Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in MEXICO New York, June 23, 2000 — According to local and international news reports,, unidentified gunmen attacked Lilly Téllez, news host at Mexico’s second-largest TV network, in Mexico City yesterday. Téllez, host of the “Hechos del Siete” (Channel Seven News) program on TV Azteca in…
Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in ANGOLA New York, June 23, 2000 — Four armed men dressed in Angolan army uniforms attacked the Luanda office of the Voice of America (VOA) on the night of June 21, according to CPJ sources in Luanda. The intruders made two attempts to force their…
New York, June 22, 2000 — Unknown gunmen shot an editor from Kosovo’s only multi-ethnic radio station in Pristina on Tuesday night, June 20, according to local and international news reports. Valentina Cukic, the editor of Serbian-language programming on Pristina’s Radio Kontakt, was shot at approximately 9 p.m. on Tuesday evening, according to local news…
Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is greatly disturbed by the fact that an independent journalist in your country has been jailed for insulting a judge. On June 19, a Jalal-Abad city court sentenced Moldosali Ibraimov, a reporter with the independent regional weekly Akyikat, to two years imprisonment for criminal defamation. He was also fined 100,000 soms (US$1,230); a similar fine was imposed on Akyikat, according to local news reports and CPJ sources in Bishkek. He is currently in jail pending an appeal.
Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in ZIMBABWE. New York, June 21, 2000 –As Zimbabwe’s June 24-25 parliamentary elections approach, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is calling on President Robert Mugabe to publicly guarantee that journalists will be free to cover them without fear of reprisal.
Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is deeply concerned by the climate of intimidation in which journalists covering the upcoming parliamentary elections in Zimbabwe are being forced to work. In recent weeks, local and foreign correspondents have been subjected to harassment and even violence by politicians and other individuals associated with your government and the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF).
Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in ZIMBABWE. New York, June 20, 2000 — Three journalists from the independent Zimbabwean weekly The Standard were sentenced to pay massive fines after a Harare court found them guilty of criminal defamation last week, sources in Zimbabwe told CPJ.
Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is deeply disturbed by the brutal beating of an independent Armenian journalist. We call on you to ensure that this attack is investigated, and that its perpetrators are brought to justice.
Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is writing to express its deep concern about the recent death of Abed Takkoush, a driver for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Takkoush was killed by Israeli shellfire in southern Lebanon on May 23 during Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanese territory.
Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in ANGOLA New York, June 16, 2000 — Journalist Isidoro Natalício was ordered to vacate his home by state authorities because he filed reports for the Voice of America (VOA), Radio Ecclesia and the Portuguese News Agency LUSA, according to CPJ’s sources in Angola’s Kwanza Norte…