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August 12, 1999 His Excellency Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie President, Republic of Indonesia Office of the President Bina Graha, Jalan Veteran No. 17 Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is deeply concerned over the recent firebomb attack against Sjamsul Kahar, chief editor of the Aceh-based, Indonesian-language daily newspaper Serambi Indonesia and chairman…
Guatemala y El Salvador vienen levantando cabeza de sendas guerras sangrientas libradas entre gobiernos conservadores de persuasión centralista e insurgentes izquierdistas. Y en ambos países, la prensa comienza a dar señales de independencia.
August 9, 1999 His Excellency Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie President, Republic of Indonesia Office of the President Bina Graha, Jalan Veteran No. 17 Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is gravely concerned over last week’s brutal murder of Supriadi, a reporter based in Aceh Province who was working for the Indonesian-language…
On July 1, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met in Washington, D.C. with President Clinton-the Egyptian leader’s third such visit to the White House in the last four years. The scheduled meeting came at a time when Egyptian authorities stepped up their attacks against the country’s independent and opposition press.
26 de Julio de 1999 Su Excelencia Ernesto Pérez Balladares Presidente de Panamá Palacio Presidencial Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá facsimil: 507-227-0073 Su Excelencia, El Comité para Proteger a los Periodistas (CPJ, por sus siglas en inglés) le escribe para expresar su profundo descontento en relación a una legislación recientemente propuesta que ha sido maquillada como…
In the run-up to August’s United Nations-sponsored vote on East Timor’s future status, political instability in the territory has escalated dramatically, prompting fears of a full-scale civil war. This grim backdrop is darkened further by the scarcity of independent news and information reaching East Timor’s citizens as they choose whether to accept Indonesia’s offer of…
June 24,1999 Su Excelencia Alberto Fujimori Presidente de la República del Perú Lima, Perú Su Excelencia, El Comité para la Protección de Periodistas (CPJ) condena enérgicamente el arresto y encargatoria de reo de Julio Sotelo Casanova ocurridos el 18 de junio. Sotelo es el ex-gerente general de Frecuencia Latina-Canal 2. El CPJ considera que el…
May 24,1999 His Excellency Yasser Arafat President Palestinian National Authority Al-Muntada, Gaza Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is deeply alarmed by recent efforts by the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) to silence print and broadcast media in the West Bank and Gaza. On May 22 and May 23, Palestinian security authorities arrested three…
May 5, 1999 His Excellency Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Prime Minister Prime Minister’s Secretariat Islamabad, Pakistan 2118 Kalorama Rd., N.W. Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is writing to strongly protest the latest wave of government-sponsored attacks against independent journalists working in Pakistan. We are particularly alarmed that many of the journalists who have…