Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in GUATEMALA. New York, April 28, 2000 — A photographer for the Guatemala City daily Prensa Libre was killed yesterday and two other journalists were injured when private security guards opened fire on rioters in Guatemala City.
Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in ZIMBABWE. [Click here to read CPJ’s April 27 protest letter to President Mugabe.] New York, April 27, 2000 — On April 26, Harare airport police arrested Obed Zilwa, an Associated Press photographer, on suspicion that he may have been involved in an April 22 bomb…
Honorable Members of Parliament: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a non-governmental organization of journalists devoted to upholding press freedom worldwide, is concerned about draft Penal Code amendments, now under discussion in Parliament, that would substantially increase criminal penalties for defamation.
Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in TUNISIA. New York, April 26, 2000 — Tunisian police assaulted a group of French press freedom advocates and journalists today when they attempted to visit Tunisian journalist Taoufik Ben Brik, who was in the 24th day of a hunger strike to protest two years of…
Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in BOLIVIA. New York, April 24, 2000 — CPJ is deeply concerned about a series of recent threats against Bolivian media organizations covering corruption and state violence. On April 14, at 9:30 a.m., the La Paz-based daily Presencia received an anonymous bomb threat, which followed a…