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Articles - Central African Republic

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Central African Republic

LE PARLEMENT DÉPÉNALISE LES DÉLITS DE PRESSE

Central African Republic

PARLAMENTO DESPENALIZA DELITOS DE PRENSA

Central African Republic

PARLIAMENT DECRIMINALISES PRESS OFFENCES

Journalists in the Central African Republic (CAR) can no longer be jailed for press offences, following the passing of a new law that decriminalises defamation and the publication of "false news," says Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF).

Central African Republic

UN AVANT-PROJET DE LOI ABOLIT LA DIFFAMATION PÉNALE

Central African Republic

PROYECTO DE LEY PROPONE ABOLICIÓN DE DIFAMACIÓN PENAL

Central African Republic

DRAFT LAW SCRAPS CRIMINAL DEFAMATION

Authorities in the Central African Republic (CAR) have drafted a law that removes criminal defamation provisions from the country's penal code, following calls by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) urging President François Bozizé to uphold his commitment to press freedom.

Central African Republic

CPJ SEÑALA CONDICIONES DE LA LIBERTAD DE PRENSA

Central African Republic

LE CPJ ATTIRE L'ATTENTION SUR LA SITUATION DE LA LIBERTÉ DE LA PRESSE

Central African Republic

CPJ CALLS ATTENTION TO PRESS FREEDOM CONDITIONS

As the government of the Central African Republic engages in a "National Dialogue" on reconciliation following years of civil war and ethnic division, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has raised concerns over press freedom conditions in the country.

Central African Republic

MEDIOS ATACADOS

Central African Republic

LES MÉDIAS DANS LA LIGNE DE MIRE DE L?ÉTAT

Central African Republic

MEDIA UNDER FIRE

Journalists in the Central African Republic are facing a trend of deteriorating press freedom standards, states the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on the occasion of the country's 40th anniversary of its independence. The trend is characterised by prosecution of journalists who report on "sensitive matters relating to the presidency." True to threats made by President Ange Felix Patasse late last year, several journalists have since been arrested and/or illegally detained on a number of allegations, including "insulting" or "defaming" the head of state, and "incitement to hatred," report CPJ and Reporters sans frontières (RSF).