RFI and France 24 were suspended on Thursday August 3 by the junta in Niger. But the French or foreign media are not the only ones to be abused since the coup. Nigerien media and their journalists are also under pressure, according to organizations protecting journalists.
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Beyond the suspension of RFI and France 24 in Niger, it is all journalists who have seen their working conditions deteriorate in the country since the putsch, whether they are foreign or local, observes Sadibou Marong, director of the Sub-Saharan Africa office of Reporters Without Borders. “ With calls to lynch journalists, with direct attacks on journalists, explain Sadibou Marong. At least two local television reporting teams were victims. Then, we saw here that some demonstrators had started attacking international correspondents. »
Protection from the Nigerian Press House
National radios and televisions under pressure, bloggers threatened… Some journalists, insecure at home, have had to ask for protection from the Nigerian press office. ” Arrangements had to be made to relocate them and ensure that they returned to their daily lives and continued to do their work. The context is really very deleterious and we call on everyone to consider that freedom of the press should not be called into question. “, reports its president Ibrahim Harouna.
The Union of Journalists of the Free African Press makes the same observations and asks the Nigerien authorities to safeguard the safety of journalists.
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