Articles by World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers
WAN concerned over journalist’s arrest
(WAN/IFEX) – In a 2 November 2000 letter to President Benjamin William Mkapa, WAN expressed its serious concern over the arrest of journalist Ally Saleh. According to reports, police in Zanzibar arrested Saleh, the BBC’s Swahili Service correspondent, on 1 November. A senior police officer stated that Saleh had been arrested on charges of “kidnapping […]
Concern over journalist’s kidnapping and mock execution
(WAN/IFEX) – In a 23 October 2000 letter to President Laurent-Désiré Kabila, WAN and the World Editors Forum expressed their grave concern at the kidnapping and mock execution of journalist André Tshowa Mbuisha. According to reports, Tshowa, who works for the freedom of expression group Journaliste en danger, was kidnapped on 17 October by six […]
New look for WAN web site
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a WAN press release: Paris, 26 September 2000 For immediate release New Look for WAN Web Site The World Association of Newspapers has redesigned and relaunched its web site to better serve the global newspaper industry. The site, at www.wan-press.org, has been reorganised and extended to reflect the diverse and […]
WAN protests journalist’s murder, calls on rebel group to renounce violence against journalists
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a WAN press release: Paris, 19 September 2000 World Press Groups Protest Colombian Killing The World Association of Newspapers and the World Editors Forum have protested to President Andrés Pastrana Arango against the killing of another journalist in Colombia, which the global organisations call “the most dangerous country in the […]
Imprisoned journalist moved to solitary confinement
**Updates IFEX alerts of 20 April 2000, 3 December, 29, 10 and 3 November and 8 September 1999** (WAN/IFEX) – In a 23 August 2000 letter to President , WAN and the World Editors Forum expressed grave concern that imprisoned journalist Mashallah Shamsolvaezin has been placed in solitary confinement. According to reports, Shamsolvaezin, the former […]
WAN outraged by editor’s murder
**Updates IFEX alert of 21 August 2000** (WAN/IFEX) – In a 23 August 2000 letter to President Kocheril Raman Narayanan, WAN and the World Editors Forum expressed outrage at the murder of newspaper editor Brajamani Singh. According to reports, two gunmen broke into the house of Singh, editor of the English-language “Manipur News”, late at […]
Two journalists wounded during shooting by soldiers
(WAN/IFEX) – In a 9 August 2000 letter to Israeli Minister of Public Security Shlomo Ben Ami, WAN and the World Editors Forum expressed their serious concern at the wounding of two journalists during shooting by Israeli soldiers. According to reports, Katya Jarjoura, a freelance journalist working for Radio Canada, and Ali Dia, a Lebanese […]
News bulletin suspended, foreign journalist may be forbidden from entering Cambodia
(WAN/IFEX) – In an 18 July 2000 letter to Information Minister Lu Laysreng, WAN and the World Editors Forum (WEF) expressed their serious concern at the thirty-day suspension order imposed on the “Cambodia News Bulletin” and the threat to bar a foreign journalist from Cambodia. According to reports, during the week of 10 July, the […]