Freedom of the press

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Bangui authorities to restore access to two Central African news sites, which have been suspended since February last year, by decision of the Minister of Post and Telecommunications. These are the "Corbeaux News" and "Le Tsunami" websites. In a statement dated February 16, which RFI…

Human Rights Watch has published a new report in which it points out that at least eight bloggers who mainly broadcast their production via the Youtube platform have been threatened, arrested or even prosecuted for a year. A poet has also been missing since February last year after being critical. The American NGO Human Rights…

The Burundian media in exile in Rwanda silenced for two days by decision of the Rwandan authorities. Some journalists in exile in this country say they have been sacrificed at the altar of political realism, as the two neighboring countries began on the road to normalizing their relations, it was just over six months ago. RPA…

Historian and human rights activist Maâti Monjib, who was on hunger strike for 19 days, was released on probation on Tuesday, March 23rd. In prison for three months and convicted of "fraud" and "danger to state security", he has repeatedly condemned an "violent" arrest. He and his lawyers intend to drop all charges against him and against other detainees. "The accusations against me are made by the political police. (...) Now that I enjoy temporary release, I will fight for the release of the other detainees ”: these…

Four media workers recently arrested in Ethiopia's conflict-torn Tigray region were released on Wednesday, a translator working for the Agence France-Presse (AFP), which was part of the group held, reported. "All journalists and translators have been released without charge," Abebe Gebrehiwot Yihdego, deputy head of Tigray's interim administration, told Reuters. The BBC confirmed the release of its reporter Girmay Gebru, of the broadcaster's Tigrinya language service, in a tweet. "They released us…

Repressal Homicide Concentrating on Reporters Doubled in 2020, New Document Unearths The Committee for the Coverage of Reporters (CPJ) says that 21 reporters international had been singled out for homicide in retaliation for his or her paintings in 2020, greater than two times as many as closing…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the situation of journalists has not improved in this second year of the presidency of Felix Tshisekedi. The organization Journalist in Danger (JED) has counted 116 attacks on press freedom and journalists' safety, including one death, one disappearance, some forty arrests or arrests, and several threats and assaults. A significant increase from the 85 cases…