14 April 2004

TAKE ACTION! CHINA: EDITORS DETAINED AND CHARGED


The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) invites you to write or fax a letter to Chinese President Hu Jintao, protesting the arrest and detention of journalists Cheng Yizhong, Yu Huafeng and Li Minying, all of whom have been charged with embezzling funds.

Yu and Li have been sentenced respectively to 12-year and 11-year jail terms.

Use CPJ's letter as a reference: http://www.cpj.org/protests/04ltrs/China09apr04pl.html



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Also from the Communiqué, 14 April 2004

INTERNATIONAL: IRANIAN, VIETNAMESE WIN PEN/BARBARA GOLDSMITH FREEDOM TO WRITE AWARDS 14 April 2004 IRAQ: JOURNALISTS KIDNAPPED; US URGED TO DIVULGE INFORMATION ON REPORTERS KILLED IN 2003 14 April 2004 NEPAL: U.N. MONITORING ROLE URGED 14 April 2004 CHINA: RSF, CPJ CONDEMN LENGTHY JAIL TERMS IMPOSED ON EDITORS 14 April 2004 INTERNATIONAL: PEN TO HIGHLIGHT WRITERS AND FREE EXPRESSION AT BARCELONA FORUM 14 April 2004 PHILIPPINES: STAYING ALIVE: HANDBOOK OFFERS SAFETY TIPS FOR FILIPINO JOURNALISTS 14 April 2004 BRAZIL: UNESCO to Fund Brazilian Press Freedom Network 14 April 2004

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