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YELENA MASYUK

YELENA MASYUK, correspondent for NTV, captured the world’s attention when she was kidnapped by Chechen armed rebels May 10 and held, along with her two crew members, for 100 days in harsh, inhumane conditions, most of the time in damp mountain caves. She had covered the Chechen war in 1994 for NTV and had endeavored…

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Attacks on the Press in 1996

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Around the world: A regional look at the state of press freedom in 1995

Africa For the third consecutive year, Ethiopia held more journalists in jail–31 at year’s end–than any other country in Africa. Most were detained without charges.

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1996 Awards – Jameel

   The career of Kashmiri journalist Yusuf Jameel, one of the leading reporters on the civil war in Indian-held Kashmir, has been marked by violent reprisals–beatings, grenade attacks, and, last fall, a letter bomb addressed to him that killed a colleague. Formerly a correspondent for the BBC and a stringer for Reuters and Time magazine,…

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