BRAZIL
JULY 28, 2005 Posted August 30, 2005 Ancelmo Gois, O Globo LEGAL ACTION Gois, a well-known columnist with the Rio de Janeiro daily O Globo, faced prosecution after his column revealed a dispute between two local judges.In a February 27, 2004 column titled “Clash of Titans,” Gois wrote that Judge Francisco José de Asevedo had…
CUBA
JULY 22, 2005 Posted: July 28, 2005 Oscar Mario González, Grupo de Trabajo Decoro IMPRISONED González, a journalist with the independent news agency Grupo de Trabajo Decoro, was arrested around 9 a.m., about a block from his house, as he was going to buy bread, according to colleague Ana Leonor Díaz.
Independent journalist detained in Havana
New York, July 26, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the detention of independent Cuban journalist Oscar Mario González, who has been held in police custody since Friday. González, a journalist with the independent news agency Grupo de Trabajo Decoro, was arrested around 9 a.m. on July 22, about a block from his house, as…
Newspaper employees dragged from offices
New York, July 19, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists is outraged by the violent removal of 31 employees from the offices of the Oaxaca-based daily Noticias. The employees had been confined to their offices for the last several weeks, due to a blockade erected by a striking, pro-government union. Around 8 p.m. Monday night, dozens…
CPJ mourns the death of Jacques Roche
New York, July 14, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists mourns the death of Haitian journalist Jacques Roche, whose body was found today in the capital, Port-au-Prince. Roche, cultural editor with the daily Le Matin, was kidnapped on Sunday, according to international press reports. Roche, who also hosted a local television station show, was taken from…
Health of jailed Cuban journalists deteriorates, CPJ finds
New York, July11, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists is very concerned about the deteriorating health of several imprisoned Cuban journalists who have been jailed for more than two years, and it renews its call for the immediate and unconditional release of the 23 writers and editors unjustly jailed for reporting and commenting on the news.
Ex-police chief detained in photographer’s murder
New York, July 7, 2005—An ex-police chief in Mexico is being held for alleged involvement in the November 2004 gangland-style slaying of Gregorio Rodríguez Hernández, a photographer with the Mazatlán edition of the newspaper El Debate, in the northwestern state of Sinaloa, according to press reports. Abel Enríquez Zavala was detained on Sunday after investigators…
CPJ decries jailing of U.S. reporter
Washington, July 6, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply disturbed that a U.S. judge has sentenced a journalist to prison for refusing to reveal her confidential source to a grand jury investigating the leak of a CIA operative’s identity. Judge Thomas F. Hogan, in a hearing in U.S. District Court, ordered Judith Miller of…
CPJ calls on Mexican governor to end newspaper blockade
Dear Mr. Ruiz Ortiz: The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned about the safety of 31 employees of the Oaxaca-based daily Noticias who have been held inside the newspaper’s facilities for nearly two weeks after supporters of a pro-government union staged a strike outside the newspaper. We call on you to use the power of your office to bring an immediate end to this situation and allow the publication to resume its normal work.