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Alerts - Chad

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Chad

Parliament adopts repressive media law

"Prison sentences for journalists have not disappeared. They have been eliminated in one place but reappeared in another," RSF said.

Chad

Repressive print media bill rejected in parliamentary vote

"The adoption of a new press law is overdue because Chad's journalists have been operating for more than two years under a very repressive decree issued in exceptional circumstances," RSF said.

Chad

Court lifts sanctions against weekly "La Voix"

A court has found the weekly "La Voix" not guilty of charges against it and lifted an order for seizure of all copies of the paper.

Chad

Cameroonian newspaper editor abducted

Innocent Ebodé, the editor of the N'Djamena-based weekly "La Voix", was kidnapped from his home in N'Djamena on 20 December 2009.

Chad

Former minister sues editor over embezzlement allegations

The minister was fired a few days after an article in "N'Djamena Bi Hebdo" implicated him in the affair.

Chad

Judge orders automatic seizure of newspaper's issues

The court could not legally order the newspaper's closure so it issued the automatic seizure order because the effect would be the same.

Chad

Authorities continue to hound new weekly, seek its closure

"After deporting 'La Voix''s editor and putting strong pressure on its shareholders for more than six weeks, the authorities are now trying to obtain the newspaper's closure," said RSF.

Chad

Cameroonian journalist expelled

"I think that above all our articles anger the authorities and they want to deprive the newspaper of my leadership," says editor Innocent Ebodé.

Chad

CPJ urges government to repeal repressive media law

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 6 June 2008 CPJ letter to Chadian Prime Minister Youssouf Saleh Abbas:

Chad

N'Djamena's privately-owned press starts publishing again for first time since state of emergency proclaimed

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders provided financial support for the publication in N'Djamena, on 28 March 2008, of a "newspaper of newspapers," a single issue combining most of the independent Chadian weeklies that have not appeared since a state of emergency was proclaimed on 15 February. It calls for the repeal of a press law imposed by decree on 20 February.

Chad

French journalist forced to leave country after authorities "definitively" withdraw her accreditation

(JED/IFEX) - The following is an abridged version of a JED press release:

Chad

Presidential decree increases jail terms for press offences; IFJ calls for end to media crackdown

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 3 March 2008 IFJ media release:

Chad

New press law, adopted by decree, increases penalties for offences and obstacles to starting a newspaper

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders condemns the Chadian government's adoption of a new press law by decree on 20 February 2008. Instead of abolishing prison sentences for press offences, it makes them much longer, and it makes it harder to launch a newspaper.

Chad

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

(RSF/IFEX) - Après une semaine d'état d'urgence, instauré le 15 février 2008, Reporters sans frontières constate le bilan désastreux des mesures prises par le gouvernement et leurs conséquences dramatiques pour la presse indépendante. Comité de censure des médias, grève des journaux privés, suspension de certains programmes radiophoniques sur des stations privées, propos agressifs du ministre de la Communication envers la presse indépendante: même après le retrait des rebelles de la capitale N'Djamena, la répression gouvernementale continue de sévir.

Sudan / Chad

Privately-owned press caught up in proxy war

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has condemned harassment and censorship of the privately-owned press by the governments of Chad and Sudan after rebels, which N'Djamena accuses of being in the pay of Khartoum, launched an offensive against the Chadian capital.

Chad

Journalists flee to neighbouring countries in wake of failed rebellion; authorities harass and arrest reporters

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders is very concerned by attempts to arrest several journalists in N'Djamena in the wake of an abortive military assault on the capital by a rebel coalition at the start of February 2008.

Chad

Radio director released after three days in prison, station still closed; IFJ calls for authorities to end media repression

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 21 January 2008 IFJ media release:

Chad

Further arrests follow radio station's closure

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 17 January 2008 CPJ press release:

Chad

Police raid, shut down N'Djamena radio station and arrest manager

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders calls on the Chadian authorities to explain why the police raided privately-owned radio FM Liberté in N'Djamena, on 16 January 2008, closed it down and arrested its manager, Djekourninga Kaoutar Lazar.

Chad

Editor charged, temporarily released; weekly ordered closed, say police

(RSF/IFEX) - The following is an abridged version of a 17 December 2007 RSF press release:

Chad

Managing editor detained at intelligence headquarters

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has called for an explanation from the Chadian authorities for the dawn arrest and detention of Nadjikimo Benoudjita, managing editor of the privately-owned weekly "Notre Temps".

Chad

French journalists charged with "kidnapping minors" and "fraud"

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has voiced disappointment and dismay on learning that French photo-reporters Marc Garmirian of the Capa news agency and Jean-Daniel Guillou of the Synchro X agency were formally charged, on 29 October 2007, in the eastern city of Abéché with "kidnapping minors" and "fraud" along with members of Arche de Zoé (Zoé's Ark), the French charity whose activities they were covering.

Chad

Two journalists arrested while covering French association's attempt to fly Darfur orphans to France

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has called for the unconditional release of reporter Marc Garmirian of the Capa news agency and photographer Jean-Daniel Guillou of the Synchro X agency, who have been held since 25 October 2007 in the eastern town of Abéché with members of the French association Arche de Zoé (Zoé's Ark) following an abortive attempt to evacuate African children to France. Garmirian and Guillou were just covering this controversial operation as journalists.

Chad

Authorities issue state of emergency, including blanket suppression of media

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 16 October 2007 CPJ press release:

Chad

Government lifts prior censorship for privately-owned print media

(RSF/IFEX) - On 30 May 2007, Reporters Without Borders was told by the Chadian government that the country's newspapers can again be published without having to obtain prior approval for each issue from a censorship committee that was set up under a state of emergency in November 2006.

Chad

Journalist convicted of defamation

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 16 March 2007 CPJ press release:

Chad

Community radio journalist held by gendarmes in southern town

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has called for the release of journalist and human rights activist Marcel Ngargoto, who has been held by gendarmes in the southern town of Moissala since 31 January 2007. Ngargoto works for Radio Brakoss, a Moissala-based community radio. He is also secretary-general of the organisation Human Rights Without Borders (DHSF).

Chad

CPJ urges government to lift media censorship as private newspapers and radio stations hold news blackouts in protest

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 7 December 2006 CPJ letter to Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno:

Chad

National Assembly votes to extend state of emergency for six months, entrenching prior censorship of the press

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has voiced dismay over the decision by the Chadian National Assembly to extend a 10-day-old state of emergency for six months, thereby maintaining prior censorship of the print media and permanent monitoring of independent radio stations.

Chad

Several N'Djamena newspapers suspend publication in face of censorship pressures

(RSF/IFEX) - RSF has called on Chadian members of Parliament to take the necessary steps to ensure the N'Djamena press may continue to publish without restrictions, as they did before the a state of emergency was declared on 13 November 2006. Residents of the nation's capital now have only one source to turn to for their written news, the pro-government "Le Progrès", following the decision of bi-weekly "N'Djamena Bi-hebdo" and weekly "Le Temps" to suspend publication until the state of emergency's initial period is over.

Chad

Communications Ministry begins implementing prior censorship after declaration of state of emergency

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has condemned the "archaic censorship" being implemented by the communications ministry and reiterated its call for the government of Chad to lift the draconian curbs on press freedom that are part of a state of emergency decreed on 13 November 2006.

Chad

Government announces state of emergency, censorship of private newspapers and radio stations

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has condemned the imposition of prior censorship on the print media and a ban on sensitive issues on private radio stations under a state of emergency in the capital, N'Djamena, and six of the country's regions, which the government decreed on 14 November 2006 in response to the serious intercommunal violence of the past few weeks.

Chad

Police hold journalist in custody for reporting on child soldiers in conflict zones

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has called for the release of journalist Evariste Ngaralbaye, of the privately-owned weekly "Notre Temps", who has been detained by the national gendarmerie since 27 October 2006.

Chad

Le journaliste Tchanguiz Vatankhah libéré après 20 jours de détention

(JED/IFEX) - Tchanguiz Vatankhah, président de l'URPT (Union des Radios privées du Tchad), a été libéré, vendredi 19 mai 2006, vers 15h00 (heure locale), après 20 jours de détention aux Services Généraux des Renseignements, à N'djamena, capitale du Tchad.

Chad

Journalist Tchanguiz Vatankhah released after 20 days in detention

(JED/IFEX) - The president of the Chad Union of Privately-Owned Radio Stations (URPT), Tchanguiz Vatankhah, was released on 19 May 2006 at approximately 3:00 p.m. (local time), after 20 days in detention at the police headquarters (Services Généraux des Renseignements) in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad.

Chad

RSF concerned about detained radio journalist on hunger strike for more than two weeks

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has issued an urgent appeal for the release of Tchanguiz Vatankhah, the director of Radio Brakoss and president of the Chad Union of Privately-Owned Radio Stations (URPT), whose state of health has deteriorated markedly, according to a human rights activist who has seen him in detention.

Chad

Detained radio journalist refuses to eat until he is allowed to see his lawyer

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has called for the immediate release of detained radio journalist Tchanguiz Vatankhah, the president of the Chad Union of Privately-Owned Radio Stations (URPT), who has been on hunger strike since early May 2006 to demand access to his lawyer, according to a local human rights group.

Chad

Community radio station threatened with closure after repeated attacks

(RSF/IFEX) - The following is an abridged version of an RSF alert:

Chad

Radio director arrested, held incommunicado on eve of elections

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 1 May 2006 CPJ press release:

Chad

BBC correspondent beaten and questioned by soldiers; special envoy from Radio FM Liberté in Mongo found safe and sound

(RSF/IFEX) - The following is an abridged version of an RSF press release:

Chad

Rebels capture radio reporter in the central city of Mongo

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has voiced concern about the fate of FM Liberté reporter Eliakim Vanambyl, who was captured by rebels of the United Front for Change (FUC) when they took the central city of Mongo on 11 April 2006. There has been no word of him since then.

Chad

Radio director freed but faces expulsion from country

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 30 November 2005 CPJ press release:

Chad

Radio director arrested, threatened with expulsion; three journalists released

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 26 September 2005 CPJ press release:

Chad

Journalist granted provisional release; three others remain jailed

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is an 8 September 2005 CPJ press release:

Chad

CPJ speaks with jailed journalist

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 1 September 2005 CPJ press release:

Chad

Radio station allowed to resume broadcasting after three month suspension

(JED/IFEX) - On 23 August 2005, Moussa Mahamat Dago, president of the High Council of Communication (Haut conseil de la communication, HCC), the body that regulates Chad's media, authorised the resumption of broadcasts by Radio Brakoss, a community station based in Moïssala, a village about 700 km from the capital, N'Djamena.

Chad

Court hands down second prison term to jailed journalist

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 15 August 2005 CPJ press release:

Chad

Journalist sentenced to 12 months' prison

(JED/IFEX) - On 15 August 2005, a N'Djamena court sentenced Sy Koumbo Singa Gali, publication director for the independent "L'Observateur", to 12 months' prison without parole and a 100,000 CFCA fine (approx. US$188;152 euros) in relation to an interview the paper had earlier published with another jailed "Observateur" journalist, Garonde Djarma. Koumbo was immediately taken into custody at the N'Djamena detention centre, where she will join three other journalists jailed in the past month and facing heavy sentences.

Chad

Journalist sentenced to six months in prison; a second facing legal action

(RSF/IFEX) - RSF strongly condemns the continued harassment of independent journalists in Chad, after a six-month prison sentence was handed down to "Le Temps" director Michaël Didama on 8 August 2005. Sy Koumbo Singa Gali, publication director for the independent "L'Observateur", also faces legal action in a separate case.

Chad

Two journalists imprisoned for articles critical of the president

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is an 18 July 2005 CPJ press release:

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