Le Démocrate Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

Editors from both these newspapers have been convicted on charges that include defamation. (Hirondelle)

Two editors given jail terms in Central African Republic

January 31, 2012 3:36 PM EST

New York, January 31, 2012–The convictions of two journalists in the Central African Republic over their critical coverage of a top official constitute political censorship, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Central African Republic editor jailed in politicized case

January 25, 2012 4:20 PM EST

New York, January 25, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the Central African Republic to immediately release a newspaper editor imprisoned since January 16 and to drop a politicized prosecution that stems from the paper’s critical coverage of a presidential relative who also serves as the government’s finance minister.

In Ivory Coast, police harass pro-Ouattara editors

February 18, 2011 5:25 PM EST

New York, February 18, 2011–Ivorian police in the economic capital, Abidjan, interrogated and issued summonses for questioning this week for editors of newspapers favorable to former presidential candidate Alassane Ouattara, according to local journalists. The U.N. has recognized Ouattara as the president-elect since disputed November 2010 runoff elections against President Laurent Gbagbo.