Committee to Protect Journalists - Chad tag:cpj.org,2008-09-16://1 2010-07-13T19:03:59Z Movable Type 4.34-en CPJ, African groups call for press freedom commitment tag:cpj.org,2010://1.14886 2010-07-08T15:20:47Z 2010-07-13T19:03:59Z Your Excellencies: As you gather in Paris for festivities that celebrate your nations’ 50 years of independence, we, the undersigned African press freedom advocates petition for your public commitment to a free, vibrant, and self-sustaining press as a cornerstone of the development of francophone Africa in the next five decades. Committee to Protect Journalists Chad expels Cameroonian journalist after Nobel story tag:cpj.org,2009://1.13744 2009-10-16T20:42:13Z 2009-10-16T20:49:50Z Committee to Protect Journalists Ebodé (La Voix du Tchad)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. ]]> Attacks on the Press in 2008: Africa Developments tag:cpj.org,2009://1.10704 2009-02-10T05:53:00Z 2009-04-21T14:21:29Z Committee to Protect Journalists http://cpj.org/ CPJ urges Chad to repeal repressive media law tag:216.139.245.96,2008://1.2212 2008-06-06T16:00:00Z 2008-09-10T19:30:40Z 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. Committee to Protect Journalists June 6, 2008

His Excellency Youssouf Saleh Abbas
Prime Minister of the Republic of Chad
c/o The Embassy of Chad to the United States
2002 R Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20009

Via facsimile: (202) 265-1937

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.

]]> Lone foreign correspondent forced out of Chad tag:216.139.245.96,2008://1.6476 2008-03-21T16:00:00Z 2008-03-21T16:00:00Z 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),... Committee to Protect Journalists 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), French daily Libération and international television news channel France 24, left the capital N'Djamena after authorities notified RFI on Tuesday that her work permit had been pulled, Rolley told CPJ from Paris today.

]]> Chad's media faltering in wake of deadly unrest tag:216.139.245.96,2008://1.2211 2008-03-03T17:00:00Z 2008-09-15T18:46:45Z 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. Committee to Protect Journalists March 3, 2008

President Idriss Deby Itno
President of the Republic of Chad
c/o The Embassy of Chad to the United States
2002 R Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20009

Via facsimile: (202) 265-1937

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 2007: Africa Snapshots tag:cpj.org,2008://1.6721 2008-02-05T16:59:20Z 2009-04-07T17:36:46Z Committee to Protect Journalists Attacks & developments throughout the region]]> Tchad: la police ferme une station de radio tag:216.139.245.96,2007:/cases//9.90 2008-01-17T17:00:00Z 2008-01-17T17:00:00Z 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... Committee to Protect Journalists 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 journalistes locaux et les médias.

]]> Chadian police take radio station off the air tag:216.139.245.96,2008://1.6474 2008-01-17T17:00:00Z 2008-01-17T17:00:00Z 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... Committee to Protect Journalists 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 news reports.

The studios of FM Liberté remained sealed under police guard today and Station Director Djekourninga Kaoutar Lazare was expected to spend a second consecutive night in custody, according to local journalists.

]]> Editor detained, charged over editorial tag:216.139.245.96,2007:/cases//9.89 2007-12-14T17:00:00Z 2007-12-14T17:00:00Z 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.... Committee to Protect Journalists DECEMBER 14, 2007
Posted January 14, 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.

]]> Editor detained, charged over editorial tag:216.139.245.96,2007:/cases//9.168 2007-12-14T17:00:00Z 2007-12-14T17:00:00Z 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.... Committee to Protect Journalists 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.

]]> After several months, Chad lifts a censorship blanket tag:216.139.245.96,2007://1.5863 2007-05-30T04:00:00Z 2007-05-30T04:00:00Z New York, May 30, 2007--Blanket censorship imposed last November on private newspapers and radio stations was lifted this week after a six-month state of emergency, imposed in response to deadly unrest in eastern Chad, expired on Saturday, according to officials and local journalists. Three of the leading private newspapers in... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, May 30, 2007--Blanket censorship imposed last November on private newspapers and radio stations was lifted this week after a six-month state of emergency, imposed in response to deadly unrest in eastern Chad, expired on Saturday, according to officials and local journalists.

Three of the leading private newspapers in the capital N'Djamena, including weeklies Notre Temps, Le Temps and L'Observateur, have appeared this week without prior review by government censors, local journalists told CPJ. In the remote southern town of Moissala, private Radio Brakos resumed broadcasting its daily news program on Tuesday after a hiatus of more than five months, Director Tchanguis Vatankah told CPJ. The station had voluntarily suspended news programs to protest pre-broadcast restrictions on coverage of the conflict in eastern Chad, he said.
]]> In Chad, journalist convicted of defamation tag:216.139.245.96,2007://1.5862 2007-03-16T16:00:00Z 2007-03-16T16:00:00Z New York, March 16, 2007— A court in the capital N’Djamena sentenced on Tuesday a journalist to a six-month suspended prison term and damages on criminal defamation charges over a May 2006 story alleging corruption by a Catholic priest, according to press freedom group Journaliste en Danger (JED) and news... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, March 16, 2007— A court in the capital N’Djamena sentenced on Tuesday a journalist to a six-month suspended prison term and damages on criminal defamation charges over a May 2006 story alleging corruption by a Catholic priest, according to press freedom group Journaliste en Danger (JED) and news reports.

Director Adji Moussa of the satirical bi-monthly Le Mirroir was sentenced to a six-month suspended prison term, a fine of 25,000 CFA francs (US$50) and 500,000 CFA francs (US$1,000) in damages, defense lawyer Sobdibé Zoua told CPJ. Moussa is free pending an appeal, he said.
]]> Attacks on the Press 2006: Africa Snapshots tag:216.139.245.96,2007://1.6796 2007-02-05T16:46:58Z 2009-04-07T18:14:35Z Committee to Protect Journalists Attacks & developments throughout the region

]]> Censorship draws deep concern tag:216.139.245.96,2006://1.2092 2006-12-07T17:00:00Z 2008-09-15T19:46:42Z Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply troubled by your government's censorship of private newspapers and radio stations under rules imposed amid ethnic clashes in November. Committee to Protect Journalists December 7, 2006

His Excellency Idriss Deby Itno
President of the Republic of Chad
B.P. 74 N'Djamena, Tchadc/o The Embassy of Chad to the United States
2002 R Street, NW
Washington DC 20009

Via facsimile: (202) 265-1937

Your Excellency,

The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply troubled by your government's censorship of private newspapers and radio stations under rules imposed amid ethnic clashes in November.
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