2005

New York, January 18, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the indictment of Nguyen Thi Lan Anh, a staff reporter for the Vietnamese daily Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper, on a charge of “appropriating state secrets.” The January 5 announcement of legal actions against Lan Anh followed her series of investigative articles about manipulations of the…

Dear Ambassador Brotodiningrat: The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned by restrictions imposed by the Indonesian government on reporting in the province of Aceh, which suffered so much in the December 26 tsunami. We urge your government to lift the limitations immediately so journalists can fully document the massive international humanitarian effort.

CPJ Update January 14, 2005 News from the Committee to Protect Journalists Return to front page | See previous Updates

JULY 1 and 2, 2005 Posted: July 7, 2005 Rohullah Anwari, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Shershah Hamdard, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty IMPRISONED The two RFE/RL reporters were arrested in Asa’ad Abad, the capital of Konar Province in eastern Afghanistan and taken to the capital, Kabul, according to Radio Free Afghanistan’s chief editor, Sharifa Sharif. The…

JULY 2005 Posted: August 18, 2005 Matichon, Prachachart Tooragit LEGAL ACTION A Thai company with ties to a former government official filed criminal defamation complaints seeking massive damages from two daily newspapers owned by the Matichon media company.

JANUARY 11, 2005 Posted: January 27, 2005 ABS-CBN News ATTACKED A group of armed men torched an ABS-CBN News van in central Manila at around 4:30 a.m. Between five and eight masked gunmen forced members of the eight-person news crew to lie on the ground while they set the van on fire with a Molotov…

CPJ Update November 16, 2005 News from the Committee to Protect Journalists Return to front page | See previous Updates

CPJ presents International Press Freedom AwardsPeter Jennings also honored at ceremony

JANUARY 5, 2005 Posted January 27, 2005 Nguyen Thi Lan Anh, Tuoi Tre HARASSED, LEGAL ACTION Lan Anh, a staff reporter for the daily Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper, was indicted on a charge of “appropriating state secrets.” The January 5 announcement of legal action against Lan Anh followed her series of investigative articles about manipulations…