August 4, 1999 President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah State House Freetown, Sierra Leone BY FAX: (232-22) 225615 Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a non-partisan organization dedicated to the defense of press freedom worldwide, welcomes the release from jail, on the weekend of July 31, of four journalists who were imprisoned on charges of…
AUGUST 4, 1999 His Excellency Prime Minister Abdel Karim al-Iryani c/o His Excellency Ambassador Abdul Wahab al-Hajjri Embassy of the Republic of Yemen 2600 Virginia Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20037 Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is writing to express its deep concern about the convictions handed down this morning by the Seera…
Booker Prize-winning author Arundhati Roy is not yet out of the woods. On July 29, the Supreme Court postponed deciding whether to initiate contempt of court proceedings against Roy for publishing a highly critical essay about the social and environmental costs of Gujarat’s Sardar Sarovar dam, part of an ambitious irrigation and hydroelectric project along…
On August 2, 1999, Gambian security officials released three journalists of The Independentnewspaper from detention at National Intelligence Agency (NIA) headquarters in Banul. Baba Galleh Jallow, Yorrow Jallow, and Lamin Daffeh were told to report at NIA headquarters again on August 3 with all the necessary documents pertaining to the registration of the newspaper. The…
July 29, 1999 His Excellency Laurent-Désiré Kabila President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Ngaliema, Kinshasa Democratic Republic of Congo Your Wxcellency, CPJ is greatly alarmed by the continued imprisonment of journalists Mbakulu Pambu Diambu and Godefroid Kiangwe Buleya. With the Lusaka peace accord now in place, we demand the immediate and unconditional release of…
July 29, 1999 His Excellency Alexander Lukashenko President of Belarus Republic House of Government Minsk, Belarus 220020 VIA FAX: 011-375-172-23-58-25 Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is deeply troubled by the alarming number of recent defamation cases filed against independent newspapers in Belarus, and by the ongoing harassment of journalists there.
July 28, 1999 His Excellency Atal Behari Vajpayee Prime Minister of India Office of the Prime Minister South Block New Delhi 110 011, India Fax: 011-91-11-301-6857 Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is deeply concerned by the latest efforts to suppress discussion of the social and environmental costs of Gujarat’s Sardar Sarovar dam…
July 28, 1999 His Excellency Sayed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Guide to the Islamic Republic of Iran c/o the Permanent Mission of Iran to the United Nations 622 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017 fax: 212.867.7086 Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an international organization of journalists devoted to upholding press freedom worldwide, is…
July 28, 1999 –On July 28, two days after the Minister of Government and Justice withdrew her proposed amendment to a 1978 gag law in the face of national and international criticism, the Panamanian Cabinet approved an only slightly different amendment to the law. As a July 30 editorial of the Panama City-based daily La…
El 28 de julio, dos días después de que el Ministerio de Gobierno y Justicia retirara un proyecto para modificar una ley mordaza de 1978 ante protestas a nivel nacional e internacional, el Gabinete panameño aprobó un proyecto casi igual. Como dice un editorial del periódico La Prensa,de la ciudad de Panamá, el nuevo proyecto…