Reporters sans Frontières (Paris)
17 December 2008
Reporters Without Borders condemns the government's closure of Viva TV since 13 December, after it broadcast a message by former President Didier Ratsiraka. The authorities accused the station, owned by the mayor of Antananarivo, of broadcasting statements liable to "disturb public order and security." Ratsiraka has lived in exile in Paris since 2002.
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