Guinea: Newspaper Suspended for Three Months for Criticising Minister, Journalists Prohibited From Working for Other Media Outlets

Media Foundation for West Africa (Accra)

18 September 2008

On 15 September 2008, the National Communications Council (CNC), the media regulatory body in Guinea, suspended "La Vérité", a Conakry-based weekly newspaper, for three months for allegedly using "offensive language" that the CNC said could "undermine the honour and dignity" of the public.