Five journalists honored

Mon, 19 Oct 1998, 00:00 WIB | Source: AP

NEW YORK (AP): A correspondent under arrest in Eritrea and a
longtime crusader for press freedom in Indonesia are among five
journalists honored by the Committee to Protect Journalists this
year.

The committee announced on Sunday that recipients of the
eighth annual International Press Freedom Awards will be Ruth
Simon of Eritrea, Goenawan Mohamad of Indonesia, Gremah Boucar of
Niger, Gustavo Gorriti of Panama and Pavel Sheremet of Belarus.

"These journalists put their freedom and their lives on the
line to report the news," said Gene Roberts, the committee's
chairman. The nonprofit organization will present the awards at a
ceremony in New York on Nov. 24.

Goenawan founded the independent weekly Tempo in 1971. The
magazine was shut down as part of a clampdown by President
Soeharto in 1994, but relaunched on Oct. 6 after the president's
resignation.

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