Freedom of the Press 2007: Burkina Faso
27 February 2008
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Just days after the Superior Council for Communication (CSC) suspended “L’Évènement”, Atiana Serge Oulon, editor-in-chief of the paper, was abducted from his home.
Foreign media outlets accused of tarnishing the image of the Burkinabè army for their amplification of a Human Rights Watch report on atrocities by the militia against communities in the north and north-east.
Burkinabé journalist Newton Ahmed Barry’s conviction without a fair trial raises questions about the rights for defence.