Americas
2005
HAITI
SEPTEMBER 9, 2005 Posted October 17, 2005 Kevin Pina, KPFA Jean Ristil, Associated Press IMPRISONED A U.S. filmmaker and a Haitian reporter who were covering a police search in the capital Port-au-Prince were arrested. Kevin Pina, a filmmaker and correspondent with “Flashpoints,” a California-based radio show produced by station KPFA Berkeley , and Jean Ristil,…
Reporters face police violence and restrictions in Katrina aftermath
New York, September 9, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by police violence against reporters in New Orleans and attempts by the authorities to restrict coverage of the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. U.S. and international media outlets have complained of attacks on staff and the confiscation of film of shoot-outs between police and looters…
HAITI
JULY 14, 2005 Posted: September 2, 2005 Jacques Roche, Le Matin KILLED–UNCONFIRMED Roche, cultural editor with the Port-au-Prince-based daily Le Matin who was kidnapped on July 10, was found dead four days later in a slum in Haiti’s capital. His body was handcuffed, riddled with bullets, and mutilated, according to international press reports. The Committee…
Second independent journalist jailed in less than a month
New York, August 25, 2005 – Cuba has jailed a second independent journalist who covered an unprecedented opposition meeting in May. Albert Santiago Du Bouchet Hernández, was arrested on August 6, tried three days later and handed a one-year jail term without the knowledge of his family who found out about his detention only after…
Second independent journalist jailed in less than a month
New York, August 25, 2005 – Cuba has jailed a second independent journalist who covered an unprecedented opposition meeting in May. Albert Santiago Du Bouchet Hernández, was arrested on August 6, tried three days later and handed a one-year jail term without the knowledge of his family who found out about his detention only after…
Imprisoned journalist on hunger strike
New York, August 24, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply worried about the health of imprisoned journalist Adolfo Fernández Saínz, who began a hunger strike last week to protest the mistreatment of another imprisoned dissident. Fernández Saínz began the strike on Friday, after learning that imprisoned dissident Arnaldo Ramos Lauzurique had been beaten by…
CPJ condemns grenade attack on newspaper
New York, August 18, 2005 The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the hand grenade attack on the offices of the Colombian daily El Informador. The newspaper said police believe a motorcycle passenger lobbed a fragmentation grenade which exploded outside the newsroom on Monday evening as three journalists and a designer were finishing Tuesday’s edition.…
COLOMBIA
AUGUST 15, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 El Informador ATTACKED Attackers hurled a grenade at the offices of El Informador. The newspaper said police believed a motorcycle passenger lobbed a fragmentation grenade which exploded outside the newsroom where three journalists and a designer were working. The blast damaged the building but caused no injuries.