(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 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 authorities have not given any indication why such a measure was taken.
RSF notes that this is the third time “Le Calme” has been banned since the
beginning of the year.
Recommended Action
Send appeals to authorities:
Ministry
of the Interior to arbitrarily censor the press, be repealed
Appeals To
His Excellency Ould Sid Ahmed Taya
President of the Republic
Nouakchott, Mauritania
Fax: +222 2 52636 / 56890
Please copy appeals to the source if possible.
