Guinea

Journalists in Guinea are prevented from using Conakry’s Town Hall to stage a sit-in to protest the high handed actions of the country’s media regulator.

N’Faly Guilavogui of media Groupe Evasion Guinea is banned from working as a journalist for 10 days by Guinea’s media regulator.

Reporters Without Borders describes the summoning of a journalist by the military in Guinea as “indefensible”, especially since “the media regulator and courts are functioning normally”.

Public prosecutor orders arrest of Guinean politician Aboubacar Soumah for assaulting show host Ahmed Camara during live broadcast interview.

Rights group RSF together with their local partner Media Alliance for Human Rights engage media stakeholders and government over deteriorating press freedoms in the post-coup era in Guinea.

Weeks after the military takeover of Guinea, soldiers shoot their way into private media outlet “Djoma Média”, owned by ally of deposed President Alpha Condé, on the pretext of searching for missing state-owned vehicles.

Two public media institutions and the national daily paper “Horoya” were attacked and ransacked on the eve of Guinea’s coup d’etat.

Mamou district councillor Alpha Saliou Barry disrupted prime-time show “choc des idées” when he attacked a guest and Global FM presenters, while they were live on air.

Lobbying by media groups in Guinea and organisations such as the MFWA secures the release of jailed journalists Amadou Diouldé Diallo and Ibrahima Sadjo Bah.

Diallo was finally released after nearly three months in prison on a charge of insulting President Alpha Condé although Guinea has decriminalised press offences.

The MFWA and their Guinean partner, the Independent Editors’ Guild, have requested the intervention of government officials to secure the release of Ibrahima Sadio Bah and Amadou Diouldé Diallo.

With Guinea having decriminalised press offences, the continued detention of journalist Amadou Diouldé Diallo – who is accused of insulting President Alpha Condé – is a violation of the media law, say his lawyers.

Sports journalist Ibrahima Sadio Bah has been sentenced to 6 months in prison, even though Guinea decriminalised defamation in 2010.

The inauguration of Alpha Condé for his controversial third term as president for Guinea is being held against the backdrop of a violent crackdown on opposition leaders and supporters.

The presidential appointment of Boubabacar Yacine Diallo as the new head of Haute Autorité de la Communication (HAC) is being seen as a move to control Guinea’s media sector.

Guinean teacher David Lancéi Condé has received a one-year suspended sentenced for his involvement in inciting the crowd to attack journalist Facely Kalman Keïta.