Tag: Freedom of press
the media, worried about the pressures suffered, request an audience with President Doumbouya
In Guinea, restrictions on press freedom continue. Faced with what they consider to be a dismantling of the private media network, the associations wish to speak directly with President Mamadi…
Parliament votes in favor of controversial law, thousands of opponents in the streets
Thousands of people demonstrated in the evening this Tuesday March 16 in Tbilisi, Georgia, after a first vote in Parliament in favor of a controversial bill on “foreign agents”, already…
Radio Free Asia closes its Hong Kong office
In Hong Kong, the radio station, funded by the American government, Radio Free Asia has just announced that it is closing its offices and leaving the city, following the entry…
Julian Assange’s supporters denounce his persecution before the Royal Court of Justice
Julian Assange will not be extradited to the United States, or at least not right away. The founder of Wikileaks is being prosecuted across the Atlantic for having published confidential…
strike at the newspaper “La Provence” after the dismissal of the editorial director
The editorial director of the French regional daily Provence was dismissed after a judged ” ambiguous » from the newspaper on the visit of President Emmanuel Macron to Marseille as…
the SPPG calls journalists to strike after the conviction of Sékou Jamal Pendessa
In Guinea, journalists are called to follow the slogan launched by the trade union movement and to strike from Monday February 26. This is a decision taken at the end…
the president will look into the case of journalist Stanis Bujakera, on trial for 4 months
Congolese journalist Stanis Bujakera, arrested on September 8, 2023, is “ maybe […] moldering » in prison because of “ procrastination » of justice, estimated on February 22, 2024 the…
faced with a media sector in crisis, the BCE group cuts nearly 4,800 jobs
After newspapers and television, it is the turn of private radio stations to be hit hard by technological and economic changes. The Canadian communications group BCE has just announced the…
towards a strike after the arrest of journalist and trade unionist Sékou Jamal Pendessa
Gathered in a general assembly on Tuesday, Guinean unions announced the filing of a general strike notice. They are demanding the release of journalist and trade unionist Sékou Jamal Pendessa,…
this file “seems increasingly motivated by political considerations”
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a new hearing took place on Friday February 2 in the case of journalist Stanis Bujakera. The human rights NGO, Human Rights Watch…