June 17,1999 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 arrest and indictment of Bartolo Ortíz, CEO of Planeta Publishing Company, and Carlos Orellana, chief editor of Planeta. Ortíz and Orellana face…
17 de junio 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) condena enérgicamente el arresto y procesamiento de Bartolo Ortiz, gerente general de Editorial Planeta y de Carlos Orellana, editor general de Planeta. Ortíz…
Los Angeles Time Editorial Jesus Barraza has good reason to fear for his life. He is a crusading journalist in the small town of San Luis Rio Colorado in Mexico, just a few miles from Yuma, Ariz., and home to a criminal ring that transports drugs and people to the United States and returns to…
June 14,1999 Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León President of Mexico Los Pinos Mexico City, MEXICO Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is writing to express its growing concern for the safety of Jesús Barraza, editor of the weekly magazine Pulso in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora. As we stated in the letter sent…
14 de junio de 1999 Carlos Saúl Menem Presidente de la Repœblica de Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina Su Excelencia, El Comité para la Protección de Periodistas (CPJ, por sus siglas en inglés) le escribe esta misiva para expresar su preocupación por la muerte ayer de Ricardo Gangeme, director de la revista semanal El Informador Chubutense,…
14 de junio de 1999 Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León Presidente de México Los Pinos Ciudad de México, MEXICO Su Excelencia, El Comité para la Proteccion de Periodistas (CPJ) a través de esta carta quiere expresar su creciente preocupación por la seguridad de Jesús Barraza, editor del semanario Pulso en San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora. Como…
June 8, 1999 His Excellency Hikmet Sami T&uulm;rk Minister of Justice Ankara, Turkey Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is deeply alarmed by the recent arrest and indictment of Hasan Deniz, editor of the daily &Oulm;zg&uulm;r Bakis. On June 4, state prosecutors at the Istanbul State Security Court charged Deniz with violating Article…
May 14, 1999 Carlos Saúl Menem President of Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina Your Excellency, Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is writing to express its sorrow over yesterday’s murder of Ricardo Gangeme, publisher and editor of the weekly magazine El Informador Chubutense, in the town of Trelew, Chubut Province. We hope that the investigation…
May 13, 1999 Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León President of Mexico Los Pinos Mexico City, MEXICO Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is writing to express its deep concern for the safety of Jesús Barraza, editor of the weekly magazine Pulso in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora State. At 9 p.m. on May 4,…
13 de mayo de 1999 Presidente de México Los Pinos Ciudad de México, MEXICO Su Excelencia, El Comité para la Protección de Periodistas le escribe esta carta para expresarle nuestra gran preocupación por la seguridad física de Jesús Barraza, director de la revista semanal Pulso en San Luis Río Colorado, estado de Sonora. A las…