Chad

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From the Communiqué

24 August 2005

GROWING CRACKDOWN ON INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS

Private newspapers in Chad staged a news blackout last week to draw international attention to what they call a growing crackdown on the independent press and the "creeping dictatorship" of President Idriss Déby, following the jailing of four reporters in the past two months.

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Parliament adopts repressive media law 24 August 2010 Repressive print media bill rejected in parliamentary vote 8 June 2010 Court lifts sanctions against weekly "La Voix" 8 January 2010 Cameroonian newspaper editor abducted 22 December 2009 Former minister sues editor over embezzlement allegations 8 December 2009 Judge orders automatic seizure of newspaper's issues 4 December 2009 Authorities continue to hound new weekly, seek its closure 2 December 2009 Cameroonian journalist expelled 16 October 2009 CPJ urges government to repeal repressive media law 10 June 2008 N'Djamena's privately-owned press starts publishing again for first time since state of emergency proclaimed 28 March 2008 French journalist forced to leave country after authorities "definitively" withdraw her accreditation 20 March 2008 Presidential decree increases jail terms for press offences; IFJ calls for end to media crackdown 4 March 2008 New press law, adopted by decree, increases penalties for offences and obstacles to starting a newspaper 28 February 2008 Au moins trois journaux en grève et le syndicat des radios appelle à suspendre leur programmation en signe de protestation contre l'état d'urgence 25 February 2008 Privately-owned press caught up in proxy war 15 February 2008 Journalists flee to neighbouring countries in wake of failed rebellion; authorities harass and arrest reporters 11 February 2008 Radio director released after three days in prison, station still closed; IFJ calls for authorities to end media repression 25 January 2008 Further arrests follow radio station's closure 18 January 2008 Police raid, shut down N'Djamena radio station and arrest manager 17 January 2008 Editor charged, temporarily released; weekly ordered closed, say police 18 December 2007 Managing editor detained at intelligence headquarters 14 December 2007 French journalists charged with "kidnapping minors" and "fraud" 30 October 2007 Two journalists arrested while covering French association's attempt to fly Darfur orphans to France 29 October 2007 Authorities issue state of emergency, including blanket suppression of media 18 October 2007 Government lifts prior censorship for privately-owned print media 30 May 2007 See all alerts: Chad
 
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