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Georgia: Italian radio reporter found dead near Tbilisi

Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is gravely disturbed by the death of Italian radio journalist Antonio Russo, whose body was found on October 16 outside the capital, Tbilisi. Because of the highly suspicious circumstances surrounding his death, Russo’s colleagues in Tbilisi fear the journalist may have been murdered in reprisal for his coverage of the conflict in neighboring Chechnya, according to local media reports.

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Kidnapped journalists released

New York, October 11, 2000 — Guerrilla forces from the National Liberation Army (ELN) released reporter Jaime Horacio Arango and photographer Jesús Abad Colorado on October 8, two days after abducting them at a roadblock in the central department of Antioquia, according to local reports and CPJ sources.

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French journalists escape from rebel captivity

Press freedom conditions in the PHILIPPINES | Map of Philippines | Previous coverage of the Jolo hostage crisis | Hostage to the News: A journalist’s first-hand account New York, September 20, 2000 — French journalists Jean-Jacques Le Garrec and Roland Madura escaped last night from their rebel captors on the southern Philippine island of Jolo.…

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French Journalists Vulnerable As Philippines Launches Military Assault In Jolo CPJ Exclusive: One Former Hostage Recounts His Ordeal

Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in PHILIPPINES See map of Philippines New York, September 18, 2000—As Philippine military forces pursue rebels on the island of Jolo, Der Spiegel correspondent Andreas Lorenz, who spent much of July as a hostage on Jolo, examines the ethical challenges journalists face when they pursue extremely…

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No progress in Bedoya investigation

Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is deeply concerned about the lack of progress in the prosecutor general’s investigation into the kidnapping and torture of Jineth Bedoya Lima, a noted investigative reporter with the Bogotá-based daily El Espectador.

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Release of kidnapped French journalists delayed amid factional fighting

Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in PHILIPPINES New York, September 11, 2000 — The release of two France 2 television journalists, cameraman Jean-Jacques Le Garrec and sound engineer Roland Madura, has been delayed due to factional fighting within the ranks of the Philippine rebel group that kidnapped them, according to news…

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Rebels free one French journalist; two others still in captivity

Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in the PHILIPPINES See also: August 17: As hostage crisis drags on, release of French journalists is delayed August 16: French journalists may be released tomorrow

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As hostage crisis drags on, release of three French journalists delayed

Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in the PHILIPPINES Previous CPJ coverage of the hostage crisis in Jolo:

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French journalists may be released tomorrow

Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in the PHILIPPINES New York, August 16, 2000 — Three French journalists kidnapped by Islamic separatist rebels on the southern Philippine island of Jolo may be released tomorrow (August 17) along with the remaining hostages, chief government negotiator Roberto Aventajado told The Associated Press today.

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Journalists leave Jolo as hostage crisis continues

Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in the PHILIPPINES New York, July 31, 2000 — Citing security concerns, foreign news agencies pulled out their teams yesterday from the southern Philippine island of Jolo, where 16 journalists have been kidnapped over the past two months by various factions of the militant Islamic rebel…

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