Articles by World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers
WAN condemns continued imprisonment of at least eight journalists
**Updates IFEX alerts of 6 January 2000, 1 November, 23, 20 and 7 July, 7 June, 16, 12 and 8 March 1999 and others** (WAN/IFEX) – In a letter to Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, WAN has expressed its serious concern at the continued imprisonment of at least eight Ethiopian journalists. According to reports, the […]
WAN protests press attacks
**New cases and update to IFEX alerts of 15 and 14 December 1999** (WAN/IFEX) – The following is a WAN press release: Paris, 23 December 1999 For immediate release WAN Protests Press Attacks in Bangladesh The World Association of Newspapers has asked Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed to take action against the numerous assaults […]
Journalist intimidated
In a letter to President Emil Constantinescu, WAN expressed its grave concern at the intimidation of journalist Adrian Popescu. According to reports, on 8 November 1999 the car of Popescu, correspondent editor of the national newspaper “Adevarul” in Brasov, was set alight outside his home. The attack followed a series of threats made against the […]
Regional press harassed by local authorities
In a letter to President Boris Yeltsin, WAN expressed its serious concern at the growing harassment of the Russian regional press by local authorities. According to reports, in November 1999 a number of local authorities actively obstructed the free flow of information via newspapers and broadcasting outlets. Reported incidents include: – In Novosibirsk, 50,000 copies […]
Press freedom potentially threatened by draft Mass Media Law
In an 8 December 1999 letter to President Gejdar Aliev, WAN expressed its serious concern at the potential threat to press freedom posed by the draft Mass Media Law. According to reports, the draft Mass Media Law is awaiting its third reading in parliament and is likely to be adopted without modification, despite opposition from […]
Grenade attack on journalist’s home
(WAN/IFEX) – In a letter to Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, WAN has expressed its serious concern at an attack on the home of newspaper editor Jeelani Qadri. According to reports, early on the morning of 23 November 1999, Kashmiri militants threw a grenade at the Srinigar home of Qadri, editor of the daily […]
Journalists threatened
(WAN/IFEX) – In a letter to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, WAN has expressed its serious concern at threats allegedly made against journalists Ray Choto, Basildon Peta and Ibbo Mandaza. According to reports, the journalists, all of whom work for independent newspapers in Harare, were threatened in separate incidents. In the case of Choto, a reporter […]
Press freedom suffers at turn of century, states WAN
(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a WAN press release: Lisbon, 23 November 1999 For immediate release Press Freedom Suffers At Turn of Century The number of journalists killed, jailed and censored increased in most regions in 1999, making the last year of the century a poor one for press freedom, the World Association of Newspapers […]