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Spring 1997 Index

Internet Edition No. 53

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Mauling the Messengers

Berisha’s Government Scapegoats Albanian Press

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Attacks on the Press in 1996

Attacks on the Press in 1996: Table of Contents CPJ News Alert Angola: Attacks on the Press in 1996 Botswana: Attacks on the Press in 1996 Central African Republic: Attacks on the Press in 1996 Cameroon: Attacks on the Press in 1996 ethiopia: Attacks on the Press in 1996 the gambia: Attacks on the Press…

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As Kidnappings Mount, Chechen Government Puts New Restrictions On Journalists

Faced with a mounting toll of Russian journalists’ abductions, the new Chechen government has heavily restricted reporters’ movements. The May kidnapping of independent Russian NTV’s prominent war reporter Yelena Masyuk and two crew members was the latest in a string of kidnappings, possibly related to the intention of some Chechen factions to derail the 1996…

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Archived Documents, 1996

CPJ News Alerts, 1996 Algeria: Arrest Of Newspaper Cartoonist Groups Urge Algerian Government to Release Political Cartoonist alg3.12.html Assassination of Algerian Radio Host Historic Verdict in Argentine Libel Case Journalists from India, Mexico, Palestinian Authority, Turkey To Receive Award Serbia / Montenegro: Chronology of events Balkans Press Freedom Mission Recent Attack on U.S Journalist in…

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Solidarity works: Helping to clear the path to freedom.

Letters to CPJ CPJ comes to the aid of journalists who have been attacked, imprisoned, censored, or harassed. The Committee fights to get journalists out of jail and lets those who are being persecuted for their reporting know that CPJ and others are working on their behalf.

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Press freedom news briefs from Around the world

Call for crackdown on China’s press In its effort to revive traditional socialist values, the Chinese Communist Party at its annual plenum in October resolved to tighten its grip on ideology and exert greater social control–a move that offers little hope for the relaxing of press restrictions in China.

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Isik Yurtçu

A message from an Istanbul jail

Photo: Turkish editor Ocak Isik Yurtçu From the Executive Director

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Tudjman seeks to muzzle a radio that aided his rise

A retired Croatian general, critical of President Franjo Tudjman’s drive to turn this small country into a military power in the Balkans, took to the airwaves today to spell out what he said was the folly of such a course.

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A thanks to those who have helped CPJ

CPJ would like to thank Agence France-Presse, Associated Press, IDT, Lexis-Nexis, and Reuters America for providing in-kind services during 1996.

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