Guinea

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Minister of Communications and Culture Mamady Conde, RSF protested the arrest of Tibou Camara, publication director of the private weekly “L’Observateur”. RSF asked the minister to ask the relevant authorities to release the journalist. “He did nothing more than exercise his right to inform, guaranteed by several international treaties […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 10 August 2000 letter to the president of Guinea’s National Communications Council (CNC), Emil Tompapa, CPJ called on the CNC to immediately and unconditionally reinstate the press credentials of the Conakry-based foreign correspondents Mouctar Bah (Agence France-Presse), Ben Daouda Sylla (Africa No. 1), and Amadou Diallo (BBC). On 28 July, the […]

(FPJQ/IFEX) – The following is a 28 July 2000 FPJQ letter to Guinean President Lansanna Conté: Montreal, July 28, 2000 Lansanna Conté President Republic of Guinea Fax : (224) 41 16 21 Mr. President, The Professional Federation of Quebec Journalists (FPJQ) is astonished and indignant to learn that the Guinean journalist Alphadio Modesto Ayibatin is […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to the president of the National Communications Council (Conseil National de la Communication, CNC), Emile Tompapa, RSF urged the CNC to annul its decision to invalidate the accreditation of three Guinean journalists for a two-month period. The organisation recalled that Guinea has ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political […]

**Updates IFEX alert of 29 March 2000** (RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Communications Minister Mamadi Condé, RSF asked for the release of Abdoulaye Sankara (known under his pen name, Abou Maco). Sankara is editor-in-chief of the private Conakry weekly “Le Soleil”, which was suspended on 31 March 2000. RSF recalled that in January, the […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Emile Tompapa, the president of the National Communications Council (Conseil national de la communication, CNC), RSF protested the CNC’s decision to suspend the private weeklies “L’oeil” and “Le Soleil” for one month. The organisation asked Tompapa to cancel his decision and allow the two publications to continue publishing. “We […]

**Updates IFEX alerts of 16, 10 and 7 December 1999** (RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to President Lansana Conté, RSF protested the expulsion of Saliou Samb, editor-in-chief of the private weekly “L’Indépendant Plus”, to Ghana. RSF asked Conté to see to it that the journalist can freely return to Guinea. Robert Ménard, the organisation’s secretary-general, […]

**Updates IFEX alerts of 10 December and 7 December 1999** (RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Security Minister Condé Kouressy, RSF has protested the arrest of Saliou Samb, editor-in-chief of the newspaper “L’Indépendant Plus”, in Conakry. RSF asked the minister for an explanation for this detention. The organisation also asked for the journalist’s immediate release […]

**Updates IFEX alert of 7 December 1999** (RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Security Minister Condé Kouressy, RSF has protested the seizure of all the copies of the private weekly “L’Indépendant” in Conakry. The organisation urged the minister to ensure that the seized newspapers are returned to their owner, and to see to it that […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Minister of Security Condé Kouressy, RSF has protested the arrest of Aboubacar Sylla in Conakry. The organisation asked for an explanation for this arrest. Robert Ménard, RSF’s secretary-general, added: “if it turns out that his arrest is connected to his role as owner of a press group, our organisation […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Minister of Communication Alpha Ibrahim Mongo Diallo, RSF made a series of recommendations to the Guinean government towards improving the press freedom situation in the country. This open letter is a follow-up to the recent visit to Guinea by an RSF delegation. After praising “the freedoms enjoyed by the […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is protesting the arrest of a journalist from an independent weekly in Conakry. According to RSF’s information, Jean-Baptiste Kouroma, the associate editor-in-chief of the private weekly “L’Indépendant Plus”, was arrested on the night of 26 April 1999 by police officers. He was imprisoned at a Conakry police station. Authorities allegedly accuse him […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is protesting the expulsion from Guinea of a journalist from the weekly “L’Oeil” (The Eye). According to RSF’s information, Don de Dieu Agoussou, a journalist of Beninese nationality, was expelled on 29 January 1999. On that day, he had gone to the Gbessia Conakry airport to cover the arrival of foreign heads […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is protesting the decision by the National Council on Communications (Conseil national de la communication, CNC), to revoke the accreditation of a Guinean journalist, a correspondent with two foreign media organisations. According to RSF’s information, Mouctar Ba, a correspondent of Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Radio France Internationale (RFI), had his accreditation annuled […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Since the beginning of 1998, three foreign journalists working for the private Guinea press have been expelled, and an editor-in-chief from Burkina Faso was detained on 17 March 1998. **This alert contains new cases and updates IFEX alerts of 13 January 1998 and 15 December 1997** On 12 January 1998, in an open […]

(RSF/IFEX) – On 7 January 1998 Foday Fofana, a Sierra Leonean journalist for “The Independent” and correspondent for the British Broadcasting Corporation, was thrown out of Guinea after having been detained for three months at the Conakry central detention centre. He had been reporting on the alleged aggressions towards a civilian by an assistant commander […]