June 14,1999 Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León President of Mexico Los Pinos Mexico City, MEXICO Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is writing to express its growing concern for the safety of Jesús Barraza, editor of the weekly magazine Pulso in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora. As we stated in the letter sent…
14 de junio de 1999 Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León Presidente de México Los Pinos Ciudad de México, MEXICO Su Excelencia, El Comité para la Proteccion de Periodistas (CPJ) a través de esta carta quiere expresar su creciente preocupación por la seguridad de Jesús Barraza, editor del semanario Pulso en San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora. Como…
May 13, 1999 Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León President of Mexico Los Pinos Mexico City, MEXICO Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is writing to express its deep concern for the safety of Jesús Barraza, editor of the weekly magazine Pulso in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora State. At 9 p.m. on May 4,…
13 de mayo de 1999 Presidente de México Los Pinos Ciudad de México, MEXICO Su Excelencia, El Comité para la Protección de Periodistas le escribe esta carta para expresarle nuestra gran preocupación por la seguridad física de Jesús Barraza, director de la revista semanal Pulso en San Luis Río Colorado, estado de Sonora. A las…
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.
For Christine Anyanwu, former editor of the now-defunct The Sunday Magazine, the fact that Nigeria has vaulted to the ignominious spot as Africa’s top jailer of journalists, with 17 in prison at the end of 1997, would come as no surprise. Nor is it merely an abstract statistic to the 46-year-old mother of two: She is…