Articles by Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
“Nouvel Horizon” journalist Mamadou Dabo arrested
On the morning of 6 June 1995, Mamadou Dabo, a journalist with the daily “Nouvel Horizon”, was arrested in Bamako, Mali. He was arrested at 10:00 am by two agents of the Mali secret service who took him away in a police car. He was interrogated for two hours by the assistant director of State […]
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 […]
Newspapers “Le Bucheron” and “La Griffe” banned
In a 20 April 1995 letter, the Minister of the Interior of Gabon ordered the head of the national printing press to cease printing the newspapers “Le Bucheron” and “La Griffe”. The Minister justified his decision by explaining that “`Le Bucheron’ has reprinted information from newspapers we have explicitly banned from distribution in our territory […]
APS news agency correspondent arrested
Abdelkader Hadj Benaamane, the Tamanrasset correspondent for the official news agency Algerie Presse Service (APS), was arrested over ten days ago and is being held in a prison in the region of Tamanrasset. Charges have not yet been officially brought against Abdelkader Hadj Benaamane, but seem to be in connection with an internal wire written […]