5 November 2011
Alerts - 1995
25 August 1995
Palestine
RSF correspondent defamed by police chief
25 August 1995
Kenya
Six journalists beaten
25 August 1995
Kenya
BBC news items censored by KBC
25 August 1995
Cameroon
"Le Messager" editor and journalist sentenced and fined
25 August 1995
Cameroon
Journalist Paddy Mbawa sentenced and remains in prison
24 August 1995
Sierra Leone
Two "For di People" editors arrested
24 August 1995
Indonesia
AJI worker sentenced to 20 months in prison
24 August 1995
China
Government expels Harry Wu after court sentences him to 15 years in prison and expulsion
23 August 1995
Zimbabwe
"Financial Gazette" publisher, editor and deputy editor fined
23 August 1995
Vietnam
Buddhist religious leader and author sentenced to five years in prison
23 August 1995
Namibia
Freelancer arrested while photographing seal cull
22 August 1995
Chechnya (Russia)
U.S. journalist Andrew Shumek reported missing in Chechnya
22 August 1995
Peru
Superior Court repeals order to detain three Chota journalists
22 August 1995
Malawi
Increasing interference reported at Malawi Broadcasting Corporation
22 August 1995
Malawi
Journalist questioned and subpoenaed as state witness in politicians' trial
22 August 1995
Central African Republic
Journalist sentenced to prison
22 August 1995
Botswana
MP threatens "Mmegi" journalist Mesh Moeti
22 August 1995
Argentina
Government withdraws libel and defamation bills
**Updates IFEX alert dated 11 January 1995**
21 August 1995
Algeria
"Le Matin" journalist Ameur Ouageni assassinated
17 August 1995
Turkey
Pro-Kurdish daily "Yeni Politika" banned
17 August 1995
Pakistan
Journalist Zafaryab Ahmad released on temporary medical bail
17 August 1995
Pakistan
Police raid homes of editors
17 August 1995
India
Kashmir separatist movement urged to condemn attacks on the media
17 August 1995
Bosnia and Herzegovina
"Dani" journalist Karim Zaimovic dies of his wounds
Karim Zaimovic, a twenty-four year-old journalist with the Sarajevo-based magazine "Dani", died of his wounds on 13 August 1995.
16 August 1995
Swaziland
"Swazi Observer" news editor Donny Nxumalo suspended
15 August 1995
Zambia
Former president arrested for addressing rally
15 August 1995
South Korea
Publisher, editor and bookshop owner arrested
15 August 1995
Peru
Alfonso Castiglione Mendoza remains in prison awaiting retrial
15 August 1995
Nigeria
Ken Saro-Wiwa's publishing house raided
15 August 1995
Algeria
Radio journalist Ahmed Takouchet killed in June
The CPJ confirms the previously unreported death of another Algerian journalist.
15 August 1995
Algeria
Journalist Naima Hamouda killed
11 August 1995
Zimbabwe
"Financial Gazette" publisher, editor and deputy editor found guilty of criminal defamation
11 August 1995
Paraguay
Two journalists threatened in area known for drug trade
11 August 1995
Namibia
Producers resign after denied access to NBC footage
11 August 1995
Bangladesh
High Court rules that trial of Taslima Nasrin should proceed
**Updates IFEX alerts dated 14 April, 27,
9 August 1995
Palestine
Two Gaza newspapers ordered closed; publishers held for questioning
9 August 1995
Brazil
Police officer awaits trial for murder of "Independente" owner
8 August 1995
United States
Mumia Abu-Jamal granted stay of execution
8 August 1995
Vietnam
Hoang Minh Chinh and Do Trung Hieu reportedly arrested for their writings
4 August 1995
South Korea
Personnel changes at "Munhwa Ilbo" after reporters' union formed
4 August 1995
Malawi
Ministerial pressure on paper is "more than family row," says MISA
3 August 1995
Zimbabwe
"Financial Gazette" editors name sources; individuals identified as sources deny leak
3 August 1995
Zimbabwe
Gay organization barred from book fair
3 August 1995
Egypt
"Al-Wafd" editor-in-chief attacked
2 August 1995
Yemen
Foiled assault on home of publisher; newspaper suspended
2 August 1995
Paraguay
Five journalists assaulted by police
2 August 1995
Sierra Leone
Judgement expected in "New Breed" case
1 August 1995
Romania
Government announces plans to take legal action against editor-in-chief of "Romania Libera"
31 July 1995
Tunisia
Editor Mohammed Kilani remains in detention; sentenced in second trial
31 July 1995
Nigeria
Ken Saro-Wiwa trial proceedings to resume without adequate legal defense
31 July 1995
Nigeria
Update on journalists sentenced in "coup plot" trials
30 June 1995
Tanzania
Journalist Edina Ndejembi acquitted; trial pending for 10 others
30 June 1995
Albania
Filip Cakuli interrogated; magazine confiscated
30 June 1995
Pakistan
Journalists protest banning of papers
30 June 1995
Pakistan
Six newspapers banned by government
30 June 1995
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Television building bombed; journalists wounded
29 June 1995
Peru
Concerns for health of detained journalist Javier Tuanama Valera
29 June 1995
Lebanon
Two Publications Court decisions threaten press freedom
27 June 1995
Zambia
Newspaper source arrested
27 June 1995
Turkey
Journalist Sabahat Varol (f) and lawyer imprisoned
27 June 1995
Palestine
Jailed "Al-Watan" Editor Sayed Abu Musameh's family denied access
27 June 1995
Pakistan
Nawa-E-Waqt press building hit by rocket grenades
27 June 1995
Israel
Photographer assaulted by soldiers; journalist and two photographers assaulted by soldiers
27 June 1995
Serbia / Montenegro
Journalist Ramadam Mucolli arrested
27 June 1995
France
Community radio station silenced
27 June 1995
China
Chen Ziming returned to prison
27 June 1995
Brazil
Newsprint tax to be debated
27 June 1995
Belgium
Police search media offices; calls into question the issue of the protection of sources
26 June 1995
Nigeria
Ban extended on Punch and Concord groups; ban previously extended on the Guardian group
26 June 1995
The Gambia
Three "The Point" journalists released on bail, but still face charges; trial to begin
26 June 1995
Republic of Congo
Editor-in-chief of "Le Choc" arrested
23 June 1995
Philippines
Journalist Florente Formento wounded in assassination attempt
23 June 1995
Nepal
Recent attacks on journalists
23 June 1995
Namibia
Security chief says it is a journalist's "patriotic duty" to provide information to national intelligence agency
23 June 1995
International
IFJ warns European Union of media backlash over race "sanctions" against journalists
22 June 1995
Sri Lanka
Threat of press censorship; newspaper group's building halted
22 June 1995
Moldova
TV station searched; property seized
22 June 1995
Azerbaijan
Trial of four journalists begins
21 June 1995
Zambia
Two journalists charged under colonial legislation
21 June 1995
Venezuela
Two "El Diario" journalists interrogated; other journalists summonsed
21 June 1995
South Korea
Academic imprisoned for his research
21 June 1995
Cambodia
Draft press law being debated
20 June 1995
Zambia
Journalists detained and bail denied; government to table legislation on regulating media
20 June 1995
Russia
"Focus" journalist Natalia Aliakina killed
20 June 1995
Egypt
PEN protests enforced separation of professor from his wife
19 June 1995
Kosovo (Serbia) / Montenegro / Serbia
PEN protests harassment of writers and journalists in Kosovo
19 June 1995
Bahrain
Religious scholar and poet under arrest
16 June 1995
Zimbabwe
Trial date set for "Financial Gazette" newspaper executives
16 June 1995
Turkey
Journalist Necmiye Arslanoglu (f) arrested
16 June 1995
Indonesia
Trial begins for three AJI journalists; CPJ & HRW to hold press conference
15 June 1995
Argentina
Journalist Guillermo Cherasny shot
15 June 1995
Australia
Proposed strengthening of laws on intelligence information threatens journalists
14 June 1995
Namibia
State interference at "autonomous" public broadcaster
13 June 1995
Macedonia
Series of closures of private radio and television stations
13 June 1995
Colombia
Anti-corruption legislation threatens press freedom
12 June 1995
Romania
Three "Ziua" journalists charged with libel
12 June 1995
Peru
President's Office promulgates reforms to Habeas Data laws
12 June 1995
Peru
Three years after kidnapping, whereabouts of journalist Pedro Yauri Bustamante remain unknown
12 June 1995
Pakistan
Zahid Qureshi, editor and publisher of the daily "Parcham," and printer Mohammed Ali arrested
12 June 1995
Moldova
Proposed law threatens press freedom and access to information
12 June 1995
Romania
Three radio journalists banned from broadcasting
9 June 1995
Turkey
News director taken into custody
9 June 1995
Togo
Editor Billy Knock interrogated
9 June 1995
Pakistan
Journalist Zafaryab Ahmed detained
9 June 1995
Maldives
Two writers detained; fears for their health
9 June 1995
Cameroon
Editor Ndzana Seme imprisoned after attack on newspaper's offices
8 June 1995
Turkey
Two journalists and two others detained
8 June 1995
Swaziland
Four senior members of two newspapers charged
8 June 1995
Greece
Journalist Vassilis Rafailidis sentenced to prison
8 June 1995
Cambodia
Editor Dam Sithi beaten by students
8 June 1995
Burundi
Radio director Pamphile Simbizi killed
8 June 1995
Algeria
Four papers suspended
6 June 1995
Russia
Three journalists arrested by Russian forces on Chechen border & detained in Dagestan
6 June 1995
Pakistan
Outspoken businessperson threatened for denouncing extortion
6 June 1995
Pakistan
"Khabrain" journalist Aslam Gauthar stabbed
6 June 1995
Mali
"Nouvel Horizon" journalist Mamadou Dabo arrested
5 June 1995
Peru
Journalist Pedro Valdez Bernales freed
5 June 1995
United States
Proposed Amendment to the Constitution prohibiting desecration of US flag
28 April 1995
Gabon
Newspapers "Le Bucheron" and "La Griffe" banned
25 April 1995
Nigeria
Concerns for ailing health of political leader and Concord Publisher Moshood Abiola
21 April 1995
Palestine
Five detained "Al Istiqlal" journalists remain in detention
21 April 1995
Nigeria
Serious fears for health of detained writer Ken Saro-Wiwa
20 April 1995
Cameroon
Three "Le Messager" vendors mistreated by police; two of them detained; copies of newspaper confiscated
19 April 1995
Malawi
Theatre group could face prosecution
18 April 1995
Algeria
APS news agency correspondent arrested
14 April 1995
Russia
Update on missing "Nevskoe Vremya" journalists in Chechnya
14 April 1995
Palestine
Publisher of "Filastin" Taher Shriteh's home raided in Gaza
14 April 1995
Palestine
Raid on offices of Gaza newspaper; 3 journalists detained for several hours
13 April 1995
Colombia
President responds to CPJ on threats and attacks against Colombian journalists; further action required
13 April 1995
Ethiopia
Two detained journalists released
**Updates IFEX CH alerts dated 15 December, 27 October
13 April 1995
Ethiopia
Eighteen journalists arrested and held; some released, two charged, others remain in detention without charge
12 April 1995
Palestine
Three journalists arrested
11 April 1995
Israel
Arrests and attacks on journalists during events in Gaza
10 April 1995
Mexico
Jailed Mexican army officer suffers campaign of harassment due to criticism of human rights abuses
7 April 1995
Burundi
Journalist Francis Vincent and interpreter killed in ambush; cameraman wounded; driver fatally wounded
7 April 1995
Pakistan
Probe into media criticism of superior courts
7 April 1995
Lithuania
Trial pending for Russian journalist Stanislav Mitskevich
7 April 1995
Guatemala
Intimidation of journalists Jorge Mazariegos de Leon and Juan Gaudenzi; their homes burglarized
6 April 1995
Palestine
"Al Nahar" correspondent arrested in Gaza
4 April 1995
Kenya
"Finance Magazine" resumes publication after February attack on offices
4 April 1995
Algeria
Journalist Makhlouf Boukhezar killed
3 April 1995
Guatemala
Further details on "disappearance" of journalist Gerson Lopez Orantes
31 March 1995
Peru
Trial postponed for journalist Pedro Valdez Bernales
31 March 1995
Algeria
Television journalist Rachida Hammadi dies of her wounds; CPJ confirms total of journalists killed since May 1993 at 36
31 March 1995
Malaysia
Journalists Yusaini Ali and Saniboey Mohd Ismail detained
30 March 1995
Guatemala
"Disappeared" journalist Gerson Ricardo Lopez Orantes emerges from detention
30 March 1995
Guatemala
Journalist Gerson Ricardo Lopez Orantes "disappears"
30 March 1995
The Gambia
Three "The Point" journalists detained
27 March 1995
Cuba
Journalist Nestor Baguer attacked
23 March 1995
Croatia
"Feral Tribune" tax withdrawn
23 March 1995
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Journalists released under prisoner exchange
22 March 1995
Armenia
CPJ receives reply to protest
21 March 1995
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Concerns for missing poet Amir Talic
20 March 1995
Canada
Minister responds regarding Kenyan journalist Mary Kipruto
20 March 1995
Angola
UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi and FNLA's Holden Roberto both speak out for media freedom
17 March 1995
China
Journalist Wei Jingsheng remains in detention; whereabouts still unknown
17 March 1995
Botswana
Charges dropped against "Mmegi" journalists; MISA remains concerned with effect of National Security Act on press freedom
16 March 1995
Indonesia
AJI journalists and two others arrested in new wave of attacks
13 March 1995
Canada
Journalist Joseph Couture threatened by police
13 March 1995
Algeria
Ban lifted on "La Tribune"
9 March 1995
Guinea-Bissau
Joao de Barros, editor-in-chief of "Correio da Guine-Bissau", beaten and arrested
9 March 1995
Cambodia
Journalist Chan Rotana sentenced to one year in prison
6 March 1995
The Gambia
Editor Deyda Hydara interrogated
6 March 1995
Belarus
President Lukashenko criticizes state radio and television employees
6 March 1995
Peru
Journalist Hermes Rivera Guerrero goes to court for ratification of 20 year sentence
3 March 1995
Ghana
"Free Press" journalists fined and sentenced to jail; publishing company fined
3 March 1995
Bosnia and Herzegovina
TV journalist Namik Berberovic (m) remains in detention; journalist Shanaat Nahrawand (f) detained
1 March 1995
Algeria
Journalist Mohammed Zaaf and son remain in detention; further details on arrest
24 February 1995
Nigeria
Ken Saro-Wiwa hearing; further details
24 February 1995
Peru
Detention of journalist Augusto Ernesto Llosa Giraldo
24 February 1995
Tunisia
Editor Mohamed Kilani sentenced
23 February 1995
South Korea
RSF marks second year of Choi Chin-sop's detention
23 February 1995
Tanzania
Four journalists and three media workers on trial for publishing pornography expose
23 February 1995
Zambia
Official Secrets Act criticized
22 February 1995
Russia
Alexei Kostin, publisher of Latvian-based paper "Yeshcho" goes to trial
22 February 1995
Turkey
Journalist and media worker for "Denge Azadi" released
22 February 1995
United States
CPJ asks NYC Mayor to name street after journalist Manuel de Dios Unanue on third anniversary of his death
21 February 1995
Saudi Arabia
Journalist Ahmed al-Seweifi refused entry
20 February 1995
South Africa
Truth Commission bill under fire
20 February 1995
Tanzania
Media council act back on the government's agenda
17 February 1995
Nigeria
Further details on Ken Saro-Wiwa hearing; health concerns; receives award
16 February 1995
Peru
Retrial to begin for journalist Pedro Valdez Bernales
10 February 1995
Mexico
Journalist Ruperto Armenta Gerrardo murdered
9 February 1995
Sri Lanka
Two journalists attacked
7 February 1995
Peru
International press faces discrimination in covering Peru- Ecuador conflict
Since the beginning of aggressions along the Peru-Ecuador border,
7 February 1995
Turkey
"Ozgur Ulke" ceases publication after ban
6 February 1995
Nigeria
Ken Saro-Wiwa's trial further adjourned to 26 February; individual claims responsibility in murder of four Ogoni leaders
6 February 1995
Peru
Radio journalist Otto Yarleque Coronado accused of disturbing the peace
6 February 1995
Rwanda
Edouard Mutsinzi, editor-in-chief of "Le Messager- Intumwa", attacked in assassination attempt
3 February 1995
Kenya
"Finance Magazine" offices set on fire
3 February 1995
Peru
Detained journalist Hermes Rivera Guerrero on hunger strike
3 February 1995
Singapore
Christopher Lingle and "International Herald Tribune" found guilty
3 February 1995
Turkey
"Ozgur Ulke" banned from publication
2 February 1995
Taiwan
Voice of Taiwan broadcaster Hsu Jung-chi sentenced in two cases
2 February 1995
Taiwan
Six unlicensed radio stations raided in January
1 February 1995
Algeria
Weekly "La Nation" suspended
31 January 1995
Romania
Proposed amendments to penal code threaten freedom of expression
30 January 1995
Vietnam
Two magazines suspended
30 January 1995
United Arab Emirates
Sheikh Al-Ali, writer on Islamic law, reportedly detained; home searched and books seized
27 January 1995
Uruguay
Radio Panamericana CX 44 enters fifth month off the air
Source: Radio Panamericana CX 44
27 January 1995
Turkey
"Ozgur Ulke" correspondent Dogan Denizhan detained
27 January 1995
Tunisia
Journalist Jaouhari Sahnoun dies in custody
27 January 1995
Syria
Journalists Nizar Nayyuf and Jadi Nawfal enter fourth year in prison
SOURCES: CDF, AI, ICJ, Human Rights Watch/Middle East, various
27 January 1995
Poland
Editor of "Gazeta Wyborcza" sentenced to prison
26 January 1995
Peru
Verdict overturned in the case of journalist Pedro Valdez Bernales; date for retrial imminent
26 January 1995
China
Government responds to International PEN's concerns on repatriation of Vietnamese writers and journalists
25 January 1995
China
Dissident journalist Wei Jingsheng's secretary, Tong Yi, detained without trial; beaten in detention
23 January 1995
Turkey
"Ozgur Ulke" correspondent Salih Guler's detention extended; torture alleged
20 January 1995
Turkey
Newspapers seized; further details
20 January 1995
Romania
Paper mill shortages a form of censorship
20 January 1995
Nigeria
Ken Saro-Wiwa's trial postponed until February
20 January 1995
China
Journalist Gao Yu in poor health
19 January 1995
Turkey
"Ozgur Ulke" correspondents detained
19 January 1995
Peru
Canal 11 RBC television signal interrupted for four days
19 January 1995
Belarus
Escalating attacks on the media -- censorship of four newspapers; dismissals of two editors; publishing rights denied
19 January 1995
Angola
"Imparcial Fax" Director, Ricardo De Mello, murdered
19 January 1995
Sierra Leone
"New Breed" journalists released on bail
17 January 1995
Turkey
"Ozgur Ulke" edition seized
17 January 1995
Turkey
"Ozgur Ulke" 6 January edition seized
17 January 1995
Israel
"Quds Press" raided by Israeli police
17 January 1995
Cambodia
Two Khmer language newspapers suspended
17 January 1995
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Four Radio Zid journalists mobilised into Bosnian army
13 January 1995
Turkey
Former editor-in-chief of "Ozgur Gundem" Ocak Isik Yutcu sentenced; more sentences likely
13 January 1995
Netherlands
Author Graa Boomsma (m) faces appeal against acquittal in face of threats; journalist Eddy Schaafsma's acquittal confirmed
12 January 1995
Sierra Leone
Hearing date upcoming for five "New Breed" journalists who remain in detention
12 January 1995
Sierra Leone
Siaka Massaquoi, editor-in-chief of "The Vision", arrested; Gambian newspaper correspondent Ojukwu Sesay also arrested
11 January 1995
Turkey
Police raid on weekly "Denge Azadi"; correspondent Ahmet Killi (m) and office worker Cagatay Isik (m) detained
11 January 1995
Russia
Russian TV head, Oleg Poptsov, threatened with dismissal
11 January 1995
Israel
Police prevent holding of Palestinian press conference
11 January 1995
Guinea-Bissau
Newspaper "Correio da Guine Bissau" suspended
10 January 1995
Israel
Two WTN journalists attacked by West Bank settlers; MBC camera stolen from cameraman Nidal Mansour
9 January 1995
Yemen
Printers refuse to print "Al-Ayyam"
9 January 1995
Turkey
"Ozgur Ulke" correspondent Salih Guler detained; two correspondents detained, report torture
6 January 1995
Turkey
Sentencing and detention of human rights lawyer under Anti-terror law
6 January 1995
China
International PEN appeals for 37 Vietnamese writers seeking asylum
The WiPC wrote to Hong Kong Governor Christopher Patten on the plight of a number of Vietnamese writers and journalists who are among those seeking asylum in Hong Kong. It noted that there are reports that those who have been denied refugee status face imminent repatriation and that many have legitimate cause to fear persecution should they be returned because of the practice of their right to freedom of expression either before fleeing Vietnam or while in Hong Kong. All Vietnamese asylum seekers are due to be repatriated by the end of 1995.
6 January 1995
Chechnya (Russia)
Correspondent Vladimir Zhitolenko killed
5 January 1995
Ukraine
Clarification of circumstances of arrest of publisher Gennady Romanov
5 January 1995
United Kingdom
BBC bans interviews with gay group
4 January 1995
Bangladesh
Nasrin trial hearing further postponed
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