Middle East & North Africa

  

Sudanese Forces Arrest Muhammad Abdel Sid, Correspondent for the London-based Daily Al-Sharq al-Awsat

April 20,1999 His Excellency Lt. Gen. Omar Hassan al-Bashir President of the Republic of Sudan c/o His Excellency Ambassador Mahdi Ibrahim Muhammad Embassy of the Republic of Sudan 2210 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington, D. C. 20006 Your Excellency, TThe Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a nongovernmental organization of journalists dedicated to defending press freedom worldwide,…

Read More ›

Palestine News Agency Shut Down by Israeli Government

March 31, 1999 His Excellency Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister of the State of Israel Office of the Prime Minister 3 Kaplan Street Kiryat Ben-Gurion Jerusalem, Israel Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a non-governmental organization of journalists devoted to upholding press freedom worldwide, is writing to express deep concern about the Israeli government’s…

Read More ›

Palestine News Agency Shut Down by Israeli Government

March 31, 1999 His Excellency Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister of the State of Israel Office of the Prime Minister 3 Kaplan Street Kiryat Ben-Gurion Jerusalem, Israel Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a non-governmental organization of journalists devoted to upholding press freedom worldwide, is writing to express deep concern about the Israeli government’s…

Read More ›

118 Journalists Imprisoned in 25 Countries

Washington, D.C., March 25 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported today in its annual worldwide study of press freedom that at least 118 journalists were in prison in 25 countries at the end of 1998, and 24 journalists in 17 countries were murdered during the year in reprisal for their reporting.

Read More ›

CPJ Condemns Yemen’s Clampdown on the Press

New York, N.Y., May 17, 1999-The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) today urged the government of Yemen to immediately halt its clampdown on independent and opposition journalists, which in recent months has included the prosecutions of six newspapers for their published criticisms of authorities. Since February, authorities have taken a series of other punitive measures…

Read More ›

Attacks on the Press in 1998

CPJ Confirms 472 Journalists Killed, 1989-1998 Attacks on the Press in 1998 Introduction: Attacks on the Press 1998 Preface: Attacks on the Press 1998 Africa Overview: Attacks on the Press 1998 Angola: Attacks on the Press 1998 Burkina: Attacks on the Press 1998 Burundi: Attacks on the Press 1998 Cameroon: Attacks on the Press 1998…

Read More ›

CPJ Delegation Urges Kuwait to Free Remaining Imprisoned Journalists

Washington, April 2, 1999 — A high-level delegation from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) met today with Kuwait’s Ambassador Dr. Muhammad al-Sabah to urge the release of imprisoned journalists Fawwaz Muhammad al-Awadi Bessisso and Ibtisam Berto Sulaiman al-Dakhil, who have been held since 1991. They are the last remaining journalists in prison in Kuwait,…

Read More ›

58 Journalists Murdered in Algeria Since 1993

Updated January 1, 1999Tahar Djaout, Ruptures, May 26, 1993Rabah Zenati, Algerian State Television (ENTV), August 3, 1993Abdelhamid Benmeni, Algérie-Actualité, August 9, 1993Saad Bakhtaoui, El-Minbar, September 9, 1993Abderrahmane Chergou, PAGS party paper, September 28, 1993

Read More ›

Archived Documents, 1998

CPJ News Alerts, 1998 CPJ Welcomes Release of Eritrean Journalist Ruth Simon Killing of Mexican Journalist Condemned by CPJ Murray Seeger Named CPJ’s Washington Representative Indonesia: Ahmed Taufik Nadire Mater charged with insulting the Turkish military Journalists to Discuss Press in Indonesia, Panama,Peru, and Niger Africa Regional press release CPJ’s Press Freedom Awards Honor Journalists…

Read More ›

CPJ and the World

Dangerous Assignments

Read More ›