(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has condemned the 18 August 2006 decision by the Telecommunications Regulation Agency (Agence de régulation et de contrôle des télécommunications, ARCT) to close privately-owned African Public Radio’s station in Ngozi, northern Burundi. The station had allegedly “considerably surpassed” the time period that it was licenced to use its radio frequency. RPA’s director, […]
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has condemned the 18 August 2006 decision by the Telecommunications Regulation Agency (Agence de régulation et de contrôle des télécommunications, ARCT) to close privately-owned African Public Radio’s station in Ngozi, northern Burundi. The station had allegedly “considerably surpassed” the time period that it was licenced to use its radio frequency.
RPA’s director, Alexis Sinduhije, believes the decision is politically motivated. It follows a warning by President Pierre Nkurunziza against “certain radio stations and certain journalists who have set themselves up as courts and judges.”
