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Radio station suspends broadcasts after airing message from mutinying soldiers
The communication minister reacted to the airing of the message by saying Free FM was "liable to be prosecuted for complicity in an attack on state security."
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More than 80 broadcasters closed on orders given by authorities
Under the guise of a so-called "consolidation of the broadcast landscape," the government is censoring a multitude of small private stations.
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Radio Fahazavana personnel freed; another opposition radio station suspended
Ten Radio Fahazavana employees had been in pre-trial detention for several months and still face charges of "inciting a revolt".
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Closures, ransacking and disinformation: media at heart of crisis, says RSF report
RSF released a report on the media's role in the country's ongoing political crisis.
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