NEWS FROM THE COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS

IN Media Freedom | 14/04/2002

Taliban officials have said that Ridley has been detained in a residential compound in Jalalabad and is being well treated, bu

Taliban officials have said that Ridley has been detained in a residential compound in Jalalabad and is being well treated, but British officials have not had direct contact with her. Little is known about the condition of the guides, who were identified as Afghans in some news reports.

Under the laws of the Taliban regime, espionage is punishable by death.

CPJ is a New York-based, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization of journalists that works to defend press freedom worldwide. For more information on press conditions in Afghanistan, visit the CPJ Web site at www.cpj.org .

CPJ CONTACT:
Kavita Menon, Asia program coordinator
phone: +1-212-465-9344 ext.140
fax: +1-212-465-9568
e-mail: asia@cpj.org

Kavita Menon
Asia Program Coordinator
Committee to Protect Journalists
330 Seventh Avenue -- 12th floor
New York, NY 10001
phone: 212-465-1004 x140
fax: 212-465-9568
e-mail: asia@cpj.org
http://www.cpj.org

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