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Military Police Torture Journalists in Zimbabwe

January 23, 1999 His Excellency President Robert Mugabe Office of the President Causeway, Harare Zimbabwe Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is outraged over the acts of torture reportedly committed by military police and Central Intelligence Organization (CIO) agents against Mark Chavunduka and Ray Choto, editor and reporter respectively, for the weekly independent…

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Military Police Torture Journalists in Zimbabwe

January 23, 1999 His Excellency President Robert Mugabe Office of the President Causeway, Harare Zimbabwe Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is outraged over the acts of torture reportedly committed by military police and Central Intelligence Organization (CIO) agents against Mark Chavunduka and Ray Choto, editor and reporter respectively, for the weekly independent…

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Chola Bright Mwape Dies in Car Crash

The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply saddened by the recent death of our colleague Chola Bright Mwape, Regional Information Co-ordinator at the Media Institute of South Africa in Windhoek. Mr. Mwape, a Zambian national and a former newspaper reporter and editor, was known and respected all over the world as a leading authority on…

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Archived Documents, 1998

CPJ News Alerts, 1998 CPJ Welcomes Release of Eritrean Journalist Ruth Simon Killing of Mexican Journalist Condemned by CPJ Murray Seeger Named CPJ’s Washington Representative Indonesia: Ahmed Taufik Nadire Mater charged with insulting the Turkish military Journalists to Discuss Press in Indonesia, Panama,Peru, and Niger Africa Regional press release CPJ’s Press Freedom Awards Honor Journalists…

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CPJ and the World

Dangerous Assignments

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Nigeria’s Journalists Eye Abubakar with Skepticism

Dangerous Assignments

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Bowing to International Pressure, Cameroon’s President Pardons Pius Njawe

Dangerous Assignments

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South Africa’s Journalists Weigh Landmark Libel Ruling

Dangerous Assignments

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Bringing Back a Legend: Tempo Magazine Reopens in Jakarta

Dangerous Assignments

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African Independent Press and Pro-Democracy Groups Meet in Accra To Set an Agenda for the Future

Dangerous Assignments

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