Guinea

French journalist Thomas Diétrich was deported, his accreditation was withdrawn by the media regulatory body Haute Autorite de la Communication (HAC), and his visa revoked by Guinean authorities.

Concerned by the rising number of deaths from the ongoing protests in Guinea, the Media Foundation for West Africa is calling for a probe to ensure accountability over the loss of lives.

Guinea’s brutal crackdown on continued protests against a proposed constitutional amendment that will allow incumbent President Alpha Conde to run for a third term has resulted in several deaths.

Journalists and anti-government protesters are under severe attack by Guinea’s security agents and state officials.

Media professionals from the private radio station sector In Guinea organised a 2 hour broadcast protesting the perpetual intimidation of the media by the country’s regulatory body – the High Authority for Communication.

Diallo Soulemane, the owner of Conakry based private radio station Lynx FM, and Aboubacar Algassimou Diallo, presenter of the Oeil de Lynx show, are facing prosecution following a phone interview with an outspoken critic of the government based in the United States.

Despite abstention from 133 parliamentarians from all sides, a recent bill passed in Guinea will allow gendarmes to shoot on sight with no legal repercussions.

Seven members of the opposition have been sentenced and charged, for staging protests opposing constitutional changes that will allow Guinea’s President Alpha Conde to seek a third term.

A brutal crackdown on demonstrations by authorities in Guinea resulted in the fatal shooting of Alimou Diallo and Mamadou Bela Baldé.

RSF is calling on Guinea’s High Authority for Communication (HAC) to review its decision to suspend journalist Mouctar Bah’s accreditation.

Editor Abdoul Latif Diallo suspected the shooting was linked to stories that he had recently written on the alleged involvement of senior members of the police in the murder of the head of the Treasury Department of Guinea.

A High court judge in Guinea has delivered a controversial judgement in the case of murdered journalist El Hadj Mohamed Diallo.

Guinea’s Post and Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (l’Agence Régulation des Postes et Télécommunications-ARPT) has taken private radio stations Sabari FM, Gangan FM, Djigui FM and Evasion FM off the air.

Guinea’s regime is fast becoming infamous over media rights violations.

Journalist Moussa Moise Sylla is being charged over comments about the state of the Guinean military, aired on a Radio Espace FM programme in November.

Guinean president Alpha Condé has described a strike by teachers in the country as a rebellion and any media house relaying the statements of Aboubacar Soumah, Deputy Secretary General of the Free Union of Teachers and Researchers of Guinea, as accomplices.