Le réseau des organisations de promotion de la liberté d’expression en Afrique (AFEX) a adressé une pétition au Président de l’Ouganda, Yoweri Museveni en vue de prendre l’engagement de protéger et défendre la liberté d’expression et de réunion en Ouganda.
La pétition porte sur les récentes vagues d’agressions sur des médias, des dirigeants et sympathisants de l’opposition lors des dernières élections dans le pays et au cours d’autres événements nationaux majeurs.
La pétition porte sur (…)
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AFEX pétitionne le président ougandais en vue de protéger la liberté d’expression
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Somalie : NUSOJ annual review of crimes against journalists
26 janvier 2012, par National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ)The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) declares today that the year 2011 was characterized by the worst possible perilous conditions for journalists operating in Somalia, as they were deliberately singled out for cruel and unjust treatment.
The year was stained with the blood of journalists and was worse than 2010 regarding all aspects of press freedom and the abusive quashing of the fundamental rights of journalists. Media professionals were the victims of the completely (…) -
Censure et violences contre les journalistes : une sombre fin de mandat pour le président Kabila
21 décembre 2016, par Journaliste en danger, Reporters sans frontièresReporters sans frontières (RSF) et son organisation partenaire congolaise Journaliste en danger (JED) sont très préoccupées par l’offensive des autorités contre la libre circulation de l’information, à l’approche de la fin du mandat du président Kabila, le 19 décembre 2016. Elles appellent les autorités congolaises à permettre aux médias de fonctionner librement et en toute sécurité.
A l’approche de la fin officielle du mandat du président Joseph Kabila, le 19 décembre 2016, RSF et JED (…) -
Angola : Army generals launch lawsuit against editor
19 juillet 2011, par MISAWilliam Tonet, the editor and owner of the weekly newspaper "Folha 8", appeared before an Angolan court on 13 June 2011, on charges of defamation and libel filed against him by three prominent army generals based in Luanda. The army generals are suing Tonet for an article his paper published in 2008.
The generals are : the chief of the President’s civil house, widely acknowledged as the country’s second most powerful man ; the General Attorney of the military court ; and a former chief of (…) -
NUSOJ welcomes Amnesty International report on attacks against Somali journalists
27 juillet 2010(NUSOJ/IFEX) - The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) welcomes Amnesty International’s latest publication on Somalia, which focuses on journalists’ working conditions in the country, under the title "Hard news : Journalists’ lives in danger in Somalia".
The Amnesty report highlights explicitly the current dangerous and difficult situation in which Somali journalists find themselves, especially the attacks against journalists by both the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and (…) -
Angola : Police raid weekly’s office, seize computers
2 avril 2012, par Comité pour la protection des journalistes (CPJ)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 (…) -
Somalie : Director and editor of prominent station detained
6 avril 2011, par Comité pour la protection des journalistes (CPJ)(CPJ/IFEX) - New York, March 28, 2011 - Security agents with Somalia’s Interim Transitional Government arrested the director and news editor of Radio Shabelle on Sunday after the independent station aired a report saying the president was unable to visit areas recently captured by government and AU (African Union) forces due to security concerns, according to news reports and CPJ interviews. The Ministry of Information deemed the March 22 report "factually incorrect and aiding the (…)
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Guinée équatoriale : Concern about rights violations on eve of Africa Cup
20 janvier 2012, par Comité pour la protection des journalistes (CPJ), Human Rights WatchThe 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 (…) -
RDC : la répression des médias s’accélère dans la province de la Mongala
4 juillet 2020, par Reporters sans frontièresReporters sans frontières (RSF) est vivement préoccupée par le harcèlement contre les médias d’une province au nord de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) et demande instamment aux plus hautes autorités de l’État d’intervenir afin que les médias puissent travailler librement et conformément aux promesses effectuées dans ce domaine.
La répression s’intensifie pour les professionnels de l’information dans la province de la Mongala, au nord-ouest de la RDC. Dans une décision inédite (…) -
Somalie : Puntland authorities suspend two TV networks
13 décembre 2011, par National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ)National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) wishes to protest against the decision of the Puntland government to suspend two private television networks from operating.
The Puntland President, Abdirahman Mohamud Farole, officially announced the suspension of Universal TV and Somali Channel TV in the regions controlled by his government, when he addressed the 27th session of the Puntland parliament on 30 October. He accused the two television networks of being an obstacle to the security (…)