Parliament adopts repressive media law
“Prison sentences for journalists have not disappeared. They have been eliminated in one place but reappeared in another,” RSF said.
Repressive print media bill rejected in parliamentary vote
“The adoption of a new press law is overdue because Chad’s journalists have been operating for more than two years under a very repressive decree issued in exceptional circumstances,” RSF said.
Court lifts sanctions against weekly “La Voix”
A court has found the weekly “La Voix” not guilty of charges against it and lifted an order for seizure of all copies of the paper.
Cameroonian newspaper editor abducted
Innocent Ebodé, the editor of the N’Djamena-based weekly “La Voix”, was kidnapped from his home in N’Djamena on 20 December 2009.
Former minister sues editor over embezzlement allegations
The minister was fired a few days after an article in “N’Djamena Bi Hebdo” implicated him in the affair.
Judge orders automatic seizure of newspaper’s issues
The court could not legally order the newspaper’s closure so it issued the automatic seizure order because the effect would be the same.
Authorities continue to hound new weekly, seek its closure
“After deporting ‘La Voix”s editor and putting strong pressure on its shareholders for more than six weeks, the authorities are now trying to obtain the newspaper’s closure,” said RSF.
Cameroonian journalist expelled
“I think that above all our articles anger the authorities and they want to deprive the newspaper of my leadership,” says editor Innocent Ebodé.
World Report 2009: Chad
World Report 2009: Chad
CPJ urges government to repeal repressive media law
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 6 June 2008 CPJ letter to Chadian Prime Minister Youssouf Saleh Abbas: His Excellency Youssouf Saleh Abbas Prime Minister of the Republic of Chad c/o The Embassy of Chad to the United States 2002 R Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20009 Via facsimile: (202) 265-1937 Dear Mr. Prime Minister, We […]
Annual Report 2008: Chad
Annual Report 2008: Chad
World Report 2008: Chad
World Report 2008: Chad
N’Djamena’s privately-owned press starts publishing again for first time since state of emergency proclaimed
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders provided financial support for the publication in N’Djamena, on 28 March 2008, of a “newspaper of newspapers,” a single issue combining most of the independent Chadian weeklies that have not appeared since a state of emergency was proclaimed on 15 February. It calls for the repeal of a press law […]
French journalist forced to leave country after authorities “definitively” withdraw her accreditation
(JED/IFEX) – The following is an abridged version of a JED press release: JED expresses deep anger and indignation upon learning of the Chadian government’s decision to “definitively” withdraw the accreditation of journalist Sonia Rolley, a correspondent with Agence France Presse (AFP) and Radio France International (RFI). Without authorisation to work in Chad, on the […]
Presidential decree increases jail terms for press offences; IFJ calls for end to media crackdown
(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is a 3 March 2008 IFJ media release: IFJ Calls on Chadian Government to End “Media Crackdown” The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called on the government of Chad to end the increasing pressure on media after President Idriss Deby Itno signed a decree increasing jail terms for media offences […]
New press law, adopted by decree, increases penalties for offences and obstacles to starting a newspaper
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders condemns the Chadian government’s adoption of a new press law by decree on 20 February 2008. Instead of abolishing prison sentences for press offences, it makes them much longer, and it makes it harder to launch a newspaper. “The government promised several times that the press law would be liberalised,” […]