Attacks on the Press in China and Hong Kong: 1996 and 1997
China Chen Fang BOOK BANNING Aug. 21, 1997 The Communist Party’s propaganda department, the Culture Ministry, and the Press and Publications Administration banned Chen Fang’s 1997 book, Wrath of Heaven: A Mayor’s Severe Crime, for posing a threat to Chinese leadership with its coverage of government corruption. Though a novel, the book describes the infamous…
Attacks on the Press in China and Hong Kong: 1996 and 1997
CHINA Chen Fang BOOK BANNING Aug. 21, 1997 The Communist Party’s propaganda department, the Culture Ministry, and the Press and Publications Administration banned Chen Fang’s 1997 book, Wrath of Heaven: A Mayor’s Severe Crime, for posing a threat to Chinese leadership with its coverage of government corruption. Though a novel, the book describes the infamous…
YELENA MASYUK
YELENA MASYUK, correspondent for NTV, captured the world’s attention when she was kidnapped by Chechen armed rebels May 10 and held, along with her two crew members, for 100 days in harsh, inhumane conditions, most of the time in damp mountain caves. She had covered the Chechen war in 1994 for NTV and had endeavored…
Burton Benjamin Award – Ted Koppel
The Burton Benjamin Memorial Award honors the late CBS News senior producer and former CPJ chairman who died in 1988. In his 34 years at ABC News, Ted Koppel has upheld the highest principles of professionalism and independence and has been a standard-bearer for press freedom worldwide. Landmark broadcasts from Israel and South Africa…
Turkey’s Journalists View Amnesty Plans With Caution
When the Turkish government in March announced a plan to coordinate the release from prison of some of the many journalists who have been convicted under the country’s infamous anti-terror law, Turkish journalists greeted the announcement with skepticism. Given Turkey’s dismal press freedom record under the government of Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan, and that of…
Belarus’ Lukashenko Escalates His War On The Media
With his sights set firmly on integration with Russia, President Alexander Lukashenko has intensified his efforts to stifle the independent and opposition media in Belarus. In the days surrounding the April 2 signing in Moscow of the second treaty on integration with Russia in two years, Lukashenko reached new heights, even by his own standards,…
CPJ and the World
The publication in March of CPJ’s Attacks on the Press in 1996 was the culmination of months of intense preparation by CPJ staff, investigating and verifying more than 1,000 documented cases of violations of press freedom worldwide. The 376-page volume, edited by Publications Director Alice Chasan, is the longest and most comprehensive of CPJ’s annual…