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Alerts | Czech Republic

CPJ backs investigation of plot to murder journalist

New York, July 25, 2002--The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is alarmed by news reports that Czech investigative reporter Sabina Slonkova was the target of a murder plot allegedly planned by Karel Srba, the former general secretary of the Czech Foreign Ministry.

Srba was arrested on July 19--in addition to three others who were arrested on July 18--on suspicion of planning to kill the journalist, according to Czech and international sources.
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July 25, 2002 12:00 PM ET |
Alerts | Ethiopia

CPJ DELEGATION CALLS ON GOVERNMENT OF ETHIOPIA TO STOP RESTRICTIONS ON JOURNALISTS

Addis Ababa, July 25, 2002—After a five-day fact-finding mission to Ethiopia, a delegation from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has found that the Ethiopian government is planning alarming changes to the country's 10-year-old press laws that would severely restrict the rights of Ethiopia's already beleaguered private press corps.

Although Information Minister Simon Bereket told the CPJ delegation that the new law would promote "constructive and responsible journalism," journalists said the statutes would lead to a crackdown, driving many of them out of business and behind bars.
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July 25, 2002 12:00 PM ET |
Alerts | Georgia

CPJ releases statement marking anniversary of television journalist's murder

New York, July 25, 2002—To mark the one-year anniversary of the murder of Georgy Sanaya, a popular anchor for the Tbilisi-based independent television station Rustavi-2, Committee to Protect Journalists executive director Ann Cooper issued the following statement:

"We are disheartened that one year after Georgy Sanaya's July 26, 2001, murder, justice has not been done. And although President Eduard Shevardnadze said yesterday that the murder has been solved, no further information about this heinous crime has been made public.
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July 25, 2002 12:00 PM ET |
Alerts | Zimbabwe

Journalists' case is referred to higher court

New York, July 25, 2002—Zimbabwe's Daily News editor-in-chief Geoff Nyarota and reporter Lloyd Mudiwa, who are charged with "abusing journalistic privilege" and "publishing false information," have successfully petitioned a magistrate's court in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, to have their case referred to the country's Supreme Court.
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Magistrate Sandra Nhau granted a motion from defense lawyers to have the case heard by the country's highest court after claims by Nyarota and Mudiwa that the sections of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, under which they have been charged, are unconstitutional.
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July 25, 2002 12:00 PM ET |
Alerts | Burma

CPJ concerned about health of imprisoned journalist

New York, July 24, 2002—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is gravely concerned about the deteriorating health of imprisoned journalist U Win Tin, one of Burma's most prominent political prisoners.

A former editor-in-chief of the daily Hanthawati and vice-chairman of Burma's Writers Association, U Win Tin, 73, is currently serving the 13th year of a 20-year sentence in Rangoon's Insein Prison.
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July 24, 2002 12:00 PM ET |
Alerts | Iran

APPEALS COURT CONFIRMS NEWSPAPER CLOSUREEditor sentenced to six months in prison



New York, July 24, 2002—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) strongly condemns the decision announced today by a Tehran appeals court confirming the banning of Norooz, Iran's main reformist daily, and the six-month jail sentence handed down to the paper's editor, Mohsen Mirdamadi.

According to press reports and CPJ sources in Tehran, an appeals court confirmed a May 8 decision by Tehran's press court to suspend the paper for six months and to imprison Mirdamadi for six months and ban him from practicing journalism for four years.

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July 24, 2002 12:00 PM ET |
Alerts | Vietnam

Vietnam: Writer released from custody


New York, July 23, 2002—The Committee to Protect Journalists has just learned that writer Nguyen Vu Binh has been released from Vietnamese police custody. Authorities, however, have summoned him for questioning each day since his detention on July 21.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Phan Thuy Thanh told reporters today that, "Mr. Nguyen Vu Binh has committed actions which endangered security and public order. He was therefore summoned by local police to explain and clarify his actions." [See July 22 alert]
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July 23, 2002 12:00 PM ET |
Alerts | Vietnam

Vietnam: Writer held incommunicado

New York, July 22, 2002—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns the detention of writer Nguyen Vu Binh, who is currently being held incommunicado.

At around 9 a.m. on July 20, police officers picked up Binh from his home in Vietnam's capital, Hanoi, and brought him to the local precinct. Officers also searched his computer, read his e-mails, and printed out personal documents, according to the Democracy Club for Vietnam, an organization based in both California and Hanoi.
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July 22, 2002 12:00 PM ET |
Alerts | Zimbabwe

Journalists' lawyer argues for referral to higher court

New York, July 22, 2002—The attorney representing three journalists from Zimbabwe's Daily News who went on trial today for violating the country's harsh press laws asked that the case be referred to the Supreme Court, claiming that the section of the law under which the journalists have been charged is unconstitutional.

A ruling is expected on Wednesday, July 24.

The charges of "abusing journalistic privileges" and "publishing false information" stem from a story published in the April 23 edition of the Daily News. The story, written by reporter Lloyd Mudiwa, alleged that young members of the ruling ZANU-PF party beheaded an opposition supporter. The story was later declared inaccurate, and the newspaper published an apology.
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July 22, 2002 12:00 PM ET |
Alerts | Tajikistan

Independent radio station denied license


New York, July 19, 2002—After delaying its decision for nearly four years, the Tajik government last week refused a broadcast license to the independent media agency Asia Plus.

Asia Plus applied in August 1998 to open a radio station in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, where only state-run television and radio stations operate. The agency received a brief reply from the State Committee for Television and Radio on July 8, 2002, stating that a second radio station in Dushanbe was "unnecessary."

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July 19, 2002 12:00 PM ET |

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