Carlos Cardoso

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President’s son pursues criminal defamation case against Metical reporter

Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is writing to protest the ongoing prosecution of Marcelo Mosse, formerly chief reporter for the now defunct daily Metical, on criminal defamation charges. Your son, Nympine Chissano, filed charges against Mosse and Metical over a February 21 Metical article reporting that Nympine was briefly detained in South Africa, around February 15, on unspecified charges.

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CPJ Delegation Finds Fear in Mozambique Press

“Certain stories involving highly placed people–we think it’s best not to touch those,” said one journalist.

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Attacks on the Press 2000: Africa Analysis

PRESS COVERAGE OF ARMED CONFLICTS CONTINUED TO STIR THE HOSTILITY of governments and rebel factions alike and claim reporters’ lives, but the prominent role of the press in the often-volatile process of democratization also brought unprecedented challenges to journalists working in Africa. CPJ confirmed that in 2000, five journalists were killed specifically because of their…

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Attacks on the Press 2000: Annual Report on State of Press Freedoms Worldwide Documents 24 Journalists Killed; 81 Imprisoned at Year’s End; China World’s Leading Jailer of Journalists

New York, March 19, 2000 ­ In its annual accounting of press freedom conditions around the world, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported today that 24 journalists were killed because of their work in 2000. Another 81 were in prison at year’s end. The 550-page report, Attacks on the Press in 2000, documents more…

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Attacks on the Press 2000: Mozambique

ALTHOUGH MOZAMBIQUE IS NOT KNOWN FOR VICIOUS ATTACKS on press freedom, the cold-blooded execution of editor Carlos Cardoso on November 22 came as no surprise to his colleagues and friends. Cardoso was known for his open criticism of political leaders. Shortly before his death, Cardoso’s fax newsletter, Metical, aggressively covered financial scandals, anti-government demonstrations, and…

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Police arrest key suspects in Cardoso murder

New York, March 14, 2001 — Police in Mozambique arrested two businessmen and a former bank manager accused of ordering the murder of investigative journalist Carlos Cardoso, according to international news reports and CPJ sources. The three suspects, who are being held in a maximum security prison in the capital, Maputo, include Momade Abdul Assife…

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24 JOURNALISTS KILLED FOR THEIR WORK IN 2000 Highest Tolls in Colombia, Russia, and Sierra Leone

New York, January 4, 2001 — Of the 24 journalists killed for their work in 2000, according to CPJ research, at least 16 were murdered, most of those in countries where assassins have learned they can kill journalists with impunity. This figure is down from 1999, when CPJ found that 34 journalists were killed for…

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CPJ demands justice

Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in MOZAMBIQUE New York, November 27, 2000 — CPJ condemns last week’s execution-style murder of Carlos Cardoso, editor of the daily fax newsletter Metical, based in the Mozambique capital, Maputo.

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