Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in ISRAEL New York, October 5, 2000 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has confirmed that at least five journalists have been wounded covering violent clashes in Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip. Three of the five cases involve journalists wounded by live…
Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in RUSSIA New York, October 5, 2000 — A verdict is expected tomorrow in the four-day long trial of Russian radio journalist Andrei Babitsky, according to local and international reports. Babitsky, a veteran correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Russian Service, is charged with carrying a…
Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in ANGOLA Bill Threatens Press Freedom in Angola, (Sept. 13) Luanda, October 4, 2000 — In response to an increase in repressive measures against the Angolan media over the past two years, a six-member delegation of the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) today completed…
[Unofficial Translation from Portuguese Original] LAW NO. ———/2000OF —————–/2000The pluralism of expression, as a consequence of the respect for democratic freedom and for freedom of the human being, requires, for its realization, a press law which should aim at guaranteeing press freedom, enshrined in Article 35 of the Constitutional Law.
Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in CHINA New York, October 3, 2000 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is dismayed by the raft of Internet regulations announced this week by the Chinese government, which include new rules holding companies that do business online responsible for any material that party officials…
Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in ZAMBIA New York, October 3, 2000 — An Angolan journalist who disappeared during a media tour of refugee camps in western Zambia was found dead early today in the Zambezi River near the town of Senanga, according to Zambian police authorities quoted in international news…
Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in MEXICO New York, October 2, 2000 — CPJ has written to the attorney general of Chihuahua State to inquire about the prosecution of journalists Jesús Antonio Pinedo Cornejo and Luis Villagrana on criminal-defamation charges. Pinedo Cornejo edits the weekly Semanario, based in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua…
Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in TURKEY New York, September 29, 2000 — A Turkish journalist standing trial for “insulting” Turkey’s powerful military in a book of interviews with former conscripts of the civil conflict in southeastern Turkey was acquitted of all charges today.
Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in TURKEY New York, NY September 28, 2000 – A Turkish criminal court is expected to issue a verdict tomorrow in the case of journalist Nadire Mater, who faces up to twelve years in prison on charges of “insulting” the powerful Turkish military. The charges stem…