mercredi, 23 mai 2012
 

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Soudan : Journalist detained ; newspapers confiscated

The Sudanese security services must immediately release journalist Faisal Mohamed Saleh, who was arrested at his home today after facing two weeks of harassment, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) arrested Saleh, a columnist who contributes to several independent and opposition publications, from his home in Khartoum and took him to an unknown location, according to news reports and Faisal al-Baqri, the general (...)

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Malawi : A bad weekend for Malawian journalists

No media outlet critical of President Bingu Wa Mutharika or the ruling Democratic Progressive Party was spared by the government this past weekend — whether print, broadcast, or online. The broadside included a public campaign to discredit the media as well as threats of fines and arrests of critical journalists. Sunday, the ruling party’s director of youth, Frank Mwenifumbo, threatened civil servants during a public rally against advertising in or even reading any publication from the (...)

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Liberia : Une journaliste qui traite des mutilations génitales est contrainte à la clandestinité

Le Comité pour la protection des journalistes (CPJ) rapporte qu’une femme journaliste qui avait fait un reportage sur la pratique des mutilations génitales féminines au Libéria est entrée dans la clandestinité après avoir reçu des menaces de mort. Mae Azango, reporter au quotidien « FrontPage Africa » et à « New Narratives », un projet qui appuie les médias indépendants en Afrique, a publié le 8 mars un article qui décrivait comment des tribus procèdent à des mutilations génitales sur presque deux filles (...)

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