Third journalist handed criminal libel sentence in a week
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 22 May 2008 CPJ press release: Third Senegalese journalist handed criminal libel sentence in a week New York, May 22, 2008 – The Committee to Protect Journalists today reiterated a call to Senegalese authorities to end a pattern of criminal defamation prosecutions against the press after a court in […]
Two journalists convicted of criminal defamation
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 15 May 2008 press release: CPJ condemns criminal defamation convictions in Senegal New York, May 15, 2008 – The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns criminal defamation convictions handed to two Senegalese journalists on Tuesday. The two were convicted for reporting on the contents of an anonymous letter critical of […]
Several more journalists attacked, equipment destroyed by police following demonstration coverage
(MFWA/IFEX) – On 30 March 2008, a group of journalists covering a demonstration sparked off by the sharp increase in prices of goods and services across Senegal were physically attacked by the Mobile Intervention Group (GMI) of the Senegalese police force. Ousmane Mangane, a journalist working for “Walf Fadjri”, a privately-owned daily newspaper based in […]
Police assault reporter, raid TV station, confiscate footage coverage of protest
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: In Senegal, police hinder station’s coverage of violent protests New York, March 31, 2008 – Police in the Senegalese capital of Dakar assaulted a reporter who was covering a violent anti-government protest on Sunday, according to local journalists and news reports. They later raided the reporter’s […]
Exiled Gambian journalist escapes kidnapping attempt in Senegal
(MFWA/IFEX) – On 10 March 2008, Yahya Dampha, a Gambian journalist who is in exile in Senegal, escaped a kidnapping attempt by suspected agents of the notorious National Intelligence Agency (NIA) of The Gambia. Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) sources reported that at about 12:00 p.m. (local time), three plain-clothed agents of the NIA […]
Freedom of the Press 2007: Senegal
Freedom of the Press 2007: Senegal
Government official sends threatening note to journalist
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 4 December 2007 CPJ press release: Senegalese government official sends threatening note to journalist New York, December 4, 2007 – A Senegalese government official threatened a reporter with unspecified harm on Monday in response to a story implicating him in an alleged corruption scandal, according to news reports and […]
Authorities release four journalists
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders welcomes the release on 9 November 2007 of all of the four journalists imprisoned in Senegal – Moussa Guèye, the editor of the privately-owned daily “L’Exclusif”, Pape Moussa Doukar, one of his employees, Pape Moussa Gaye, the editor of the privately-owned daily “Le Courrier du Jour”, and El Malick Seck, […]
Journalist arrested for allegedly offending president; another faces defamation charges after publishing book accusing national lottery employees of embezzlement
(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is a 7 November 2007 IFJ media release: IFJ Condemns Wave of Arrests of Senegalese Journalists The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called on the government of Senegal to put an end to the “oppression” of journalists after the arrest of an editor this morning. This is the fourth arrest […]
Third journalist arrested in a month as government sets police on its press critics
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has called for the immediate release of Pape Amadou Gaye, the publisher of the privately-owned daily “Le Courrier du Jour”, and said it would like an explanation for a sudden wave of arrests of journalists for “insulting the president.” Detained by plain-clothes police on 1 November 2007, Gaye was charged […]
Journalist jailed, another in hiding
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 15 October 2007 CPJ press release: Senegalese journalist jailed, another in hiding New York, October 15, 2007 – A story describing purported late-night outings involving President Abdoulaye Wade led authorities in the capital, Dakar, to arrest a journalist last week, according to local journalists and news reports. A reporter […]
Police abduct, beat newspaper editor, seek journalist over article about president
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF condemns the kidnapping of Moussa Gueye, the editor of the privately-owned daily “L’Exclusif”, who was arrested, beaten and taken off to an unknown location by plain-clothes police on 8 October 2007 after being lured into a trap. His abduction came just hours after he published a story headlined “President’s nighttime escapade.” “Such […]
Newsroom records threat to journalist made by minister
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 9 August 2007 CPJ press release: Senegalese newsroom records threat by minister New York, August 9, 2007 – A Senegalese government official accused of lying about his educational degree threatened reporters with violence this week, according to news reports and local journalists. Transport Minister Farba Senghor threatened over a […]
CPJ condemns ruling party official’s alleged threats to staff of private radio station
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 20 April 2007 CPJ press release: In Senegal, ruling party official said to threaten radio staff New York, April 20, 2007 – Critical comments made during a radio call-in program Wednesday led a ruling party politician and his supporters to threaten staffers at a private radio station in the […]
Armed ruling party politician bursts into radio station, threatens to kill staff
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has called on the police and judicial authorities to take action against Moustapha Cissé Lô, a politician who burst into the studios of Radio Disso FM on 18 April 2007, accompanied by his henchmen, and threatened to kill the station’s staff because his inclusion on the ruling party’s parliamentary candidate […]
Journalist sentenced to prison for defamation
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is an 18 April 2007 CPJ press release: In Senegal, journalist sentenced to prison New York, April 18, 2007 – A court in the capital, Dakar, handed a prison sentence and heavy damages against a tabloid director on criminal defamation charges over a story trumpeting an alleged high-profile corruption scandal, according […]