Georgia / Europe & Central Asia

  

Special Report: Burma Under Pressure

How Burmese journalism survives in one of the world’s most repressive regimes.

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CPJ condemns government raid on independent TV station

New York, October 31, 2001—The Committee to Protect Journalists today denounced a government raid on the independent Georgian television station Rustavi-2. On October 30, some 30 agents from Georgia’s National Security Ministry raided Rustavi-2’s headquarters in the capital, Tbilisi, in an effort to obtain the station’s financial records. Rustavi-2 is Georgia’s most influential and respected…

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JAPANESE JOURNALIST MISSING IN CAUCASUS

New York, September 26, 2001— Japanese free-lance journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka has now been missing since late July, when he reportedly left Georgia for Chechnya to interview Chechen rebels. Tsuneoka, 32, last communicated with his family via e-mail at the end of July after arriving in Tbilisi, Georgia’s capital, the Japan Economic Newswire reported. He wrote…

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Syria Briefing Sept. 2001: Stop Signs

Syria’s press showed signs of life after Bashar al-Assad succeeded his iron-fisted father last year, but the thaw proved fleeting.

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Appendices to Syria Briefing

A. “Transparency Rests Firmly Upon Modernization which is Liberalization and Transparency Itself,” Al-Thawra, January 20, 2001.

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Georgian Journalist Found Dead

New York, July 27, 2001–A popular 26-year-old Georgian journalist was found dead in his Tbilisi apartment yesterday, according to local and international reports. Georgy Sanaya was shot once in the head at close range with a 9mm weapon. Sanaya anchored “Night Courier,” a nightly political talk show in which he interviewed Georgia’s leading politicians on…

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Awards 2001 – Announcement

October 17, 2001 – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) will present its 2001 International Press Freedom Awards to four journalists from China, Zimbabwe, Argentina, and the West Bank who have defied death threats, braved bullets, and endured jail to report the news. The 11th Annual Press Freedom Awards will be presented at a dinner…

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At Risk: Covering the Intifada

Documented cases of journalists shot in Israel and the Occupied Territories. Research conducted by the Committee to Protect Journalists

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Enemies of the Press 2001

CPJ Names 10 Enemies of the Press on World Press Freedom Day

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Dangerous Assignments 20th Anniversary: Jailhouse Memories

Living in an Argentine prison during the Falklands War.

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