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For Immediate Release:

Radio For Peace International Holds Press Conference
Against Censorship

For More Information Contact:
RFPI at email:
James Latham, General Manager, RFPI: 011 (506) 249-1821
Naomi Fowler, Program Director, RFPI: 011 (506) 249-1821
Emily Morales, Operations, RFPI: 011 (506) 249-1821

On Saturday, July 26, 2003, Radio for Peace International in El Rodeo Costa
Rica will hold a press conference at 9:30am outside the locked gates of
Radio For Peace International. General Manager James Latham and ex-
president Rodrigo Carazo will give speeches about the importance of Freedom
of the Press in regards to the recent eviction notice issued to RFPI by the
University for Peace. Radio For Peace International staff will answer
questions from the press following the speeches.

On Monday, July 21, 2003 a University for Peace representative delivered an
eviction notice to Radio For Peace International (RFPI) which has been
operating since 1987 by mutual agreement on the University campus in El
Rodeo, Costa Rica. The Radio station's access gate was locked with chains
and patrolled by armed guards employed by the University for Peace. In
addition, the radio station was advised to vacate its facilities in two
weeks.

According to General Manager James Latham, the unexplained and legally
questionable decision to evict RFPI endangers the livelihood of the station'
s employees, and also threatens to silence the voice of peace on
international airwaves. "This is more than an eviction, this is about the
right to free speech, " says James Latham, Chief Executive Officer of Radio
for Peace International. "What is most shocking and sad is that this action
comes from an international peace organization."

Radio For Peace employees made a plea to the armed guards to allow them to
leave the locked premises on Monday night, although some have not left the
premises since the eviction notice.

University for Peace cofounder, former Costa Rican President Rodrigo Carazo
Odio, invited RFPI in 1985 to build and manage its own office and studios on
the university's Costa Rica campus. Consequently RFPI constructed studios
and transmitters, and has been broadcasting messages of peace and social
justice as well as daily United Nations programming. RFPI is the only
listener supported shortwave radio station.