Nova York, 27 de outubro de 2003 — O Comitê para Proteção dos Jornalistas (CPJ) está indignado com o recente seqüestro de quatro jornalistas guatemaltecos. No domingo, 26 de outubro, ex-patrulheiros da Autodefesa Civil (Autodefensa Civil PAC) seqüestraram os repórteres Freddy López e Alberto Ramírez, e os fotógrafos Emerson Díaz e Mario Linares, todos…
New York, October 27, 2003—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is outraged by the recent abduction of four Guatemalan journalists. On Sunday, October 26, former paramilitary fighters kidnapped reporters Freddy López and Alberto Ramírez, and photographers Emerson Díaz and Mario Linares, all of the Guatemala Citybased daily Prensa Libre, in the town of La Libertad,…
New York, October 27, 2003—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is outraged that four directors of the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ), the company that owns the country’s only independent daily, the Daily News, were arrested today and will spend tonight in police custody in the capital, Harare. The four directors—ANZ CEO Samuel Sipepa Nkomo,…
Cidade da Guatemala, 24 de outubro de 2003 –Uma delegação do Comitê para a Proteção dos Jornalistas (CPJ) verificou o clima de ameaças e intimidações que vive a imprensa guatemalteca, após uma visita de cinco dias à Guatemala. A visita do CPJ teve como objetivo constatar in loco a situação da liberdade de imprensa na…
Guatemala City, October 24, 2003—A delegation from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) today verified a climate of threats and intimidation against the Guatemalan press, following a five-day visit to the country. The purpose of CPJ’s visit was to assess press freedom conditions in Guatemala; ask the Guatemalan government to provide information about the status…
New York, October 23, 2003— The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is disturbed that Senegalese authorities have refused to lift an October 6 expulsion order against Sophie Malibeaux, correspondent for Radio France Internationale (RFI). At the time, the order was temporarily reversed, but Malibeaux has again been ordered to leave the country. Senegalese authorities accused…
New York, October 22, 2003—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) strongly condemns the Tuesday, October 21, assassination of Jean Hélène, correspondent for Radio France Internationale (RFI) in Ivory Coast’s capital, Abidjan. According to diplomats and eyewitnesses, Hélène was shot by a police officer on Tuesday evening outside the national police headquarters in central Abidjan while…
New York, October 21, 2003—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns the three-year sentence recently handed down to Internet essayist Luo Yongzhong on charges of subversion. Luo, who has written numerous articles that have been distributed online, was detained on June 14 in Changchun, Jilin Province. On July 7, he was formally arrested. On October…
Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is deeply concerned about the investigation into the October 9 murder of Aleksei Sidorov, editor-in-chief of the independent daily Tolyattinskoye Obozreniye. We believe that investigators have prematurely determined that the crime was unrelated to Sidorov’s journalistic work.
New York, October 20, 2003—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Friday, October 17, arson attack on the offices of the private, biweekly Independent newspaper, located in a suburb of the capital, Banjul. According to local journalists, on the evening of October 17, three unidentified men assaulted a private security guard in front of the…