Asia

2003

  

JOURNALIST KILLED

New York, December 29, 2003—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called for a full investigation into the death of Ersa Siregar, a senior reporter for the private Indonesian channel Rajawali Citra Televisi (RCTI), who was shot and killed today during a gun battle between Indonesian military forces and separatist rebels in the war-torn Aceh Province,…

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Writer to go on trial

New York, December 29, 2003—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns the prolonged detention of writer Nguyen Vu Binh and calls for his immediate release. Binh, 35, is scheduled to go on trial on December 31 at the People’s Court in Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi. A court official told international news agencies that Binh will be…

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COURT REJECTS SOUTH KOREAN PHOTOGRAPHER’S APPEALJournalist to remain jailed

New York, December 23, 2003—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns the continued detention of South Korean freelance photographer Jae Hyun Seok. On December 19, a court in Shandong Province rejected an appeal filed by Seok and upheld his two year sentence on charges of human trafficking, according to CPJ sources. The appeal hearing, which…

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Two journalists detainedAnother may be in government custody

New York, December 22, 2003—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is concerned about two journalists who were arrested in Pakistan last week: Marc Epstein, a reporter with the French news magazine L’Express, and Jean-Paul Guilloteau, a L’Express photographer. CPJ is also investigating the whereabouts of Khawar Mehdi Rizvi, a local journalist working as their guide…

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CPJ condemns violent attacks on journalists

Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is alarmed by an ongoing series of attacks on local journalists in Bangladesh’s southern Jhalakathi District led by members of your political party, the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

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Journalist threatened, attacked

Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is deeply concerned about recent attacks and threats against Amir Mir, senior assistant editor of the English-language monthly the Herald.

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Journalist sentenced to death

New York, December 4, 2003—Zaw Thet Htway, editor of the Burmese sports magazine First Eleven, has been sentenced to death for high treason. Although death sentences are rarely carried out in Burma, exiled Burmese journalists call the sentence “disturbing.” According to international press reports, Zaw Thet Htway and eight other individuals, including a lawyer and…

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Journalist detained

New York, December 3, 2003—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns the detention of Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, editor of the tabloid weekly Blitz, who was arrested by security personnel at Zia International Airport in the capital, Dhaka. According to local news reports, Choudhury was on his way to Israel on November 29 to participate…

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Radio journalist killed

New York, December 3, 2003—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns yesterday’s killing of journalist Nelson Nadura, a commentator for Radio DYME in the Philippine’s central Masbate City. CPJ is investigating the circumstances behind his death. At about 8:30 a.m. on December 2, two unidentified gunmen shot Nadura on his motorcycle when he left the…

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Internet writer freedCrackdown on online speech continues

New York, December 1, 2003—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) welcomes the release of Internet writer Liu Di but is gravely concerned that another Internet essayist, Du Daobin, has been charged with “subversion” and remains in jail. On November 28, Internet writer Liu Di, 23, was released from prison on bail. Liu, a psychology student…

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