Soldiers attack radio journalist, halt protest
Gilles Gbabga, a reporter for Radio Metropolys, is reported to have been violently assaulted on 15 July 2009 by military personnel.
Media regulatory body lifts ban on phone-ins
(MFWA/IFEX) – On 23 April 2009, the High Authority for Audiovisual Broadcasting and Communication (HAAC), Togo’s media regulatory body, lifted a ban it imposed on the country’s electronic media preventing them from allowing telephone calls into station programmes. The ban was lifted after a meeting of the Minister of Communication and Culture, Oulegoh Keyewa, the […]
Broadcast media forbidden to let public express views on the air
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders condemns an order issued by the High Council for Broadcasting and Communication (HAAC) on 17 April 2009 banning all radio and TV programmes in which the public is allowed to express its views. The ban, prompted by comments made on the air about the president’s brother’s arrest on 15 April, […]
Newspaper editor Lucien Djossou Messan arrested on orders of ministry official
(MFWA/IFEX) – On 23 March 2009, Lucien Djossou Messan, managing editor of the privately owned newspaper “Le Combact du Peuple”, was arrested and detained at the headquarters of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in Lome, the capital of Togo. A Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) correspondent reported that the arrest and subsequent detention of […]
Freedom of the Press 2007: Togo
Freedom of the Press 2007: Togo
Journalist “definitively suspended” from radio station for critical reporting
(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is a 25 February 2008 IFJ media release: IFJ Says Media Regulator Should End Suspension of Togolese Journalist The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called on the media regulatory body of Togo to end the suspension of journalist Daniel Lawson-Drakey and overturn the ban on his columns, saying that the […]
Three newspapers summarily suspended
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 31 August 2007 CPJ letter to Phillipe Evegno, president of Togo’s media regulatory body: August 31, 2007 Phillipe Evegno President High Authority for Audiovisual and Communication Lomé, Togo B.P. 8697 Via fax: +228-250-1678 Dear Mr. Evegno, We are concerned by a growing trend by the High Authority for Audiovisual […]
Translator for Human Rights Watch contractor missing after responding to military intelligence summons
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: Syria: Make Missing Translator’s Fate Public Man Missing One Month After Responding to Military Intelligence Summons (New York, August 31, 2007) – The Syrian authorities should reveal the fate of Ali al-Barazi, a translator who has been missing for the past month after being […]
CPJ mourns death of pioneering female journalist
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 4 June 2007 CPJ press release TOGO: CPJ mourns death of pioneering female journalist New York, June 4, 2007 – The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following statement today in response to the death in a helicopter crash on Sunday of journalist Olive Messan Amouzou, the first woman […]
Suspended radio station resumes broadcast
(MFWA/IFEX) – Radio Victoire, a privately-owned FM station in Lomé, that was suspended for 15 days by the media regulator, Haute Autorité de l’Audiovisuel de la Communication (HAAC), on 24 January 2007, resumed operations after serving the full term of the suspension. On 9 January, HAAC suspended the radio station for an alleged professional misconduct. […]
Radio station suspended for 15 days for alleged misconduct
(MFWA/IFEX) – On 9 January 2007, Radio Victoire, a privately-owned FM radio station in Lome, was suspended for 15 days by the media regulator Haute Autorité de l’Audiovisuel de la Communication (HAAC) for alleged unprofessional conduct. The radio station is scheduled to resume broadcasting on 23 January. According to HAAC, the station “chose not to […]
Journalist assaulted by president’s brothers
(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: IFJ Condemns Attack on Journalist by Brothers of Togo’s President The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the attack on Yves Kpeto, a journalist for private radio station Nana Fm, who was beaten by brothers of the President of the Republic of Togo on accusations […]
Radio journalists harassed by military
(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is a 27 September 2006 IFJ media release: IFJ Condemns Harassment of Journalists by Military in Togo The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the harassment of radio journalists by the military after they broadcast press releases asking the Togolese Football Federation (FTF) to reschedule the start of the national […]
Defamation complaint filed against newspaper
(MFWA/IFEX) – “Le Changement”, an independent weekly newspaper, was on 14 July 2006 sued by SE2M, a subsidiary of Pogosa, a multinational stevedoring group, at Grade I Magistrate Court in Lome, on three counts of allegedly publishing false information, defamation and insulting the company. According to a Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)-Togo source, SE2M […]
Opposition weekly editor badly beaten
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has voiced concern about a physical attack on Jean-Baptiste Dzilan (also known as Dimas Dzikodo), managing editor of the opposition weekly “Forum de la Semaine”, who was badly beaten by unidentified individuals on the night of 9 October 2005 in Lomé. “The Togolese police should be alarmed that a newspaper […]
Religious television station allowed to resume broadcasts
(MFWA/IFEX) – On 27 August 2005, the religious television station TV Zion was allowed to resume its broadcasts after its suspension was lifted. The station had been suspended by Togo’s High Authority for Broadcasting and Communication (HAAC) for 15 days. The HAAC’s decision to suspend TV Zion’s broadcasting licence followed the failure of Luc Kodjo […]