Letters

  

Perú: El CPJ Protesta el Arresto del Ex-gerente de una Estación de Televisión como parte de una campaña en contra de La Prensa Independiente

June 24,1999 Su Excelencia Alberto Fujimori Presidente de la República del Perú Lima, Perú Su Excelencia, El Comité para la Protección de Periodistas (CPJ) condena enérgicamente el arresto y encargatoria de reo de Julio Sotelo Casanova ocurridos el 18 de junio. Sotelo es el ex-gerente general de Frecuencia Latina-Canal 2. El CPJ considera que el…

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CPJ Disturbed by the Persecution of Najam Sethi in Pakistan

June 23,1999 His Excellency Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Prime Minister Prime Minister’s Secretariat Islamabad, Pakistan Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is deeply disturbed by evidence that your government is continuing to persecute Najam Sethi, chief editor of the English-language weekly newspaper The Friday Times. In the last few weeks, various government agencies have blocked…

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Kuwait: Television station shut down

June 22,1999 His Excellency Youssef Muhammad al-Samait Minister of Information c/o His Excellency Ambassador Muhammad al-Sabah Embassy of the State of Kuwait 2940 Tilden Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20008 Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is writing to strongly protest the closure of the Qatar-based television station, Al-Jazeera. CPJ has leaned that Your…

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The Committee to Protect Journalists Strongly Condemns the Arrest and Indictments of Bartolo Ortíz and Carlos Orellana

June 17,1999 His Excellency Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle President of the Republic of Chile Palacio de la Moneda Santiago, CHILE Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is writing to strongly condemn the arrest and indictment of Bartolo Ortíz, CEO of Planeta Publishing Company, and Carlos Orellana, chief editor of Planeta. Ortíz and Orellana face…

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The Committee to Protect Journalists Strongly Condemns the Arrest and Indictments of Bartolo Ortíz and Carlos Orellana

17 de junio de 1999 Su Excelencia Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle Presidente de la República de Chile Palacio de la Moneda Santiago, CHILE Su Excelencia, El Comité para la Protección de Periodistas (CPJ) condena enérgicamente el arresto y procesamiento de Bartolo Ortiz, gerente general de Editorial Planeta y de Carlos Orellana, editor general de Planeta. Ortíz…

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Government replies to CPJ protest

June 15,1999 The following is a copy of a letter received by CPJ from the Angolan Minister of Social Communications, Pedro Hendrik Vaal Neto, written in Luanda on June 23, 1999. The translation is an unofficial one, done by the Angolan Embassy in Washington DC: Ms. Ann K. Cooper Executive Director Committee to Protect Journalists…

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CPJ Concerned for the safety of Jesús Barraza

June 14,1999 Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León President of Mexico Los Pinos Mexico City, MEXICO Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is writing to express its growing concern for the safety of Jesús Barraza, editor of the weekly magazine  Pulso in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora. As we stated in the letter sent…

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Asesinado Ricardo Gangeme, director de El Informador Chubutense

14 de junio de 1999 Carlos Saúl Menem Presidente de la Repœblica de Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina Su Excelencia, El Comité para la Protección de Periodistas (CPJ, por sus siglas en inglés) le escribe esta misiva para expresar su preocupación por la muerte ayer de Ricardo Gangeme, director de la revista semanal El Informador Chubutense,…

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CPJ preocupado por seguridad fisica de Jesús Barraza

14 de junio de 1999 Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León Presidente de México Los Pinos Ciudad de México, MEXICO Su Excelencia, El Comité para la Proteccion de Periodistas (CPJ) a través de esta carta quiere expresar su creciente preocupación por la seguridad de Jesús Barraza, editor del semanario Pulso en San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora. Como…

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CPJ Calls on Algeria to Locate Two ‘Disappeared’ Journalists Appeal Marks Fourth Anniversary of Djamel Eddine Fahassi’s Abduction

May 6, 1999 His Excellency Abdelaziz Bouteflika President of the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria c/o His Excellency Ambassador Lamamra Remtane Embassy of Algeria 2118 Kalorama Rd., N.W. Washington, DC 20008 Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a non-governmental organization of journalists devoted to upholding press freedom worldwide, writes to you about…

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