Afriques en Lutte

Ethiopie : New law criminalises independent telecom use

Comité pour la protection des journalistes (CPJ) — 2012-06-25T03:43:00Z

Nairobi - A new law in Ethiopia imposes prison sentences for offenses related to the independent use of telecommunications tools and services, according to local journalists and news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by broad and vaguely worded provisions of the law, under which journalists could be prosecuted for the methods they use to circumvent government surveillance and censorship.
The House of Peoples' Representatives, where 99 percent of the seats are (…)

- Ethiopie / Répression

Burundi : Reporter sentenced to life imprisonment

Comité pour la protection des journalistes (CPJ) — 2012-06-22T11:14:51Z

A Burundian appeals court must reverse the ruling against a journalist sentenced to life in prison on vague terrorism charges, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
A High Court in the eastern town of Cankuzo today found Hassan Ruvakuki, a reporter for local radio station Bonesha FM and French government-funded broadcaster Radio France Internationale, and 13 other defendants guilty of "participating in terrorist attacks" under the country's penal code, Patrick Nduwimana, the (…)

- Burundi / Liberté de la presse, Justice

Soudan : Journalist detained ; newspapers confiscated

Comité pour la protection des journalistes (CPJ) — 2012-05-23T03:20:00Z

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 (…)

- Soudan / Liberté de la presse

Malawi : A bad weekend for Malawian journalists

Comité pour la protection des journalistes (CPJ) — 2012-04-07T03:21:00Z

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 (…)

- Malawi / Liberté de la presse

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

Comité pour la protection des journalistes (CPJ) — 2012-04-05T03:16:00Z

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 (…)

- Libéria / Liberté de la presse, Femme

Angola : Police raid weekly's office, seize computers

Comité pour la protection des journalistes (CPJ) — 2012-04-02T03:48:00Z

The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns today's Angolan police raid at the independent weekly Folha 8, which was conducted in connection with a politicized investigation into the publication of a satirical photo montage. Officers confiscated all of Folha 8's computers, effectively crippling the operations of one of the country's two remaining independent publications.
About 15 officers of the Angolan National Directorate of Criminal Investigations arrived at the Luanda offices of (…)

- Angola / Liberté de la presse

Ethiopie : CORRECTION Death penalty for blogger, prison for journalists

Comité pour la protection des journalistes (CPJ) — 2012-02-06T11:19:00Z

The original version of this alert, issued on 26 January 2012 contained erroneous information : the U.S.-based blogger was given a life sentence, not the death penalty, as CPJ originally reported ; the alert was corrected on 27 January 2012 to reflect an updated statement from CPJ. The corrected version follows.
A U.S.-based journalist convicted on politicized terrorism charges in Ethiopia was sentenced to life in absentia today, while two other Ethiopian journalists received heavy prison (…)

- Ethiopie / Liberté de la presse, Droit humain

Guinée équatoriale : Concern about rights violations on eve of Africa Cup

Comité pour la protection des journalistes (CPJ), Human Rights Watch — 2012-01-20T11:09:00Z

The government of Equatorial Guinea, which is co-hosting the Africa Cup of Nations later in January 2012, cracks down on political opponents, intimidates journalists, and disregards due process, Human Rights Watch and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said today. Some visiting journalists who have tried to report on Equatorial Guinea over the past year have been detained, interrogated, censored, and deported.
These incidents do not bode well for the sports reporters who are (…)

- Guinée équatoriale / Liberté de la presse, Droit humain

Gabon : Deux médias suspendus pour des reportages sur un opposant

Comité pour la protection des journalistes (CPJ) — 2012-01-17T21:37:00Z

Le gouvernement du Gabon, dirigé par le président Ali Bongo, a imposé mardi dernier des suspensions à une station de télévision et un journal pour des reportages sur le chef de fil de l'opposition, André Mba Obame, selon des journalistes locaux et des médias.
Le Conseil national de la Communication (CNC) du Gabon a annoncé à la télévision publique nationale la suspension de la chaîne TV+ appartenant à M. Obame et de l'hebdomadaire privé Echos Du Nord, respectivement pour trois mois et deux (…)

- Gabon / Liberté de la presse

Egypte : Military officials jail critical blogger

Comité pour la protection des journalistes (CPJ) — 2011-12-07T03:40:00Z

New York - Egyptian blogger Alaa Abd el-Fattah, jailed Sunday after he objected to interrogation by military prosecutors, should be released immediately and without condition, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
The military prosecutor's office summoned Abd el-Fattah for questioning concerning his coverage of the October 9 clashes between troops and Coptic Christian protestors, local and international news reports said. At least 25 people, including a journalist, were killed (…)

- Egypte / Liberté de la presse, Droit humain