Il 21 maggio 2010 il Consiglio nazionale della comunicazione (CNC) ha deciso unilateralmente di sospendere per sei mesi la pubblicazione del giornale per oltraggio recidivo al capo di stato. La decisione è avvenuta in seguito alla pubblicazione di un articolo che secondo il CNC conteneva espressioni oltraggiose verso Ali Bongo, capo di stato. Il giornalista [...]
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Il giornalista Jonas Moulenda e Albert Yangari, direttore di pubblicazione e della redazione del giornale l’Union sono stati convocati per la terza volta dalla magistratura in seguito alla querela di Alfred Nguia Banda, che si ritiene diffamato. Quest’ultimo era il direttore generale del Consiglio dei portuali del Gabon (CGC), ente responsabile del traffico marittimo gabonese. [...]
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Reporters Without Borders wrote to President Nicolas Sarkozy on 19 November 2009 on the eve of his meeting in Paris with his visiting Gabonese counterpart, Ali Bongo, asking him to raise the issue of press freedom in their talks. This is the text of the letter: Mr Nicolas Sarkozy President of France Palais de l’Elysée [...]
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Reporters Without Borders today condemned what it called Gabon’s “persistently repressive impulses” after the National Communications Council (CNC) suspensions and final warnings on eight privately-owned publications. Private television channel Canal Espoir was also suspended in the CNC’s clampdown announced at a plenary session on 10 November, when it accused the offending media of “wholesale relaying of [...]
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Reporters Without Borders deplores the climate of fear that the authorities have created among the Gabonese media by arresting Albert Yangari, the well-known editor of the national daily L’Union, for several hours today. “Today’s incident was clearly motivated by the government’s desire to intimidate journalists who dare to investigate sensitive subjects,” Reporters Without Borders said. “L’Union has [...]
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Reporters Without Borders is extremely worried about the impact on the media of a wave of violence and unrest in Gabon that began when the authorities announced earlier today that Ali Bongo, the late president’s son, was the winner of last Sunday’s presidential election. Journalists have been threatened or beaten and the signals of some [...]
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Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns the array of restrictions that the Gabonese authorities have imposed on journalists in the run-up to the 30 August presidential election. Communications minister Laure Olga Gondjout today nonetheless tried to defuse tension and concerns by spelling out the rules for journalists on voting day. The election is to choose a [...]
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