Cote d'Ivoire: Call to Avoid Media Vengeance by Civil War Victors

press release

Reporters Without Borders warned today against "unacceptable and disgraceful" attempts by supporters of new President Alassane Ouattara to take physical revenge on several journalists who were close to ousted President Laurent Gbagbo and have been forced to go into hiding.

"We are very concerned that the new government may not be able to control their supporters and we urge Mr Ouattara to publicly urge them to desist and to respect people with different views," the media freedom organisation's secretary-general, Jean-François Julliard, said. "He will be held responsible for their actions."

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