Enemies of the Press: The 10 Worst Offenders of 1996
Abu Abdul Rahman Amin, leader of the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria His insurgent faction has claimed responsibility for many of the 58 assassinations of journalists in Algeria over the past three years. Rahman Amin has threatened all secular journalists with death. “Those who fight with the pen,” he proclaimed, “shall die by the sword.”…
1996 Awards – Jameel
The career of Kashmiri journalist Yusuf Jameel, one of the leading reporters on the civil war in Indian-held Kashmir, has been marked by violent reprisals–beatings, grenade attacks, and, last fall, a letter bomb addressed to him that killed a colleague. Formerly a correspondent for the BBC and a stringer for Reuters and Time magazine,…
Attacks on the Press in 1995
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