Senegal

2011

  
RTS journalists protest on July 21. (Sud)

Journalists ‘rebel’ at Senegal’s state broadcaster

The Senegalese state-controlled radio and TV Corporation, Radio Télévision Sénégalaise (RTS), is experiencing an internal struggle for editorial freedom as Senegal moves toward a presidential election on February 26, 2012. 

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President Wade protected a protege accused of orchestrating anti-press attacks. (AFP/Filippo Montegorte)

Mission Journal: Politics influence justice in Senegal

Senegalese journalists say justice is not on their side when they are victims of abuse by powerful officials or security forces. I met recently in Dakar with journalists targeted with criminal acts in apparent reprisal for their work. In these two high-profile cases, CPJ has found evidence of political influence on the judiciary.

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Senegalese editor Coulibaly convicted in defamation case

New York, April 14, 2011–A magistrate in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, found investigative journalist Abdou Latif Coulibaly guilty of criminal defamation today in connection with 2010 stories alleging fraudulent transactions between an agricultural business and the government, according to local journalists. Coulibaly is already appealing a suspended prison term in connection with a separate defamation…

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2011