New York, October 16, 2009—Chadian authorities summarily
expelled a Cameroonian-born journalist from the country on Wednesday, a day
after he wrote an op-ed in response to a government official’s suggestion that the
Nobel Peace Prize should have been awarded to Chad President Idriss Deby.
Committee to Protect Journalists
Chad
New York, October 16, 2009—Chadian authorities summarily
expelled a Cameroonian-born journalist from the country on Wednesday, a day
after he wrote an op-ed in response to a government official’s suggestion that the
Nobel Peace Prize should have been awarded to Chad President Idriss Deby.
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Dear Mr. Prime Minister, We are heartened by your recent statements in support of a private, independent press, and we now urge you to further your commitment by pushing for the repeal of Presidential Decree 5.
New York, March 21, 2008--The Chadian government effectively forced the country's only permanent foreign correspondent to leave the country on Thursday after withdrawing her work permit without explanation, according to news reports. Sonia Rolley, a journalist reporting for several France-based media outlets, including Radio France Internationale (RFI), Agence France-Presse (AFP),...
Dear Mr. President, We are writing to express our alarm about the increasing restrictions against Chad's once-vibrant independent media, particularly following the deadly rebel assault on the capital, N'djamena, in early February.
Attacks on the Press
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Attacks & developments throughout the region...
New York, 17 janvier 2008--La police de la capitale tchadienne, N'djamena, a fermé mercredi par la force une station de radio et a arrêté son directeur sur des allégations de diffamation, suite à la diffusion d'un communiqué de presse d'une association qui milite pour la défense des consommateurs, selon les...
New York, January 17, 2008—Police in the Chadian capital, N'djamena, forced a radio station launched by local human rights activists off the air on Wednesday and detained its director on allegations of defamation over the broadcast of a press release by a consumer advocacy group, according to local journalists and...
DECEMBER 14, 2007 Posted January 10, 2008 Nadjikimo Bénoudjita Notre Temps IMPRISONED, LEGAL Armed policemen on board four pick-up vehicles arrested Bénoudjita, the director of the private weekly Notre Temps, at his home office in the capital, N'Djamena, shortly after 5 a.m., according to local journalists and news reports....
DECEMBER 14, 2007 Posted January 14, 2008 Nadjikimo Bénoudjita, Notre TempsIMPRISONED, LEGAL Armed policemen on board four pick-up vehicles arrested Bénoudjita, the director of the private weekly Notre Temps, at his home office in the capital, N'Djamena, shortly after 5 a.m., according to local journalists and news reports....
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