Mauritania

(RSF/IFEX) – The following is an RSF press release: Four weeklies seized in one week RSF asks for the withdrawal of Article 11 from the press law Since the beginning of 2000, seven Mauritanian weeklies have been seized by authorities, including four in the last week of August (La Tribune, Le Carrefour, Inimich and El […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Minister of the Interior Dah Ould Abdel Jellil, RSF protested the seizure of the latest issue of the weekly “Le Carrefour”. The organisation asked the minister “to see to it that Article 11 of the press law is withdrawn”. “Since 1 January 2000, seven Mauritanian newspapers have been seized […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Minister of the Interior Dah Ould Abdel Jellil, RSF protested the seizure of the most recent issue of the weekly “La Tribune”. The organisation asked the minister “to see to it that Article 11 of the press law is abolished”. RSF Secretary-General Robert Ménard added: “Since 1 January 2000, […]

(WAN/IFEX) – In an 11 July 2000 letter to Interior Minister Dah Ould Abdel Jellil, WAN and the World Editors Forum (WEF) expressed their serious concern over the seizure of the privately owned weekly “La Tribune”. According to reports, on 3 July, Mauritanian authorities seized the most recent issue of “La Tribune”, under Article 11 […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter addressed to Interior Minister Dah Ould Abdel Jellil, RSF protested the seizure of the latest issue of the weekly “Nouakchott – Infos”. RSF Secretary-General Robert Ménard urged the minister to use the power of his office “to see to it that Article 11 of the press law is repealed.” Three […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to the minister of the interior, RSF protested the one month suspension handed down to the weekly “L’Eveil Hebdo”. RSF also asked the minister “to take all necessary steps to have this measure annulled”, and to use his influence “to see to it that Article 11 of the press law […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Mauritania’s minister of the interior, RSF denounced the censorship against the independent weekly “La Dépêche”. RSF again raised the “abusive and arbitrary nature of this decision” and asked the minister to “use his influence to see to it that Article 11 of the press law is repealed, thereby allowing […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to the president of Mauritania, Ould Taya, RSF protested the arrest of the editor-in-chief of the weekly “Rajoul Al-Chari’”. RSF asked the president “to use his influence to secure the journalist’s unconditional release and ensure that he is able to exercise his right to free expression, as guaranteed by international […]

(RSF/IFEX) – On 16 June 1999 RSF sent a letter to Mauritanian Minister of the Interior M. Dah Ould Abdel Jellil protesting the censorship of the independent weekly “La Tribune”. The censorship was in accordance with Article 11 of the Press Law. In denouncing the “abusive and arbitrary nature of this decision”, RSF asked that […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is concerned that Cheikh Bekaye, a correspondent in Nouakchott with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) since 1986 and with the Arab-language daily “El Hayat”, published in London since 1989, has had his accreditation revoked. According to RSF’s information, on 15 April 1999, the editorial offices of the BBC and of “El Hayat” […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is protesting the latest banning order against the independent weekly “Le Calame”. According to RSF’s information, the French and Arab language editions of “Le Calame” were banned for three months by order of the Ministry of the Interior. The newspaper had been suspended on three separate occasions in 1998 (see IFEX alerts […]

(RSF/IFEX) – The latest Arab-labguage edition of the newspaper “La Tribune” was censored on 10 June 1998. Authorities offered no explanantion for the action. “This is the fifth time in less than a month that we have been targeted by authorities,” Mohammed Fall Oumere, the newspaper’s editor-in-chief, said during a telephone conversation. “We already practise […]

(RSF/IFEX) – According to information made available by RSF on 29 May 1998, issue #23 of the Arab-language version of the weekly independent “La Tribune” has been censored. Authorities have not provided any explanation for this measure. RSF notes that since the beginning of 1998, there have been six instances of suspensions and seizures by […]

(RSF/IFEX) – According to information released by RSF on 4 May 1998, the arabic edition of the independent weekly “Le Calame” has been censored. Copies of the paper were held in the Ministry of the Interior for a week before it was declared on 30 April that they were not allowed to be sold. The […]

(RSF/IFEX) – According to information released by RSF on 16 April 1998, the 16 April 1998 edition of the Mauritanian weekly, “Actions” was censored without any explanation. The Minister of the Interior refused to turn over the proof of receipt to the editors. On the same day, the weekly “Nouakchott Infos” was seized in connection […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF reports that according to its information, the 12 January 1998 edition of the independent newspaper “Le Calame” has been censored. The copies of the newspapers were held at the Ministry of the Interior. The authorities have not provided any explanation for taking this measure. The seizure of the papers seems to be […]