New York, August 28, 2003—Policemen in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, assaulted Désiré-Israél Kazadi, a reporter working for the daily newspaper Le Phare (The Lighthouse), yesterday during a confrontation with supporters of the opposition Union for Democracy and Social Progress (known by its French acronym UDPS). According to the journalist and…
Dear Mr. Ubaydulloyev: Joel Simon, Josh Friedman, and I appreciated the opportunity to meet with you on July 22 to discuss press freedom conditions in Tajikistan. We also appreciate your willingness to review a letter from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) outlining our specific concerns about the country’s criminal defamation laws and problems regarding journalists’ access to government information.
New York, August 27, 2003— The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns recent attempts by the House of Assembly in Nigeria’s Akwa Ibom state to expel journalist Haruna Acheneje from the state, which is located on the country’s southern coast. Acheneje is a correspondent based in Uyo, Akwa Ibom’s capital, for the national daily The…
New York, August 27, 2003— Following a two-week mission to Tajikistan, the Committee to Protect Journalists sent letters today to Azizmat Imomov, Tajikistan’s deputy prosecutor general, and Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev, parliamentary chairman and mayor of the capital, Dushanbe. The letters were based on three-days of intensive meetings with government officials in which the CPJ delegation expressed…
New York, August 26, 2003—Earlier this month, Hiramon Mondol, a correspondent for the daily Dainik Prabarttan, in Khulna, a town in southwestern Bangladesh was brutally assaulted by the police before being taken into custody, and jailed on theft charges. Fearing reprisal from an August 3 article he wrote that accused police and security forces of…
New York, August 26, 2003— In an August 14 letter to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs William J. Burns said that U.S. officials have repeatedly expressed their concern about the ongoing imprisonment of Internet journalist Zouhair Yahyaoui. “In the last week both Acting Assistant Secretary…
New York, August 26, 2003—In an appeal trial heard today, the Hanoi Supreme Court reduced the prison sentence of journalist Pham Hong Son from 13 years to five years. Son is still required to serve three years of administrative detention, or house arrest, upon release. Son’s wife, Vu Thuy Ha, was the only witness allowed…
New York, August 25, 2003— The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns last week’s incident in which a journalist was killed and another one was seriously injured when the vehicle in which they were traveling was fired on at a checkpoint allegedly guarded by rebels near the town of Puerto Caicedo, in southern Colombia. On…
Nova York, 25 de agosto de 2003—O Comitê para a Proteção dos Jornalistas (CPJ) condena o incidente da semana passada no qual um jornalista foi assassinado e outro seriamente ferido, quando o veículo em que viajavam foi baleado em um posto de controle guardado pelos rebeldes perto da cidade de Puerto Caicedo, no sul da…