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Link to: Press freedom groups protest Israeli restrictions

Press freedom groups protest Israeli restrictions

(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a 10 April 2002 WAN press release: Paris, 10 April 2002 Press Freedom Groups Protest Israeli Restrictions Leading press freedom groups have called on the Israeli government to stop intimidating journalists and to allow media access to the West Bank in the current conflict. The groups also called on Palestinian […]

Link to: Daily faces eleven new charges of defamation

Daily faces eleven new charges of defamation

(WAN/IFEX) – In a 28 March 2002 letter to Prime Minister Ali Benflis, WAN and the World Editors Forum (WEF) expressed their serious concern at the bringing of eleven new charges of defamation against the daily “Le Matin”. According to reports, on 26 March, the Ministry of Defence accused “Le Matin” of eleven counts of […]

Link to: Conference participants condemn attacks on media

Conference participants condemn attacks on media

(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a 24 March 2002 WAN press release: Bogota, Colombia, 24 March 2002 For immediate release Media Condemn Colombian Terrorism More than 200 publishers, journalists and free press advocates from 15 countries, meeting in Bogota, Colombia, have condemned “without reservation” the “outrageous and cowardly” attacks on the media by Colombian criminals […]

Link to: Journalist arrested

Journalist arrested

(WAN/IFEX) – In an 18 March 2002 letter to the interior minister, General Abelardo Colomé Ibarra, WAN and the World Editors Forum (WEF) expressed their serious concern over the arrest of journalist Carlos Alberto Domínguez. According to reports, Domínguez, of the Cuba Verdad independent press agency, was arrested on 23 February at his home by […]

Link to: World Press Freedom Day materials available on WAN website

World Press Freedom Day materials available on WAN website

(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a WAN press release: Download Now For World Press Freedom Day! Interviews with two Presidents who were once imprisoned for their opinions are among the editorial and advertising materials that the World Association of Newspapers is providing for use in media on 3 May, World Press Freedom Day. The interviews […]

Link to: Spanish journalist murdered

Spanish journalist murdered

(WAN/IFEX) – In a 19 February 2002 letter to Moroccan Interior Minister Driss Jettou, WAN and the World Editors Forum expressed their outrage at the murder of Spanish journalist José Luis Percebal. According to reports, Percebal, a long-time Morocco correspondent for the independent Spanish radio station Cadena Cope, was found dead in his home on […]

Link to: Journalist reportedly arrested and tortured

Journalist reportedly arrested and tortured

(WAN/IFEX) – In a 15 February 2002 letter to Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, WAN and the World Editors Forum (WEF) expressed their serious concern at the reported arrest and torture of journalist Raj Acharya. According to reports, Acharya, editor of the magazine “Srijanashil Prakashan”, was arrested at his home on 9 January and taken […]

Link to: WAN asks that charges against publisher and editor be dropped

WAN asks that charges against publisher and editor be dropped

(WAN/IFEX) – In an 11 February 2002 letter to Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit, WAN and the World Editors Forum expressed their serious concern at the prosecution of publisher and editor Fatih Tas. According to reports, Tas, owner and editor of the Istanbul-based Aram Publishing Company, is due to appear in court on 13 February […]