Committee to Protect Journalists - Guinea-Bissau tag:cpj.org,2008-09-16://1 2012-11-01T20:08:12Z Movable Type 4.38 Guinea-Bissau expels journalist; another flees into hiding tag:cpj.org,2012://1.20624 2012-11-01T19:47:04Z 2012-11-01T20:08:12Z New York, November 1, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Monday's decision by authorities in Guinea-Bissau to expel Portuguese journalist Fernando Teixeira Gomes from the country in connection with his critical coverage of the transitional government.... Committee to Protect Journalists Authorities in Guinea-Bissau have expelled a journalist whose news outlet had covered former prime minister Carlos Gomes Junior, seen here voting in a 2012 election he was favored to win, but lost. (AFP/Issouf Sanogo)

New York, November 1, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Monday's decision by authorities in Guinea-Bissau to expel Portuguese journalist Fernando Teixeira Gomes from the country in connection with his critical coverage of the transitional government.

]]> 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

]]> Radio journalist beaten, detained tag:216.139.245.96,2006:/cases//9.376 2006-06-23T16:00:00Z 2006-06-23T16:00:00Z JUNE 23, 2006 Posted: July 10, 2006 Augusto Queba Barbosa, Bombolom FM ATTACKED, HARASSED Police arrested Barbosa, a reporter for the private radio station Bombolom FM in the southwestern town of Bolama, after he broadcast a report accusing a local police officer of violence against a woman, according to the... Committee to Protect Journalists JUNE 23, 2006
Posted: July 10, 2006

Augusto Queba Barbosa, Bombolom FM
ATTACKED, HARASSED

Police arrested Barbosa, a reporter for the private radio station Bombolom FM in the southwestern town of Bolama, after he broadcast a report accusing a local police officer of violence against a woman, according to the pan-African news agency Panapress and a local source.
]]> Radio station censored tag:216.139.245.96,2006:/cases//9.375 2006-01-11T17:00:00Z 2006-01-11T17:00:00Z December 28, 2005 Radio Kasumai CENSORED Police entered the studios of Radio Kasumai, a community radio station in the northern town of Saõ Domingos, and ordered employees to stop broadcasting. The police also threatened several journalists. According to local journalists, the threats stemmed from a recent program in which callers... Committee to Protect Journalists December 28, 2005

Radio Kasumai
CENSORED

Police entered the studios of Radio Kasumai, a community radio station in the northern town of Saõ Domingos, and ordered employees to stop broadcasting. The police also threatened several journalists. According to local journalists, the threats stemmed from a recent program in which callers complained on-air that police were illegally extorting money from local residents.

]]> Guinea-Bissau tag:216.139.245.96,2003://1.1788 2003-02-25T17:00:00Z 2008-10-02T19:04:01Z Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is alarmed by the government's closure of Radio Bombolom, Guinea-Bissau's main independent news broadcaster, in the latest attempt to silence critical voices ahead of general elections scheduled for April 20. On February 13, police shuttered Radio Bombolom's offices, forcing the broadcaster off... Committee to Protect Journalists Your Excellency,

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is alarmed by the government's closure of Radio Bombolom, Guinea-Bissau's main independent news broadcaster, in the latest attempt to silence critical voices ahead of general elections scheduled for April 20.

On February 13, police shuttered Radio Bombolom's offices, forcing the broadcaster off the air. The Ministry of Information accused the station of "broadcasting false information that could jeopardize national sovereignty and the stability of the country."

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