1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/CHECHEN GOVERNMENT IMPOSES NEW RESTRICTIONS ON JOURNALISTS CITES SAFETY INTERESTS AS KIDNAPPINGS MOUNT - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="RWnjGfBjHP"><a href="https://cpj.org/1999/03/chechen-government-imposes-new-restrictions-on-jou/">CHECHEN GOVERNMENT IMPOSES NEW RESTRICTIONS ON JOURNALISTS CITES SAFETY INTERESTS AS KIDNAPPINGS MOUNT</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/1999/03/chechen-government-imposes-new-restrictions-on-jou/embed/#?secret=RWnjGfBjHP" width="600" height="338" title="“CHECHEN GOVERNMENT IMPOSES NEW RESTRICTIONS ON JOURNALISTS CITES SAFETY INTERESTS AS KIDNAPPINGS MOUNT” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="RWnjGfBjHP" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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March 31,1999 -- Kidnappings of Russian journalists in Russia's secessionist republic of Chechnya have become all too common: as of April 1997, CPJ documented at least 13 journalists missing in Chechnya, the largest total in the world. Most of those abducted this year are believed to be alive, although four who disappeared in 1995 are…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260