Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in LIBERIA Click here to read CPJ’s protest letter to Liberian president Charles G. Taylor New York, August 22, 2000 — A four-man television news crew from Britain’s Channel Four, in Liberian police custody since last Friday, was indicted yesterday, August 21, on espionage charges. Liberian…
Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is outraged by your government’s detention of a four-member news team from Britain’s Channel Four television network, who were arrested by police at their hotel in Monrovia late Friday night, August 18, and have reportedly been charged with espionage.
Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in LIBERIA Click here to read CPJ’s protest letter to Liberian president Charles G. Taylor New York, August 21, 2000 — CPJ calls on Liberian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release four foreign journalists who were arrested in Monrovia in the night of August 18 on…
Your Excellency: On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of your country’s proclamation of independence, the Committee to Protect Journalists writes to express its grave concern about the recent deterioration of press freedom standards in the Central African Republic.
Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is outraged at the recent arson attack against the editorial offices of the Banjul-based private broadcaster Radio 1 FM. While a police investigation is ongoing, sources in the Gambia told CPJ that the attack might have come in response to Radio 1 FM’s critical discussions of your government’s human-rights and other policies.
Your Excellency, Ahead of the August 6-7 SADC Summit of Heads of State, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) wishes to express its grave concern about the deplorable state of press freedom in several SADC member states. Our research shows an alarming pattern of governments interfering with the free flow of information and using harsh, outdated laws to prosecute journalists for their work.
[Click here to read CPJ’s protest letter] August 3, 2000 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), citing an “alarming pattern of government interference” with the free flow of information in many Southern African countries, is calling on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to “consider the press freedom records of member states in determining…
Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is outraged at the prison sentences recently imposed on three journalists from the private biweekly publication Dikalo in retaliation for their coverage of alleged corruption and mismanagement at a local trade union.
New York — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) presented its International Press Freedom Awards for the year 2000 to four journalists–from Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malaysia, and Iran–for their courage and independence in reporting the news. These honorees endured jail, had their lives threatened and, in one case, survived a car-bomb attack,…