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| Title | Reporters Without Borders Annual Report 2002 - Jamaica |
| Publisher | Reporters Without Borders |
| Country | Jamaica |
| Publication Date | 3 May 2002 |
| Cite as | Reporters Without Borders, Reporters Without Borders Annual Report 2002 - Jamaica, 3 May 2002, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/487c5248a.html [accessed 23 November 2009] |
Reporters Without Borders Annual Report 2002 - Jamaica
Although the army has been given police powers and security forces have stepped up summary executions to eradicate crime, freedom of the press seems safe.
Hilaire Sobers, a journalist on the Jamaica Observer, received a threatening letter on 7 September 2001, after several times criticising in his weekly column the inaction of the authorities in relation to extra-judicial killings by the security forces. Sobers, who is also a lawyer and human rights campaigner, thinks the threats came from a supporter of the ruling People's National Party (PNP).
Topics: Freedom of information, Freedom of expression,
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