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Alerts - Equatorial Guinea

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Equatorial Guinea

Opposition figure wrongly convicted

Mansogo's prosecution was clearly opportunistic, designed to remove a vocal opponent from the political arena, and not supported by the facts of the incident in question, said Human Rights Watch.

Equatorial Guinea

Press silent on unrest in Mali, Syria

Government censorship extends to coverage of any political unrest abroad.

Equatorial Guinea

Opposition figure held without charge

Human Rights Watch expressed concern that Dr. Wenceslao Mansogo Alo's continued detention could be motivated by his profile as a human rights activist and opposition politician, rather than any credible evidence that he committed a crime.

Equatorial Guinea

Concern about rights violations on eve of Africa Cup

The government cracks down on political opponents, intimidates journalists, and disregards due process, Human Rights Watch and the Committee to Protect Journalists said.

Equatorial Guinea

Concern over politically motivated arrest of opposition member ahead of referendum

The Obiang government has sought to silence those opposed to the upcoming referendum to approve constitutional changes.

Equatorial Guinea

Authorities delete German TV crew's footage

The journalists and their fixer were held for five hours while authorities deleted any footage deemed to show in the country in a bad light, including an interview with an opposition leader and pictures of children playing in slums.

Equatorial Guinea

Journalist suspended over Libya reference

Equatorial Guinea is among a few governments in Sub-Saharan Africa that have imposed a total news blackout on events in North Africa and the Middle East, according to CPJ research.

Equatorial Guinea

Blogger and magazine editor starts hunger strike to protest against lack of freedom

Three days after starting a hunger strike to protest against the regime of Teodoro Obiang Nguema, Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel left the country saying he had been "harassed".

Equatorial Guinea

AFP correspondent held for five hours by police in Malabo

Samuel Obiang Mbana was arrested at Malabo international airport where he had gone to cover arrivals for a summit of CEMAC heads of state.

Equatorial Guinea

President dominates state media election coverage, opposition invisible

In the absence of any independent media, RSF condemns the state-owned media's one-sided coverage of the campaign for the 29 November 2009 presidential election.

Equatorial Guinea

AFP and RFI correspondent released from prison

Nguema was released after a Malabo appeal court found no evidence of wrongdoing on his part.

Equatorial Guinea

AFP and RFI correspondent completes 100 days in jail

RSF reiterates its call for the release of Rodrigo Angue Nguema who has been held in Black Beach prison for 100 days.

Equatorial Guinea

Journalist under arrest

Facing a criminal libel charge over a flawed story, journalist Rodrigo Angüe Nguema was arrested and imprisoned.

Equatorial Guinea

Journalist appears in court on defamation charges

(JED/IFEX) - Rodrigo Angwe, a Malabo-based correspondent for Radio France Internationale (RFI) and Agence France Presse (AFP), was summoned to court on 15 April 2009 on charges of insult, slander and defamation after he alleged that the director general of Equatorial Guinea's national airline, CEIBA Intercontinental, had absconded with 3.5 million FCFA (approx. US$7 million).

Equatorial Guinea

Four journalists from state broadcaster RTVGE dismissed for failing to praise regime's "merits"

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders is dismayed by Deputy Information Minister Purita Opo Barila's arbitrary decision, announced on 19 January 2009, to dismiss four journalists from state radio and TV broadcaster RTVGE for "insubordination" and "lack of enthusiasm."

Equatorial Guinea

Spanish journalists denied visas to enter country to cover elections

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 7 May 2008 IFJ press release:

Equatorial Guinea

Police seize 200 copies of opposition newspaper

(RSF/IFEX) - The authorities do not allow any space for independent news media, RSF said, following the 9 June 2005 seizure of 200 copies "La Verdad", a small political party newspaper and the country's sole opposition publication.

Equatorial Guinea

Journalist prevented from attending press conference at presidential palace

(JED/IFEX) - On 9 March 2004, Rodriguo Angue Nguema, a correspondent for Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Radio France Internationale (RFI) in Equatorial Guinea, was prevented from attending a press conference given by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema at the presidential palace in the capital, Malabo.

Equatorial Guinea

Journalist released from police detention

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 12 November 2003 CPJ press release:

Equatorial Guinea

Journalist imprisoned

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

Equatorial Guinea

Independent press faces daily obstacles in covering opposition figures' trial

Equatorial Guinea

Freedom of expression increasingly stifled

Equatorial Guinea

Press association president detained at airport

Equatorial Guinea

Eight Spanish journalists expelled