Click here to read Nadire Mater’s personal statement Last week, Nadire Mater, a reporter with Inter Press Service (IPS), learned that she had been formally charged with “insulting” the Turkish military-a crime under Article 159 of the Turkish Penal Code. If convicted, she faces between one and six years in prison. The charge stems from…
Click here to read CPJ’s September 22 protest letter to President Habibie of Indonesia. September 22, 1999 — One foreign journalist was found dead this morning near Dili, while two others were rescued last night by Australian peacekeeping troops after their car was attacked yesterday. The body of Sander Thoenes, 30, a Dutch freelance reporter…
By Nadire Mater Istanbul, September 21, 1999—A local prosecutor in Beyoglu, Istanbul has finally indicted me under Article 159 of the penal code ( “insulting and belittling the military”) for having published the statements of former army soldiers who I interviewed for my book Mehmedin Kitabi(“Mehmed’s Book—Soldiers Who Have Fought in the Southeast Speak Out”). The…
September 20, 1999- Allan Nairn, the American journalist detained by Indonesian authorities on September 14, was deported from Indonesia to Singapore today. He flew out from Bali, having been flown from West Timor to Bali on Sunday. Nairn told Associated Press and Agence France Presse reporters in Singapore that he believed Indonesian armed forces chief…
Click here to read CPJ’s September 17 letter to Prime Minister Ecevit. September 17, 1999—On August 28, the Turkish parliament approved an amnesty bill that will secure the release of a number of journalists and writers who were jailed on the basis of their published work. The law was signed by President Suleiman Demirel on…
September 15, 1999 — CPJ has learned that Indonesian military authorities flew American journalist Allan Nairn out of East Timor on a military jet today, having detained him for more than 24 hours in the capital city of Dili. He was taken to Kupang, West Timor. Nairn is a freelance journalist who filed regular reports…
Click here to read CPJ’s recent protest about the Murray Hiebert case. Bangkok, Thailand, September 11, 1999 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) deplores today’s decision by the Malaysian Court of Appeal to imprison Far Eastern Economic Review correspondent Murray Hiebert for contempt of court. Hiebert became the first reporter in Malaysia ever sent…
April 09, 1999 — Since political violence erupted in 1992, Algeria has been one of the most difficult countries in the world for foreign journalists to work. For several years, Algerian authorities have enforced a policy of providing mandatory escorts for foreign reporters, thus severely curtailing the ability to effectively investigative the country’s ongoing civil…
June 9, 1999 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a nonpartisan organization devoted to safeguarding press freedom around the world, has confirmed the following new developments in the cases of three independent journalists targeted by the Yugoslav military for practicing their profession. Croatian journalist escapes Yugoslav military incarceration
Panama City, Panama, September 8, 1999–A delegation from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) met with newly inaugurated president Mireya Moscoso this morning and urged her to repeal the country’s notorious “gag laws,” which criminalize the practice of journalism in Panama. The gag laws date largely from military governments of the 1970s and 1980s. They…