Mutinous soldiers who seized power last week from Mali's President Amadou Toumani Touré also occupied the headquarters of the state radio and TV broadcaster and interrupted other TV and radio shows, say Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Human Rights Watch.
Some citizens turned to Twitter to get their news updates, reports the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
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