New
York, December 6, 2000 --- CPJ is deeply concerned by the prolonged
detention of Swiss journalist Oswald Iten in Jayapura, Irian Jaya,
on suspicion that he violated Indonesia's immigration laws by reporting
without a press visa.
Police have threatened Iten with a five-year jail term for improper
use of his tourist visa, according to the Agence France-Presse news
service.
Iten, 50, is a veteran foreign affairs correspondent for the Zurich-based
newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung. On the afternoon of December 2, police
arrested the journalist at his hotel in the capital city of Jayapura.
His arrest followed a raid on the headquarters of the West Papua independence
movement, and comes amid a general crackdown on separatist activity
in Irian Jaya province.
New
York, December 6, 2000 --- CPJ is deeply concerned by the prolonged
detention of Swiss journalist Oswald Iten in Jayapura, Irian Jaya,
on suspicion that he violated Indonesia's immigration laws by reporting
without a press visa.