New York, October 17, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the closure today of private radio station Sud FM and the detention of staff following the broadcast of an interview with a rebel leader. Police halted broadcasting at the station’s studios in the capital Dakar and around the country. They also took away staff for…
New York, October 17, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns recent violent attacks on the Sri Lankan media and the apparent escalation of the assaults ahead of November’s presidential election. In the most recent incident on Sunday, unidentified men set fire to the printing press of a newspaper group that was critical of the government.…
JULY 18, 2005 Updated: October 17, 2005 Garondé Djarma, freelance IMPRISONED, LEGAL ACTION Djarma, a freelance journalist and commentator who contributes frequently to local publications, was sentenced to three years in prison and one million CFA francs (about U.S. $1,764) in fines for defaming the president and “inciting hatred.”
OCTOBER 16, 2005 October 18, 2005 Sunday Leader, Midweek Leader, IrudinaATTACKED At around 8 p.m., as many as 10 men entered a building in Ratmalana, south of the capital Colombo, where the printing press is housed for the English-language weeklies Sunday Leader and Midweek Leader, and the Sinhala-language weekly Irudina, Sunday Leader Editor-in-Chief Lasantha Wickramatunga…
New York, October 14, 2005—Croatian authorities released Josip Jovic from prison on Thursday after he agreed to respond to contempt charges at the Hague-based United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, according to local and international press reports. Jovic, former editor-in-chief of the Split daily Slobodna Dalmacija, traveled to Holland today and pleaded…
OCTOBER 10-13, 2005 Posted October 13, 2005 Kifle Mulat, EFJA Taye Belachew, EFJA Habetamu Assefa, EFJA Sisay Agena, EFJA HARASSED Ethiopian police summoned and questioned the executive committee of the Ethiopian Free Press Journalists’ Association (EFJA), an independent organization that criticized a government crackdown on the press after opposition parties disputed the outcome of May…
New York, October 13, 2005 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned by contempt of court charges filed against two reporters for the Melbourne-based Herald Sun who refused to divulge the source for a report on government plans to cut war veteran benefits. Gerard McManus and Michael Harvey could face jail if convicted.…
New York, October 13, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned police harassment of the Ethiopian Free Press Journalists’ Association (EFJA), which criticized a government crackdown on the press after the opposition disputed the outcome of this year’s elections. Four EFJA leaders reported this week to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in the capital, Addis…