2005

  

MOZAMBIQUE

JANUARY 27, 2005 Posted: February 2, 2005 Jeremias Langa, STV THREATENED Two men commandeered Langa’s car in the capital, Maputo, forced him to drive around the city for a half hour, held guns to his head, and threatened to kill him, according to a statement from the private television station STV, where Langa works as…

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Response from the Embassy of the Republic of Cameroon

Dear Mrs. Cooper, We hereby acknowledge receipt of your letter of January 14, 2005 addressed to His Excellency Ambassador Jerome MENDOUGA, regarding Mr. Eric Wirkwa Tayu, publisher of a private newspaper in Cameroon. Mr. Tayu, you claim, “has been in prison since July 28, 2004 when he was convicted of defaming Kumbo’s mayor, Donatus Njong Fonyuy….”

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Journalist attacked and threatened

New York, January 25, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the January 21 attack and death threats against Brazilian journalist Lúcio Flávio Pinto, who is based in the city of Belém, in the northern state of Pará. Pinto, the publisher and editor of the small bimonthly Jornal Pessoal, said he was at a restaurant having…

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Fugitive in Cardoso murder returned to Mozambique

New York, January 24, 2005—A fugitive in the murder of investigative reporter Carlos Cardoso has been returned to Mozambique, where he faces a new trial in the November 2000 slaying. The Committee to Protect Journalists today called for the prompt prosecution and secure detention of Anibal Antonio dos Santos Junior, who has escaped from custody…

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INDONESIA

JANUARY 23, 2005 Posted: January 27, 2005 William Nessen, freelance HARASSED Authorities detained Nessen at Polonia Airport in the northern Sumatran city of Medan after the American journalist visited the tsunami-ravaged province of Aceh. Nessen was flown to Jakarta and deported on the following day, January 24. He had previously been jailed in Aceh for…

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CPJ disturbed that journalist’s appeal denied

New York, January 21, 2005—The Supreme Court of the southern Russian republic of North Ossetia upheld on Wednesday, January 19, the conviction of Yuri Bagrov on criminal charges of using forged documents to obtain Russian citizenship. The court also fined him 15,000 rubles (US$530). “We are very concerned that the harassment and prosecution of Bagrov…

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BRAZIL

JANUARY 21, 2005 Posted: February 2, 2005 Lúcio Flávio Pinto, Jornal Pessoal ATTACKED Pinto, the publisher and editor of the small bimonthly Jornal Pessoal in the city of Belém, in the northern state of Pará, said he was at a restaurant having lunch with friends on Friday, January 21, when Ronaldo Maiorana, a businessman and…

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CPJ calls for release of jailed publication director

Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply troubled by the recent jailing of Jules Koum Koum, publication director of the private bimonthly Le Jeune Observateur, on criminal defamation charges. Two journalists are now imprisoned in Cameroon for their work.

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Editor’s detention draws protest, questions

Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists is writing to protest the continued detention of Mohamed al-Oshen, editor-in-chief of the Riyadh-based Islamist weekly Al-Mohayed, who has been in detention for almost two weeks.

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CPJ protests government restrictions on media content

New York, January 21, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists is troubled that the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has imposed restrictions on the content of private broadcasters. A memo issued by DRC Information Minister Henri Mova Sakanyi on January 18 states that “religious and thematic” broadcasters should refrain from airing all news and…

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