Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in Côte d’Ivoire Click here to see CPJ’s news archives for Côte d’Ivoire New York, September 13, 2000 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is gravely disturbed by the continued brutal persecution of journalists who criticize Côte d’Ivoire president Robert Gueï and the activities of…
Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in ANGOLA New York, September 11, 2000— A draft Angolan press law poses a grave threat to press freedom in that country, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), which has conducted an analysis of the bill made public in July of this year by…
Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is gravely disturbed by the continued brutal persecution of journalists who criticize you and the activities of your military government. We are particularly alarmed at the recent beating of Joachim Beugré, editor of the private daily Le Jour, by three soldiers under your command.
Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is outraged by your government’s apparent efforts to shut down the independent newspapers SolDat and Vremya Po for reprinting articles from foreign media about alleged corruption in the Kazakh government.
New York, September 11, 2000 — Ruslan Musayev, a local reporter, cameraman, and photographer for The Associated Press (AP), was captured by Russian military forces in Chechnya on September 5, beaten, and held in detention overnight. He was released the following morning after paying US$600 to his guards, AP reported. This is the second recent…
Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in PHILIPPINES New York, September 11, 2000 — The release of two France 2 television journalists, cameraman Jean-Jacques Le Garrec and sound engineer Roland Madura, has been delayed due to factional fighting within the ranks of the Philippine rebel group that kidnapped them, according to news…
New York, September 11, 2000 — Ruslan Musayev, a local reporter, cameraman, and photographer for The Associated Press (AP), was captured by Russian military forces in Chechnya on September 5, beaten, and held in detention overnight. He was released the following morning after paying US$600 to his guards, AP reported. This is the second recent…
New York, September 8, 2000–The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) wrote to Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga today, welcoming her decision to ease censorship restrictions on the media. However, CPJ noted that censorship of military-related news remains in place, in violation of Sri Lanka’s international obligations to uphold press freedom. “We do not think that…