[CPJ\Press Freedom]
According to CPJ’s most recent annual survey conducted on December 1, 2019, there were at least 73 journalists in prisons in Africa…For journalists jailed in countries affected by the virus, freedom is now a matter of life and death.
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Committee To Protect Journalists
FRENCH AMBASSADOR’S COLONIAL-MINDED INTERFERENCE PROVOKES SUSPENSIONS AGAINST THREE AFRICAN MEDIA OUTLETS
[Press Freedom\Togo\France]
CPJ: “Togolese authorities’ suspension of Fraternité, Liberté and L’Alternative over their coverage critical of French and Togolese authorities is grossly irresponsible…The French ambassador to Togo, Marc Vizy, should withdraw his complaint.
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CPJ: ETHIOPIAN JOURNALIST DETAINED AFTER PUBLISHING COVID-19 REPORT
[Ethiopian Journalist Yayesew Shimelis]
The arrest came after Yayesew published a report on the COVID-19 virus on Facebook and YouTube on March 26 that was condemned by Ethiopia’s national Ministry of Health, according to the friends…from the local privately-owned outlet Addis Maleda.
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NIGERIA’S PREMIUM TIMES NEWSPAPER FACE INTIMIDATION AND CYBERATTACKS AFTER PUBLISHING LEAKED GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
[Press Freedom\Nigeria]
Premium Times editor-in-chief Musikilu Mojeed has also faced intimidation attempts since the reports were published, according to a report by the paper, and the Premium Times website faced cyberattacks.
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UGANDAN JOURNALIST CHARGED AND IMPRISONED AFTER FILMING DOCUMENTARY ON OPPOSITION LEADER BOBI WINE
[Imprisonment of Journalist Moses Bwayo]
Bwayo was initially arrested in the capital Kampala on February 24 while filming a documentary commissioned by a U.K.-based company, Southern Films, about the opposition politician and popular musician Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine.
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NIGERIAN JOURNALIST DIES AT PROTEST ALLEGEDLY BY HANDS OF POLICE
[Committee To Protect Journalist]
The local privately-owned news website Sahara Reporters published a report on January 23 saying that police had shot and killed Ogbu.
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GAMBIAN GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN RADIO STATION, ARRESTS JOURNALISTS, SAYS COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS
[Press Freedom]
On January 26, police raided the offices of the privately-owned radio stations Home Digital FM, in Brikama, and King FM radio station, in Tallinding, and arrested several staffers.
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