Africa: West and Central Africa - Attacks On Journalists Reach Alarming Levels

press release

Journalists across West and Central Africa are facing intimidation and harassment and being targeted with arrest and assault for doing their work while media outlets are often closed down and the Internet journalists rely on to undertake their work shut down, Amnesty International said on World Press Freedom Day as it called on governments in the region to promote media freedom and protect media workers and organizations.

The organization added that despite distressing levels of attacks against journalists in some countries in the region - along with the shutdown of several publications - there are glimmers of hope in others.

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