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New York, July 31, 2002—Three weeks after it was refused a radio license, the independent Tajik news agency Asia Plus was informed that it will receive permission to broadcast—and become the first private broadcaster to serve the capital, Dushanbe. On July 29, Tajik president Imomali Rakhmonov met with Umed Babakhanov, director of Asia Plus, and…
Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is deeply concerned about your government’s continued harassment of independent journalists. On July 23, Robert Sebufirira, Elly MacDowell Kalisa, and Emmanuel Munyaneza, all journalists with the independent weekly Umuseso, were sentenced to 30 days of “preventative detention” by a court in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali. They are currently in the city’s central prison.
July 15, 2002 Monday 9:04 AM Eastern Time By KATHY GANNON; Associated Press Writer HYDERABAD, Pakistan The British-born Islamic militant accused of masterminding the kidnap-slaying of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was convicted Monday and sentenced to death by hanging. Three accomplices were sentenced to 25 years imprisonment. Pakistani authorities braced for a violent…
Bogotá, July 1, 2002—The owner of a radio station, who recently had alerted the public to the presence of paramilitary fighters in the region, was shot and killed in northeastern Colombia. Efraín Varela Noriega, owner of Radio Meridiano70, was driving home from a university graduation in Arauca Department on the afternoon of June 28 when…
June 28, 2002 Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba Prime Minister’s Office Singh Durbar Kathmandu Via facsimile: +997 1 227286Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists is writing to request urgent information about the status of Krishna Sen, editor of the pro-Maoist daily Janadisha and former editor of the pro-Maoist daily Janadesh. A report published in…
New York June 28, 2002—The Committee to Protect Journalists sent a letter of inquiry today to Nepalese prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba urgently requesting information about the status of Krishna Sen, editor of the daily Janadisha and former editor of Janadesh, both publications considered supportive of the banned Maoist rebel movement. The government has failed…
New York, June 26, 2002—Tajikistan’s Prosecutor General’s Office has dropped its criminal case against Dodojon Atovullo, editor and publisher of the Russian-language paper Chroghi Ruz. Authorities have been searching for Atovullo since May 2001, when he fled in exile to Germany. According to a June 21 report from Interfax news agency, First Deputy Prosecutor General…