Independent journalist released after two years in jailCPJ Press Freedom Award Winner Held for “Dangerousness”
New York, January 18, 2001 — Independent journalist Jesús Joel Díaz Hernández was released from a Cuban prison yesterday, after serving two years of a four-year term for practicing independent journalism. He had been convicted on the charge of “dangerousness.” Díaz Hernández, the executive director of the independent news service Cooperativa Avileña de Periodistas Independientes…
24 JOURNALISTS KILLED FOR THEIR WORK IN 2000 Highest Tolls in Colombia, Russia, and Sierra Leone
New York, January 4, 2001 — Of the 24 journalists killed for their work in 2000, according to CPJ research, at least 16 were murdered, most of those in countries where assassins have learned they can kill journalists with impunity. This figure is down from 1999, when CPJ found that 34 journalists were killed for…
Rebels kidnap two journalists, release one
Bogotá, November 16, 2000 — National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla fighters released Colombian television journalist Carlos Armando Uribe on November 9, a week after kidnapping him in central Tolima province. The guerrillas continue to hold his colleague, TV producer Jorge Otalora.
OAS Human Rights Commission Issues Press Freedom Declaration
Read the OAS Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression [English] | [Spanish] New York, October 26, 2000 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) welcomes the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights’ strong statement of support for press freedom in the Americas.
Government bans aerial coverage of opposition protests in Lima
New York, October 25, 2000 — In an apparent move to limit television coverage of anti-government demonstrations in Lima, the Peruvian Air Force has imposed flight restrictions that effectively bar news stations from flying helicopters over the capital.
Kidnapped journalists released
New York, October 11, 2000 — Guerrilla forces from the National Liberation Army (ELN) released reporter Jaime Horacio Arango and photographer Jesús Abad Colorado on October 8, two days after abducting them at a roadblock in the central department of Antioquia, according to local reports and CPJ sources.
Former police chief drops criminal-defamation suit against Ciudad Juárez journalists
New York, October 6, 2000 — Former Ciudad Juárez police commissioner Javier Benavides González announced earlier this week that he has dropped the criminal-defamation suit he had filed against editor Jesús Antonio Pinedo Cornejo and reporter Luis Villagrana of the weekly Semanario.