New York, August 25, 2003— The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns last week’s incident in which a journalist was killed and another one was seriously injured when the vehicle in which they were traveling was fired on at a checkpoint allegedly guarded by rebels near the town of Puerto Caicedo, in southern Colombia. On…
Nova York, 25 de agosto de 2003—O Comitê para a Proteção dos Jornalistas (CPJ) condena o incidente da semana passada no qual um jornalista foi assassinado e outro seriamente ferido, quando o veículo em que viajavam foi baleado em um posto de controle guardado pelos rebeldes perto da cidade de Puerto Caicedo, no sul da…
Version française Port-au-Prince, August 15, 2003—Top officials of the government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide have agreed to report to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on the status of judicial investigations into press freedom abuses documented by CPJ. The agreement came during a five-day visit to Haiti by members of a CPJ delegation, who met…
Porto Príncipe, 15 de agosto de 2003 – Oficiais do alto escalão do governo do Presidente Jean-Bertrand Aristide concordaram em informar ao Comitê de Proteção aos Jornalistas (CPJ) sobre o andamento das investigações judiciais sobre abusos cometidos contra a liberdade de imprensa documentados pelo CPJ. A decisão foi obtida em um visita de cinco dias…
New York, August 13, 2003—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is troubled by a news release summarizing the results of a U.S. Central Command (Centcom) investigation into the April 8 shelling of the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad. The release, which was published yesterday on Centcom’s Web site, failed to answer vital questions about the incident,…
New York, August 11, 2003—CPJ is alarmed by the deteriorating health of imprisoned journalist Oscar Espinosa Chepe, who was transferred last week to a military hospital in the capital, Havana. On Thursday, August 7, Espinosa Chepe became ill and was taken from a hospital in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba to the Finlay…
Nova York, 11 de agosto de 2003 — O Comitê para a Proteção dos Jornalistas (CPJ) se encontra alarmado pela deterioração do estado de saúde do jornalista encarcerado Oscar Espinosa Chepe, que na semana passada foi trasladado para um hospital militar da capital, Havana. Na quinta-feira, 7 de agosto, Espinosa Chepe passou muito mal e…
Vossa Excelência: O Comitê para a Proteção dos Jornalistas (CPJ) está preocupado com a detenção de vários jornalistas dominicanos que criticaram a gestão presidencial. Tais detenções, que a nosso ver tiveram como objetivo intimidar e perseguir os jornalistas e obriga-los a autocensura, põem em perigo a reputação da República Dominicana como nação onde se respeita a liberdade de imprensa.
Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is concerned about the detention of several Dominican journalists who criticized your government. We believe that these detentions were designed to intimidate and harass journalists into censoring themselves and, therefore, jeopardize the Dominican Republic’s reputation as a country that respects press freedom.
New York, July 30, 2003—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns a recent ruling by Venezuela’s Supreme Court upholding several desacato (contempt) and criminal defamation provisions in the country’s Penal Code. In the current political climate, which remains tense despite a recent decrease in violence and an agreement between the government and the opposition to…