ARCHIVES 2001
CPJ Europe Program Coordinator: ALEX LUPIS
Researcher: Anya Paretskaya


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BELARUS:  Journalist feared dead
Posted December 26, 2000  
UKRAINE:  CPJ calls for prompt independent investigation of Gongadze disappearance
Posted December 15, 2000  
YUGOSLAVIA:  CPJ concerned about continued harassment of independent media
Posted December 07, 2000  
UZBEKISTAN:   Jailed reporter's health deteriorates
Posted November 20, 2000  
GEORGIA:  Italian radio reporter found dead near Tbilisi
Posted October 24, 2000  
YUGOSLAVIA:   Journalist Miroslav Filipovic released from military prison
Posted October 10, 2000  
RUSSIA:   Babitsky convicted and immediately amnestied
Posted October 6, 2000  
AZERBAIJAN:   Newspaper Editor Freed Pending Trial
Posted October 5, 2000  
RUSSIA:   Verdict in Babitsky Case Expected Tomorrow
Posted October 5, 2000  
YUGOSLAVIA:   Growing unrest in state media: A CPJ Briefing
Posted October 3, 2000  
RUSSIA:   Babitsky trial begins
Posted September 29, 2000  
UKRAINE:  Internet journalist disappears; colleages suspect foul play
Posted September 25, 2000  
BELARUS:  Authorities harass newspaper for advocating poll boycott
Posted September 25, 2000  
RUSSIA:   New  threats to press freedom in Russia
Posted September 22, 2000  
RUSSIA:   Journalist murdered in Moscow
Posted September 22, 2000  
AZERBAIJAN:   New charges against jailed opposition editor
Posted September 21, 2000  
RUSSIA:   Babitsky trial date set
Posted September 20, 2000  
KOSOVO:   Albanian journalist murdered
Posted September 14, 2000    
CHECHNYA:  Associated Press reporter detained and abused by Russian troops
Posted Sept. 11, 2000  
AZERBAIJAN:  Another editor interrogated in connection with hijacking
Posted Sept. 5, 2000  
AZERBAIJAN:  Newspaper editor charged in hijacking
Posted Sept. 1, 2000  
YUGOSLAVIA:  CPJ co-founds international committee to support jailed Serb journalist Miroslav Filipovic
Posted August 29, 2000   [more]
AZERBAIJAN:  Press on strike to protest government crackdown
Posted August 25, 2000   [Read CPJ's protest letter]
BOSNIA:  Serb, Muslim, and Croat journalists find common ground
Posted August 23, 2000   [Go to Briefing]
KYRGYZSTAN:  Journalist hospitalized after police interrogation
Posted August 23, 2000   [Read CPJ's protest letter]
UKRAINE:  Reporter assaulted after investigating police corruption
Posted August 21, 2000   [Read CPJ's protest letter]
YUGOSLAVIA:  Another Serb journalist jailed for "spreading false news"
Posted August 18, 2000   [more]
YUGOSLAVIA:  Filipovic hospitalized again with heart condition
Posted August 17, 2000   [More]
BELARUS:  Six weeks after disappearance, ORT cameraman still missing
Posted August 11, 2000   [more]
YUGOSLAVIA:  CPJ joins petition drive for Miroslav Filipovic
Posted August 10, 2000   [more]
KAZAKHSTAN:  Two local newspapers harassed for reprinting Western media coverage of government corruption
Posted August 9, 2000   [Read CPJ's protest letter]
YUGOSLAVIA:  International PEN president declines Yugoslav literary award
Posted August 7, 2000   [more]
AZERBAIJAN:  Government blocks broadcast of interview with rebel Chechen leader
Posted August 1, 2000   [Read CPJ's protest letter]
RUSSIA:  Vladivostok editor jailed for reporting allegations of corruption in local government
Posted August 1, 2000   [Read CPJ's protest letter]
RUSSIA: Radio station owner murdered
Posted July 26, 2000   [Read CPJ's protest letter]
YUGOSLAVIA:  Filipovic sentenced to seven years for espionage
Posted July 26, 2000   [more]
RUSSIA: CPJ urges thorough investigation of Domnikov killing
Posted July 24, 2000   [Read CPJ's protest letter]
FREEDOM AND CAPITIVITY: Terry Anderson interviews Andrei Babitsky
Posted July 17, 2000   [A CPJ Briefing]
RUSSIA PRESS FREEDOM SUPPORT GROUP ISSUES STATEMENT IN MOSCOW;
Posted July 13, 2000   [Read CPJ's protest letter]
BELARUS: Russian public television cameraman disappears; CPJ calls for immediate search
Posted July 12, 2000   [more]
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Sarajevo media victimized by ruling party
Posted June 27, 2000   [Read CPJ's protest letter]
YUGOSLAVIA: Journalist shot in Kosovo
Posted June 22, 2000   [more]
KYRGYZSTAN: Reporter jailed for "insulting" judge
Posted June 22, 2000   [Read CPJ's protest letter]
MOLDOVA: Independent journalist gets anonymous death threats
Posted July 18, 2000   [more]
RUSSIA:  Gusinsky arrest politically motivated, say Russian politicians and journalists
Posted June 14, 2000   [more]
RUSSIA: RUSSIAN SPECIAL FORCES FREE FLEUTIAUX FROM CHECHEN CAPTIVITY
Posted June 12, 2000   [more]
LUXEMBOURG: Gun-in-camera trick endangers journalists
Posted June 12, 2000   [more]
KAZAKHSTAN: Independent weekly faces legal harassment after exposing state corruption
Posted June 7, 2000   [Read CPJ's protest letter]
AZERBAIJAN: Police brutalize local reporters
Posted June 2, 2000   [Read CPJ's protest letter]
ROMANIA: Four policemen assault journalist
Posted May 26, 2000   [Read CPJ's protest letter]
YUGOSLAVIA: Government pressure on independent media is relentless
Posted May 26, 2000   [more]
BELARUS: Independent press systematically intimidated
Posted May 25, 2000   [Read CPJ's protest letter]
AZERBAIJAN: Government cracks down on independent media before elections
Posted May 22, 2000   [Read CPJ's protest letter]
RUSSIA: Journalists face violence, harassment, for coverage of Chechnya and corruption
Posted May 22, 2000   [more]
YUGOSLAVIA: Serbian journalist imprisoned again; charges unclear
Posted May 22, 2000   [more]
RUSSIA: In Moscow, outrage over raid on media company
Posted May 12, 2000   [more]
YUGOSLAVIA: Serbian journalist freed but may still face charges
Posted May 12, 2000   [more]
RUSSIA: Masked commandos raid Moscow media company
Posted May 11, 2000   [Read CPJ's protest letter]
SPAIN: JOURNALIST ASSASSINATED IN BASQUE COUNTRY
Posted May 9, 2000   [Read CPJ's protest letter]
AZERBAIJAN: 17 journalists beaten at opposition rally
Posted May 5, 2000   [more]
NAGORNO-KARABAKH: Opposition journalist released with suspended sentence
Posted May 1, 2000   [more]
AZERBAIJAN: Regime tightens screws on Monitor Weekly
Posted April 28, 2000   [Read CPJ's protest letter]

KAZAKHSTAN:  TV STATION FIRES NEWS DIRECTOR FOR COVERING ATTACKS ON OPPOSITION LEADERS
Posted April 20, 2000   [more]

YUGOSLAVIA:  GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL ATTACKS JOURNALIST
Posted April 21, 2000   [more]

NAGORNO-KARABAKH:  JAILED JOURNALIST CONVICTED OF DEFAMATION
Posted April 12, 2000   [more]

UKRAINE: JOURNALIST ASSAULTED BY PUBLIC OFFICIAL
Posted April 12, 2000   [Read CPJ's protest letter]

SLOVAKIA: JOURNALIST SENTENCED FOR DEFAMING HIS COUNTRY
Posted April 12, 2000   [Read CPJ's protest letter]

NAGORNO-KARABAKH: OPPOSITION JOURNALIST ARRESTED
Posted April 7, 2000   [Read CPJ's protest letter]

KYRGYZSTAN: ANOTHER BLOW FOR BANNED NEWSPAPER
Posted April 4, 2000   [more]

BELARUS:   35 journalists detained during opposition protest  
Posted March 27, 2000 [more]

BELARUS:  35 JOURNALISTS DETAINED DURING MINSK RALLY
Posted March 27, 2000   [more]
KYRGYSTAN:   Journalist arrested, newspaper subjected to legal harassment  
Posted March 23, 2000 [CPJ Protest Letter]

YUGOSLAVIA:  AUTHORITIES RELEASE JAILED JOURNALIST, BUT CLOSE ANOTHER TV STATION
Posted March 17, 2000   [more]

PUTIN'S MEDIA WAR:  Independent Press Under Siege in Russia. A CPJ Analysis by Emma Gray
Posted March 16, 2000   [Go to Briefing]

YUGOSLAVIA:  BROADCAST OUTLET FORCED OFF THE AIR AS PRESSURE MOUNTS ON INDEPENDENT MEDIA
Posted March 14, 2000   [more]

RUSSIA:  MORE CONFUSION IN BABITSKY CASE
Posted March 10, 2000   [more]

RUSSIA:  TOP INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST KILLED IN AIR CRASH
Posted March 10, 2000   [more]

YUGOSLAVIA:  OPPOSITION TV STATION RAIDED
Posted March 7, 2000   [more]

RUSSIA:   Security forces tortured Babitsky
Posted March 2, 2000 [CPJ Protest Letter]

RUSSIA: PHOTOGRAPHER FEARED DEAD IN CHECHNYA
Posted March 1, 2000   [more]

RUSSIA: BABITSKY RELEASED
Posted February 29, 2000   [more]
Read an Analysis of the Babitsky case
AZERBAIJAN:   Harassment of independent media turns violent
Posted February 18, 2000 [CPJ Protest Letter]

YUGOSLAVIA: GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL THREATENS THE PRESS
Posted February 11, 2000   [more]

RUSSIA:  DESPITE VIDEO, BABITSKY STILL MISSING
Posted February 9, 2000   [more]

RUSSIA:  DETAINED JOURNALIST BECOMES PAWN IN PRISONER EXCHANGE
Posted February 4, 2000   [more]

RUSSIA: "MISSING" REPORTER HELD BY RUSSIAN TROOPS IN CHECHNYA  
Posted Jan. 31, 2000   [more]

RUSSIA: Journalist held by Russian troops in Chechnya
Posted February 2, 2000 [CPJ Protest Letter]

RUSSIA: REPORTER MISSING IN CHECHNYA  
Posted Jan. 28, 2000   [more]

UZBEKISTAN: Jailed reporter's health worsens
Posted January 12, 2000 [CPJ Protest Letter]
HUNGARY: Newspaper bombed after winning libel suit
Posted January 5, 2000 [CPJ Protest Letter]


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