release, the Minister said that a debt to the government incurred by the newspaper was the reason for the suspension. The editor- in-chief of “Correio da […]
Two WTN journalists attacked by West Bank settlers; MBC camera stolen from cameraman Nidal Mansour
On 6 January 1995, two journalists with the British Worldwide Television News (WTN) network were attacked by a group of Jewish settlers at Halamish, a Jewish settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The camera crew was taking footage in the aftermath of an attack by Palestinian gunmen in which a woman was killed. The journalists […]