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Chilean Journalist Alejandra Matus Prosecuted by Chilean Government

April 23, 1999 His Excellency Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle President of the Republic of Chile Palacio de la Moneda Santiago, CHILE Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is writing to strongly condemn the prosecution of investigative journalist Alejandra Matus and the confiscation of all copies of her book “The Black Book of Chilean Justice.”

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Chilean Journalist Alejandra Matus Prosecuted by Chilean Government

April 23, 1999 His Excellency Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle President of the Republic of Chile Palacio de la Moneda Santiago, CHILE Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is writing to strongly condemn the prosecution of investigative journalist Alejandra Matus and the confiscation of all copies of her book “The Black Book of Chilean Justice.”

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Alejandra Matus Prosecuted For Her Book, “The Black Book of Chilean Justice.”

April 22, 1999 His Excellency Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle President of the Republic of Chile Palacio de la Moneda Santiago, CHILE Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is writing to strongly condemn the prosecution of investigative journalist Alejandra Matus and the confiscation of all copies of her book “The Black Book of Chilean Justice.”

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Acosada Alejandra Matus por su libro “El libro negro de la justicia chilena

22 de abril de 1999 Su Excelencia Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle Presidente de la República de Chile Palacio de la Moneda Santiago, CHILE Su Excelencia, El Comité para la Protección de Periodistas (CPJ, por sus siglas en inglés) le escribe para expresarle que deplora profundamente el encausamiento de la periodista investigativa Alejandra Matus y la confiscación…

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Alejandra Matus Prosecuted For Her Book, “The Black Book of Chilean Justice.”

April 22, 1999 His Excellency Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle President of the Republic of Chile Palacio de la Moneda Santiago, CHILE Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is writing to strongly condemn the prosecution of investigative journalist Alejandra Matus and the confiscation of all copies of her book “The Black Book of Chilean Justice.”

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Report on Chilean Injustices Spurs More of the Same

“Investigative reporter Alejandra Matus spent six years researching The Black Book of Chilean Justice. But her book, a historical exposé of the judiciary’s lack of independence, spent less than two days on Chilean bookshelves: On April 14, police confiscated its entire press run at the order of a Santiago Appeals Court judge. That same day,…

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Report on Chilean Injustices Spurs More of the Same

“Investigative reporter Alejandra Matus spent six years researching The Black Book of Chilean Justice. But her book, a historical exposé of the judiciary’s lack of independence, spent less than two days on Chilean bookshelves: On April 14, police confiscated its entire press run at the order of a Santiago Appeals Court judge. That same day,…

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CPJ and the World

Executive Director William A. Orme, Jr., who was interviewed on CNN International, Fox News “In Depth,” MSNBC “Online,” and numerous radio shows about Attacks on the Press in 1997, traveled to California for the April 6 launch of the book at a program at the Freedom Forum in San Francisco. He also addressed the regional conference…

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Around the world: A regional look at the state of press freedom in 1995

Africa For the third consecutive year, Ethiopia held more journalists in jail–31 at year’s end–than any other country in Africa. Most were detained without charges.

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