New York, November 3, 1999 — Jerry Needam, acting editor of the bimonthly Ogoni Star newspaper in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, was arraigned and released on bail yesterday. Needam had been held since October 11 in connection with the publication of a police operational order that detailed a planned clampdown on ethnic Ijaw…
On May 3, in conjunction with World Press Freedom Day, CPJ announced its annual identification of the top 10 Enemies of the Press worldwide. Those who made the list this year, as in the past, earned the dubious distinction by exhibiting particular zeal for the ruthless suppression of journalists. Gen. Sani Abacha of Nigeria was…
Washington, D.C., March 25 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported today in its annual worldwide study of press freedom that at least 118 journalists were in prison in 25 countries at the end of 1998, and 24 journalists in 17 countries were murdered during the year in reprisal for their reporting.
New York, Feb. 24, 1999 — With Nigeria on the threshold of a national presidential election and a possible return to democratic rule, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) released a special report today depicting the horrors Nigerian journalists have endured under oppressive military rule. Despite his promises of a democratic election and a transition…
February 10,1999 His Excellency Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar Chairman of the Provisional Ruling Council and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces State House, Abuja Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria VIA FAX: 011-234-95232 Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is greatly disturbed by news of the police raid on the Satellite Press in Ogba, Lagos,…
February 10,1999 His Excellency Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar Chairman of the Provisional Ruling Council and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces State House, Abuja Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria VIA FAX: 011-234-95232 Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is greatly disturbed by news of the police raid on the Satellite Press in Ogba, Lagos,…