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Filipovic Hospitalized Again with Heart Condition

Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in YUGOSLAVIA New York, August 17, 2000 — Serbian journalist Miroslav Filipovic was transferred from a military prison in Nis, where he is serving a seven-year sentence for espionage, to the city’s military hospital on Tuesday. He was admitted to the hospital with significant arrhythmia of…

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Thin-skinned officials target press

Your Excellency: On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of your country’s proclamation of independence, the Committee to Protect Journalists writes to express its grave concern about the recent deterioration of press freedom standards in the Central African Republic.

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Independent Press Threatened in Many Southern African Countries Citing “Grave Concerns,” CPJ Calls on SADC To Consider Press Freedom Records Of Member States

Your Excellency, Ahead of the August 6-7 SADC Summit of Heads of State, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) wishes to express its grave concern about the deplorable state of press freedom in several SADC member states. Our research shows an alarming pattern of governments interfering with the free flow of information and using harsh, outdated laws to prosecute journalists for their work.

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Cameroon: Three journalists convicted of criminal libel for reporting on corruption at local trade union

Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is outraged at the prison sentences recently imposed on three journalists from the private biweekly publication Dikalo in retaliation for their coverage of alleged corruption and mismanagement at a local trade union.

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Filipovic Trial Starts Tomorrow in Belgrade Serbian Investigative Reporter Charged with Espionage, Spreading False Information

New York, July 24, 2000 — Starting tomorrow, a military court in the city of Nis (235 kilometers south of Belgrade) will hear the case of Miroslav Filipovic, a leading Serbian investigative journalist charged with espionage and spreading false information. The trial is expected to last two days, according to CPJ’s local sources. The verdict…

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IPF Awards 2000 – Announcement

New York — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) presented its International Press Freedom Awards for the year 2000 to four journalists–from Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malaysia, and Iran–for their courage and independence in reporting the news. These honorees endured jail, had their lives threatened and, in one case, survived a car-bomb attack,…

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Interview with Zeljko Kopanja

Interview with Modeste Mutinga | Interview with Steven Gan | Awards 2000 | CPJ home page Interview conducted in Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina, by Amer Cohadzic of The Associated Press on August 28, 2000

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Awardee Speeches – 2000

Steven Gan, editor of the provocative online publication Malaysiakini, routinely tests the limits of his government’s tolerance for press freedom by publishing articles on the Internet that could never appear in Malaysia’s tightly controlled mainstream press.

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Journalist’s passport officially restored

New York, July 19, 2000–The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) today welcomed Lebanon’s decision to reverse last month’s annulment of the passport of Lebanese journalist Raghida Dergham, the New York Bureau chief for the London-based daily Al-Hayat.

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Freedom and Captivity: Terry Anderson Interviews Andrei Babitsky

July 17, 2000– Earlier this month, CPJ Vice Chairman Terry Anderson visited Moscow as a member of an international delegation of press freedom advocates. The delegation met with a consortium of Russian journalists and officials to voice concern over the increasing number of attacks on the Russian media. On July 12, Anderson spoke with Russian…

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