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 of the general assembly that the Union of Press Professionals of Guinea (SPPG) organized this Saturday, February 24. The SPPG denounces the sentencing of its general secretary, Sékou Jamal Pendessa, to three months in prison last Friday. He calls for an end to media censorship, while several radio and television stations have been shut down for weeks.
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With our correspondent in Conakry, Matthias Raynal
At the labor exchange, crisis meeting the day after the conviction of Sékou Jamal Pendessa to three months in prison. The secretary general of the Union of Press Professionals of Guinea (SPPG) was prosecuted for having called for demonstrations against internet and media censorship in Guinea.
Abdoulaye Cissé, the communications officer for the press union, is the first to speak at this meeting. “ If we, media people, don’t stand up to put an end to all this, I think it’s going to be very complicated “, he said.
And then, Ibrahima Kalil Diallo, the deputy secretary general reads the final declaration. “ The SPPG, the union of press professionals in Guinea, calls on all journalists in public and private media to mobilize to follow the general and unlimited strike slogan by ceasing all professional activity “, did he declare.
The SPPG asks journalists to join the general strike that the union movement has planned to launch tomorrow. “ If we don’t do this, little by little, one day there will be no more information, since today you have radios that no longer work. “, he believes.
News sites blocked, televisions banned from broadcasting, in Guinea, the media have faced numerous restrictions since the end of last year.
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