TWO JOURNALISTS KILLED IN ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATIONS
New York, June 19, 2001 — Two Algerian journalists were killed last Thursday, June 14, while covering mass anti-government protests organized by Berber community leaders in the capital Algiers, CPJ has learned. Fadila Nejma, a reporter for the Arabic weekly Echourouk, died after being struck by a speeding bus during the protests. Nejma suffered severe…
CPJ denounces third postponement in Pasko trial
New York, June 19, 2001 — The espionage trial of Russian military journalist Grigory Pasko has been postponed yet again, according to the Itar-Tass news agency and CPJ sources in Vladivostok. CPJ denounces these delays, which are clearly intended to exhaust Pasko’s legal defense. Military authorities have been pursuing the investigative reporter for nearly four…
CPJ welcomes journalists’ release, but says sedition charges should be dropped
New York, June 18, 2001 — Three journalists with the Nepali-language daily Kantipur, Yubaraj Ghimire, Kailash Shirohiya, and Binod Raj Gyawali, were released from jail on June 15. They face a trial next month on sedition charges stemming from an opinion piece that suggested a conspiracy behind the assassination of Nepal’s royal family. “We are…
CPJ DELEGATION MEETS WITH ERITREAN AMBASSADORExpresses continued concern about whereabouts of 15 journalists
Washington, D.C., June 13, 2001 — A CPJ delegation met with Eritrean ambassador to the U.S. Gima Asmeron to express its deep concern about 15 journalists alleged to have been jailed or forcibly conscripted for military service. CPJ first raised the issue in a June 7 letter to Eritrean Justice Minister Foazia Hashim. In her…
Jailed editor faces multiple charges
New York, June 13, 2001-The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) calls on Ethiopian authorities to halt the unjust prosecution of Tamirate Zuma, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the defunct Amharic weekly Atkurot, on incitement and other charges relating to his work. Zuma is due to appear in court tomorrow on the incitement charge. We urge…
ONE YEAR LATER, NO PROGRESS ON MISSING CAMERAMAN INVESTIGATION IN BELARUS
New York, July 6, 2001 On the one-year anniversary of cameraman Dmitry Zavadsky’s disappearance in Minsk, CPJ deplores the fact that Belarusian authorities have made little or no progress investigating the case, despite credible leads that have emerged over the past year. “The absence of concrete progress leads us to suspect that Belarusian authorities…
CPJ calls on President Mugabe to drop defamation charges against newspaper
New York, April 6, 2001 — CPJ is greatly disturbed by criminal defamation charges brought by President Robert Mugabe against three journalists at the Harare Daily News. Daily News editor Geoff Narrate and two of his reporters, Sandra Nyaira and Julius Zava, were charged on Wednesday with criminal defamation of President Robert Mugabe and parliamentary…
CPJ Delegation Meets With Israeli Ambassador Committee Expresses Deep Concern about Shootings of Journalists
June 11, 2001 – A CPJ delegation met with Israeli ambassador to the United States David Ivry to express its deep concern about the cases of 15 journalists wounded by Israeli gunfire while covering unrest in the West Bank and Gaza Strip since last September. CPJ expressed its concern to the ambassador that in some…
Journalist killed in brutal assault
New York, June 11, 2001 — Milan Pantic, a reporter for the Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti, was killed this morning before 8 a.m. local time as he was entering his apartment building in the central Serbian town of Jagodina, according to CPJ sources and local news reports. Pantic had gone to fetch a loaf of…
CPJ asks Justice Minister to clarify whereabouts of 15 journalists
New York, June 7, 2001 – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) today issued a letter of inquiry to Eritrean Minister of Justice Foazia Hashim, expressing concern about the welfare of 15 journalists who are alleged either to be in prison or to have been forcibly conscripted. Among the journalists are: Paolos Zaid – Zaid,…