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CPJ LAUNCHES WEB RESOURCE ON CRACKDOWN

New York, May 23, 2003—With 28 journalists behind bars in Cuba serving lengthy prison sentences for alleged counterrevolutionary crimes, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) launched a new press freedom information resource on its Web site today titled “Crackdown on the Independent Press in Cuba”.

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Two journalists flee for the capital One journalist is shot and another receives death threats

Bogotá, Colombia, May 12, 2003—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is extremely concerned about two Colombian journalists who have fled their homes. One fled after being shot, and the other left after receiving death threats. Both men reported frequently on the country’s 40-year-old civil war, which pits leftist guerrillas against the government and right-wing paramilitary…

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COLÔMBIA: Dois jornalistas buscam refúgio na capitalUm foi baleado e o outro recebeu ameaças de morte

Bogotá, Colômbia, 12 de maio de 2003—O Comitê para a Proteção dos Jornalistas (CPJ, por sua sigla em inglês) está preocupado com dois jornalistas colombianos que abandonaram suas casas. Um escapou de ser baleado e o outro recebeu ameaças de morte. Ambos informavam com freqüência sobre a guerra civil de quase quatro décadas no país,…

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COLÔMBIA: O CPJ preocupado por assassinatos e ameaças

Excelencia: O Comitê para a Proteção dos Jornalistas (CPJ, por sua sigla em inglês) está alarmado pela rápida escalada de violência contra a imprensa na Colômbia nos últimos meses. Além de uma onda de ameaças que fomentaram um clima de temor nos meios de comunicação, dois jornalistas foram assassinados esta semana em ataques separados. Na…

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CPJ concerned by killings and threats

Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is deeply alarmed by the rapid escalation of violence against the press in Colombia in recent months. In addition to a wave of threats that has fostered a climate of fear among the media, two journalists were killed this week in separate attacks. On Monday, April 28,…

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Al-Jazeera correspondents allowed to return to NYSE

New York, May 1, 2003—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) welcomes the decision by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to restore the press accreditation of two correspondents working with the Qatar-based news channel Al-Jazeera. Correspondents Ammar Shankari and Ramzi Shiber told CPJ they were notified on Tuesday, April 29, that their accreditation to cover…

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Crackdown on the Independent Press in Cuba

Introduction to De Cuba Magazine

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Crackdown on the Independent Press in Cuba

Special Report Introduction

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Crackdown on the Independent Press in Cuba

Manuel Vázquez Portal’s Prison Diary

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Crackdown on the Independent Press in Cuba

El escritor y poeta Manuel Vázquez Portal es uno de los 29 periodistas independientes que fueron detenidos, procesados y sentenciados a penas de prisión de entre 14 y 27 años. En las filas de la prensa independiente desde 1995, en enero de 1999 Vázquez Portal, junto a otros periodistas, fundó la agencia noticiosa independiente Grupo…

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