Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in the PHILIPPINES New York, July 10, 2000—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is gravely concerned over the apparent kidnapping July 9 of three French journalists by members of the Abu Sayyaf rebel group in the Philippines. Reporter Maryse Burgot and cameramen Jean-Jacques Le Garrec and…
Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in CÔTE D’IVOIRE New York, July 7, 2000 — On July 5, in the aftermath of what he described as a “failed coup,” Côte d’Ivoire’s military ruler General Robert Gueï warned local journalists to be “careful” because they will now be severely punished for politically motivated…
Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in PANAMA New York, July 6, 2000 — Panama Attorney General José Antonio Sossa will decide this evening if he will order the arrest of journalist Carlos Singares who is charged with showing “disrespect” for a public official for his story on Sossa’s alleged visits to…
Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in the PHILIPPINES Read CPJ’s letter New York, July 3, 2000- A German journalist was kidnapped at gunpoint on July 2 in the southern island of Jolo in the Philippines, according to international news reports.
New York, June 30, 2000–The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) applauds Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court ruling today that the government’s system of news censorship is illegal, and that the decisions of the chief censor therefore have no force in law. A unanimous three-judge panel delivered the verdict in response to a petition brought by the…
Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in PERU PERU: Polish police detain former TV station owner Baruch Ivcher at Peru’s request (Posted June 29, 2000) New York, June 29, 2000 — On Wednesday, Polish police detained Baruch Ivcher, former owner of the Lima-based TV station Frecuencia Latina-Canal 2, for approximately five hours…
Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in CÔTE D’IVOIRE New York, June 28, 2000-The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is gravely disturbed by plans announced by the military government of the Côte D’Ivoire to tighten control over the editorial content of local newspapers and other media outlets.
New York, June 28, 2000 — A clerical court in Tehran has ordered the indefinite closure of one of the country’s last remaining pro-reform newspapers, bringing to 20 the number of papers closed by Iranian courts over the past two months. On Sunday, June 25, Iran’s Special Court for Clergy, a conservative tribunal that operates…
Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in the DRC New York, June 26, 2000 — CPJ calls for the immediate release of a BBC journalist and her Congolese assistant who were arrested yesterday by security agents near the Congolese capital, Kinshasa. Caroline Pare, a London-based BBC television producer, and her assistant, Pierre…
Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in ANGOLA New York, June 23, 2000 — Four armed men dressed in Angolan army uniforms attacked the Luanda office of the Voice of America (VOA) on the night of June 21, according to CPJ sources in Luanda. The intruders made two attempts to force their…