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Alerts - Guinea

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Guinea

Journalist violently assaulted by gendarmes

MFWA is concerned that despite the progress in respect for media rights following the return to civilian rule after decades of dictatorship, journalists are attacked with impunity by state security agents.

Guinea

Police pursue publisher over article critical of President Condé

Since the publication of the article, the police have been looking for El Hadj Thierno Mamadou Bah, who felt compelled to go into hiding.

Guinea

Freelance journalist freed

El Bechir Diallo was picked up at a cyber café on August 11 and held incommunicado at a military camp in Conakry for more than 48 hours in connection with an assassination attempt on President Alpha Condé in July.

Guinea

Freelance journalist held incommunicado in military camp

El Bechir Diallo was abducted on the morning of 11 August 2011 by officials of the Criminal Investigations Department of the national police for unknown reasons.

Guinea

Communications council lifts ban on coverage of rocket attack on president's residence

Censorship of the press by the government threatens the democratic strides made by Guinea in recent months, says CPJ.

Guinea

Regulatory body gags media

For many Guineans, the National Communications Council's recent directives to media are merely an attempt to hide the truth behind a recent attack on the president's residence.

Guinea

Offices of "Le Défi" newspaper attacked and ransacked

The attack is believed to be a reprisal after armed men attacked the residence of President Condé on 18 July.

Guinea

Newspaper suspended for criticising the country's ombudsman

"Le Défi" had condemned General Facinet Touré and demanded his removal from the position of ombudsman over his alleged recent divisive statements against the Peulh ethnic group.

Guinea

Three journalists suspended for their alleged support of opposition party

Ibrahima Ahmed Barry, Louise Sanoussi, and Ciré Dieng, all journalists with the state-owned broadcaster RTG, were suspended indefinitely for allegedly having sympathies for the Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea.

Guinea

Soldiers raid newspaper office, threaten publisher; presidential security officers assault TV journalist, destroy equipment

The raid on "L'Indépendant-le Démocrate" followed the publication of an article in which the paper alleged that President Condé had doubled the soldiers' salaries.

Guinea

Media regulatory body slams state media over unfair coverage of opposition parties

The National Communications Council reminded the state-owned media that "access by political parties, trade unions, NGOs and ordinary citizens to all public media is an inalienable right (. . .)"

Guinea

Local authorities shut down radio station, arrest two journalists

The closure of Liberté FM followed the broadcast of a political programme that was deemed undermining to the constitutional government of newly sworn-in President Alpha Conde.

Guinea

News media prevented from working because of post-election violence

Most journalists in the capital have been staying indoors for fear of being targeted in a wave of post-election violence.

Guinea

Online journalist held incommunicado, violently assaulted

Thierno Souleymane Diallo was violently assaulted and detained by members of the red berets after he photographed their brutal assault on a taxi driver in Conakry.

Guinea

Radio journalist stabbed by armed men

"Mansaré was probably a victim of an action carried out by persons hostile to his reports; it is a possible settling of scores," according to a colleague.

Guinea

Authorities promulgate two new progressive media laws

One media law decriminalises press offences and the other creates a new media regulatory body.

Guinea

Newspaper intern arrested and detained at military prison

Mohamed Fofana was arrested while covering the bankruptcy of Soguitrans, the national transport company.

Guinea

Journalist held incommunicado, released and declared persona non grata

Emmanuel Toumani Camara's arrest followed an article he wrote about EU-funded renovations at the governor's office.

Guinea

Free or charge rights defender, Human Rights Watch urges

Mouctar Diallo was detained for having given an interview to Voice of America radio the day after the 28 September massacre in Conakry.

Guinea

Independent press group threatened by military

RSF learned from a source within the military government that the Lynx-Lance press group and some of its journalists could be the target of a military operation.

Guinea

Journalist assaulted by army officer in front of other soldiers

MFWA is deeply concerned about the impunity with which military officers have been harassing citizens, particularly journalists, in Guinea.

Guinea

Ruling party supporters turn on journalist

"You have come to spy on us. You have infiltrated our ranks. You will be punished!" one female supporter yelled on realising that Bah was a reporter.

Guinea

Radio stations practising self-censorship to prevent attacks

"Private radio stations are being intimidated and threatened on a daily basis, so we do not want to take risks," said one media worker.

Guinea

Military authorities bar foreign journalists

The latest development coincides with the arrival of the UN assistant secretary-general in Conakry to conduct a probe into last month's massacre of opposition demonstrators.

Guinea

Soldiers target journalists as crisis continues

Ten days after Red Berets violently dispersed an opposition protest, RSF warns that the climate for the press has become extremely menacing.

Guinea

Presidential guards threaten journalists

One outraged Red Beret threatened, "You will all die and the whole world is going to talk about the Guinean media."

Guinea

Two reporters go into hiding after security forces attack demonstrators

Friends warned the two men that soldiers were after them for "betraying" the military to the international community.

Guinea

Media regulator censors private radio stations

The National Communications Council has suspended all political programmes and phone-ins in all languages on privately-owned radio stations.

Guinea

Criticism of coup government leads to crackdown on dissenters, demonstrators

Guinea's coup government was urged to respect the rights of demonstrators and end intimidation and threats against dissenters.

Guinea

Detained editor released without charge

Editor Tiegboro Camara, who was reportedly detained on the orders of Major Moussa Tiegbro, was released unconditionally.

Guinea

Editor arrested, detained incommunicado

Editor Amara Camara was reportedly picked up by military personnel and is being held at Alpha Yaya camp, the seat of the military junta.

Guinea

Journalist and his family held incommunicado

Moise Sidibe, a reporter with "L'Indépendant", a privately-owned weekly newspaper, was picked up by the military, together with three of his family members, on 27 May 2009. They are in detention at the Alpha Yaya camp in Conakry, the capital of Guinea.

Guinea

TV journalist Fana Soumah suspended indefinitely for allegedly "broadcasting false information"

(MFWA/IFEX) - On 5 April 2009, the management of the state-owned Radio Television Guinéenne (RTG) suspended newscaster Fana Soumah, for allegedly "broadcasting false information".

Guinea

Journalist Saa Momori Koundouno brutalised, briefly detained while covering clash between soldiers and youth group

(MFWA/IFEX) - On 12 March 2009, Saa Momori Koundouno, a reporter with Radio Djigui, a privately-owned Conakry-based radio station, was violently assaulted and briefly detained by soldiers of the Red Berets Unit from Camp Yaya Diallo, the headquarters of the military government.

Guinea

Radio journalists Ibrahima Sadio Bah, Amadou Diouldé Diallo suspended indefinitely for "violating the station's editorial policy"

(MFWA/IFEX) - On 10 February 2009, Ibrahima Sadio Bah and Amadou Diouldé Diallo, two senior sports journalists of the state-owned Radio Télévision Guinéenne (RTG) were suspended indefinitely by the RTG's management for allegedly violating the station's editorial policy.

Guinea

Cameraman detained briefly, his film destroyed

(MFWA/IFEX) - On 29 December 2008, freelance cameraman Alpha Bah was arrested and detained briefly at Alpha Yaya Diallo Camp in Conakry by a member of the ruling National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) for allegedly working against the interests of the regime.

Guinea

Managing editor of paper, general administrator of media group arrested; two newspaper vendors harassed by military officer

(MFWA/IFEX) - On 18 December 2008, Thiernodjo Dayedio Diallo, managing editor of "La Verité", was arrested and detained at the headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the police in Guinea.

Guinea

Radio station suspended indefinitely

(MFWA/IFEX) - The National Communications Council (CNC), the media regulatory body in Guinea, on 4 November 2008 ordered the management of Familia FM, a community radio station in Conakry, to cease transmission for allegedly broadcasting information that the CNC claimed could "disturb the public peace" of the country.

Guinea

Security forces open fire on protesters, killing at least four

(HRW/IFEX) - The following is a Human Rights Watch press release:

Guinea

Journalist briefly detained for covering police interrogation

(MFWA/IFEX) - On 24 September 2008, Traoré Facely, a reporter for Familia FM, a privately-owned radio station, was arrested and briefly held in the custody of the Conakry division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Guinean police.

Guinea

Newspaper suspended for three months for criticising minister, journalists prohibited from working for other media outlets

(MFWA/IFEX) - On 15 September 2008, the National Communications Council (CNC), the media regulatory body in Guinea, suspended "La Vérité", a Conakry-based weekly newspaper, for three months for allegedly using "offensive language" that the CNC said could "undermine the honour and dignity" of the public.

Guinea

Journalist violently assaulted by member of presidential guard

(MFWA/IFEX) - Lansana Babara Camara, a reporter of "La Guinée Actuelle", a privately-owned newspaper, was violently assaulted on 24 August 2008 by a member of the Autonomous Presidential Security Battalion (BASP), the presidential guard of Guinean President Lansana Conté, in Kindia, a suburb of Conakry, the capital.

Guinea

Public affairs radio programme host attacked following death threats

(MFWA/IFEX) - On 13 August 2008, Kaleb Kolié, the director of the information on Familia FM, a privately-owned Conakry-based radio station, was attacked by four unidentified assailants, allegedly for criticising the wrongs of Guinean society. Prior to the attack, the journalist had received several death threats on his mobile phone, warning him to discontinue his programme "if (he does not) want to die".

Guinea

Newspaper suspended, its editor forbidden to work for other media outlets, for two months

(MFWA/IFEX) - On 19 May 2008, the National Communication Council (CNC), Guinea's media regulator, suspended "La Croisade", a privately-owned Conakry-based newspaper, for two months for publishing an alleged falsehood.

Guinea

Journalist detained, assaulted by police, continues to fear for his safety

(MFWA/IFEX) - Isaac Baldé, a correspondent of Familiar FM, a radio station based in Pita, a region located in the northeast of the country, 400km from the capital Conakry, was on 8 May 2008 arrested and detained by the police for allegedly undermining the authorities and tarnishing the reputation of the region.

Guinea

Officials interrupt controversial radio interview, seize tape

(MFWA/IFEX) - On 8 May 2008, the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in Guinea, Alfred Saury Guilarogui, and two of his officers stormed Nostalgie FM, a privately-owned radio station in Conakry and forcibly interrupted the station's broadcasting.

Guinea

Journalist suspended for interviewing government critics

(MFWA/IFEX) - Francois Ifono, a journalist from the state-owned Guinea Broadcasting Corporation (RTG) was on 21 March 2008 suspended indefinitely by the stations director, Alpha Kabinet Keita, for alleged "gross misconduct".

Guinea

State regulators suspend two newspapers, ban journalists after publication of articles critical of top officials

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

Guinea

Editor and newspaper suspended for one month following publication of article that is "likely to affect the honour of the army"

(MFWA/IFEX) - On October 2007, Mady Conde, associate managing editor of "La Nouvelle", a bi-monthly independent Conakry-based newspaper, was banned from engaging in any journalistic activity for one month by the National Communication Council (CNC), a media regulatory authority.

Guinea

Journalists punched, barred from independence ceremony

(MFWA/IFEX) - On 2 October 2007, Ibrahima N'diaye, a journalist of the privately-owned Nostalgie FM radio station, was clubbed and punched together with other journalists by Red Berets of the Presidential Security Battalion of Guinea.

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