Letters

  

Journalists Detained in Mozambique

February 9, 1999 His Excellency Joaquim Alberto Chissano President Avenida Julius Nyerere 2000 Caixa Postal 285 Maputo, Mozambique Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) writes to express its deep alarm over the 23-day detention of Fernando Quinova, Cabo Delgado province correspondent for the Mass Communications Institute, in retaliation for the journalist’s critical reporting.

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El CPJ denuncia la reciente represión de periodistas independientes en Cuba

3 de febrero de 1999 Su Excelencia Fidel Castro Ruz Presidente de Cuba c/o Misión Cubana en las Naciones Unidas Nueva York, NY Su Excellencia, El Comité para la Protección de Periodistas (CPJ) le escribe para denunciar la reciente represión de periodistas independientes en Cuba. El hostigamiento, detención y encarcelación de periodistas cuyo único delito…

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Cuba Cracks Down on Independent Press

February 3, 1999 His Excellency Fidel Castro Ruz President of Cuba c/o United Nations Mission New York, NY Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is writing to condemn the recent crackdown on the independent press in Cuba. The harassment, arrest, detention, and imprisonment of journalists who have committed no crime other than to…

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Military Police Torture Journalists in Zimbabwe

February 3, 1999 Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda Republic of Slovakia Dear Mr. Dzurinda, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is seeking clarification of the reasons behind the recent dismissal of 26 employees (see list below) of the Slovak Television Station (STV). After you came to power following the September elections, Milan Materak was chosen to…

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Military Police Torture Journalists in Zimbabwe

January 23, 1999 His Excellency President Robert Mugabe Office of the President Causeway, Harare Zimbabwe Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is outraged over the acts of torture reportedly committed by military police and Central Intelligence Organization (CIO) agents against Mark Chavunduka and Ray Choto, editor and reporter respectively, for the weekly independent…

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Military Police Torture Journalists in Zimbabwe

January 23, 1999 His Excellency Boris Yeltsin President of the Russian Federation Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is deeply troubled by the criminal prosecution of Altaf Galeyev for practicing his profession of journalism. His trial is scheduled to begin on February 4, 1999. Galeyev was formerly the news director of Radio Titan,…

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Yugoslavia Prosecutes City Radio’s Nikola Duric

January 13, 1999 President Slobodan Milosevic Bulevar Lenjina 2 11070 Novi Beograd Federal Republic of Yugoslavia We are writing to protest what Human Rights Watch and the Committee to Protect Journalists view as yet another illegal and unjustified attack on the independent media in Yugoslavia: the forthcoming trial of Nikola Duric, general manager and editor-in-chief…

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Jang Group of Newspapers Intimidated by Government

December 15,1998 His Excellency Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Prime Minister Prime Minister’s Secretariat Islamabad, Pakistan 2118 Kalorama Rd., N.W. Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is greatly alarmed by the government’s recent efforts to control the independent media in Pakistan. Since August, CPJ has received numerous reports indicating that the government has embarked upon…

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Archived Documents, 1997

CPJ News Alerts, 1997 Mexico: Killing of Journalist Condemned Indonesia: Ahmed Taufik accepts award Press Freedom Groups Condemn Algeria’s Silencing of Independent Press Algeria: Letter to the Embassy of Algeria 185 Journalists Imprisoned Worldwide Proceeds from Michael Bloomberg’s Book to Benefit CPJ Bosnia: Dayton Accords Broken Letter to Madeleine Albright Cambodian Journalists Threatened by Military…

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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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