Cote d'Ivoire: Local Press Targeted and Harassed
The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on the government of Alassane Ouattara to halt the censorship of news outlets for critical reporting and demonstrate "tolerance and commitment to democratic principles".
Ivoirian militia.
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Cote d'Ivoire:
The IFJ Condemns Attack Against Media Group in Côte d'Ivoire
IFJ, 20 August 2012
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today vigorously condemned the attack of the premises of a media group publishing two newspapers and a weekly in Côte… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire:
Pro-Gbagbo Newspapers Impose a Media Black-Out
MFWA, 27 August 2012
The Journals Victims of April 11, 2011 (JV11), an organisation made up of pro-Gbagbo newspapers on August 22, 2012, during a press conference stated that all member-newspapers will… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire:
Satirical Newspaper in Côte d'Ivoire Banned From Publishing for Eight Editions
IFEX, 14 August 2012
Bôl' Kotch, a privately-owned satirical newspaper that published a cartoon story about President Alassane Outarra, was on 8 August 2012 banned from publishing for eight… Read more »
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West Africa:
Satirical Newspaper Banned
MFWA, 13 August 2012
Bôl' Kotch, a privately-owned satirical newspaper which published a cartoon story of President Alassane Outarra, was on August 8, 2012 banned for eight publications by the… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire:
Newspaper, Journalist Suspended
MFWA, 7 August 2012
The National Press Council (CNP), the statutory regulatory body, on August 3, 2012 suspended Simplice Allard, editor-in-chief of privately-owned pro-Gbagbo newspaper Le Temps from… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire:
UN Mission to Support Ivorian Media
U.S. Embassy Abidjan, 3 August 2012
According to an article in L'Inter (p. 14) the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) is committed to supporting the Ivorian media. The information was given by the UN special envoy… Read more »