Letters

May 7, 1999 His Excellency Mohammad Khatemi President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Palestine Avenue Azerbaijan Intersection Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is writing to express its grave concern about the reported arrest of Azeri journalist Qanimat Zahidov in northern Iran. Zahidov, editor in chief for…

May 5, 1999 His Excellency Selcuk Oztek Minister of Justice Adalet Bakanligi 06659 Ankara, Turkey Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is deeply dismayed by yesterday’s verdict in the retrial of 11 police officers accused in the January 1996 murder of Metin Goktepe, a journalist with the leftist daily Evrensel. The Afyon court’s decision…

Dear colleagues and friends, I turn to you once more to request your intervention or at least inform you of the latest events regarding the difficult situation we at the weekly newsmagazine Pulso,of which I am editor, are going through.

June 28,1999 His Excellency Ante Jelovic Chairman of the Presidency of the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina Via: Permanent Mission of the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina to the United Nations, 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 580, New York, NY 10017 Fax: (212) 751-9019 The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is gravely concerned about the recent convictions of Senad…

June 24,1999 His Excellency Alberto Fujimori President of the Republic of Peru Lima, Peru Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is writing to strongly condemn the June 18 arrest and conviction of Julio Sotelo Casanova, the former general manager of the television station Frecuencia Latina-Canal 2. CPJ regards Sotelo’s jailing as further evidence…

June 24,1999 His Excellency Alberto Fujimori President of the Republic of Peru Lima, Peru Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is writing to strongly condemn the June 18 arrest and conviction of Julio Sotelo Casanova, the former general manager of the television station Frecuencia Latina-Canal 2. CPJ regards Sotelo’s jailing as further evidence…

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…

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…

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…

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…