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DonateSilence reigned supreme in Eritrea, where the entire independent press was under a government ban and 11 journalists languished in jail at year's end. Clamorous, deadly power struggles raged in Zimbabwe over land and access to information, and in Burundi over ethnicity and control of state resources. South Africa, Senegal, and Benin remained relatively liberal from a press freedom perspective, while corruption and fear pervaded newsrooms in Mozambique and Togo.
Committee to Protect Journalists
Comoros
2002
Attacks on the Press
| Botswana, Burundi, Central African Republic, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Mediators from the Organization of African Unity (OAU) tried to broker a peace plan for the three-island Islamic republic starting in January, after members of the self-styled parliament of the breakaway island of Anjouan asked Colonel Said Abeid, the island's military leader, to relinquish power.
Anxious to prevent bloodletting, OAU mediators brokered a unity agreement that military rulers and politicians signed on February 17. The signatories agreed to draft a new constitution that would include the rights to free speech and freedom of the press.
Attacks on the Press
| Algeria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Burma, Canada, China, Comoros, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kuwait, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Rwanda, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Vietnam
There were 118 journalists in prison around the world at the end of 2001 who were jailed for practicing their profession. The number is up significantly from the previous year, when 81 journalists were in jail, and represents a return to the level of 1998, when 118 were also imprisoned.
March 25, 2002
His Excellency Col. Azali Assoumani
President of the Federal and Islamic Republic of the Comoros
c/o the Mission of the Federal and Islamic Republic
of the Comoros to the United Nations
New York, NY 10022
Fax: 212-983-4712
Your Excellency:
His Excellency Col. Azali Assoumani
President of the Federal and Islamic Republic of the Comoros
c/o the Mission of the Federal and Islamic Republic
of the Comoros to the United Nations
New York, NY 10022
Fax: 212-983-4712
Your Excellency:
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