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Alerts - Senegal

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Senegal

Journalists threatened, assaulted amid election

CPJ has documented at least 12 incidents of threats and physical harm against journalists reporting on the presidential election campaign, Sunday's vote and its aftermath.

Senegal

Rights activist detained over opposition protests

Alioune Tine, a human rights defender and political activist who was arrested and detained for organizing a demonstration against the third-term bid of President Abdoulaye Wade, was released without charge on January 30, 2012 after a 72-hour detention.

Senegal

Two journalists given suspended prison terms

"Le Quotidien" editor Mamadou Biaye and reporter Mamadou Ticko Diatta were given handed three-month prison terms over a story alleging that the deputy mayor of the district had links to an armed separatist group.

Senegal

Jailed opposition activist receives presidential pardon

Malick Noel Seck was jailed for two years on October 20, 2011 over a protest letter he wrote to the Constitutional Court, asking it to reject the third-term candidacy of President Abdoulaye Wade for the 2012 presidential election.

Senegal

ARTICLE 19 calls for free flow of information in discussions on water privatisation

The terms under which the government contracts the provision of water services are being discussed without consultation with affected stakeholders, says the organisation.

Senegal

Activist sentenced to two years in prison for defaming president

Malick Noel Seck was sentenced to two years imprisonment over his protest letter to the Constitutional Council asking it to reject the third term candidacy of the incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade.

Senegal

Opposition activist charged for libeling President Wade

Malick Noel Seck had earlier petitioned the constitutional court not to accept the candidacy of incumbent President Wade for the 2012 presidential election.

Senegal

Three "La Tribune" journalists detained over story on police violence

Félix Zalé, Ahmet Bachir Ndiáye and Mamadou Diowere were accused of "discrediting the police" in a front-page story that accused them of using violence to quell a demonstration.

Senegal

Musician briefly arrested for criticising President Wade

Oumar Cyrille Touré was released after about 24 hours in police custody, following remarks he made at a rally criticising President Wade's bid to run for a third term in office.

Senegal

Walfadjri media group targeted as press freedom situation worsens

Four journalists were summoned to the Department of Criminal Investigations over an article critical of the president's aides and interrogated for more than 10 hours.

Senegal

Human rights activists brutally attacked during demonstration

Following the attack on Alioune Tine and Oumar Diallo, Human Rights Watch calls for the government to allow peaceful demonstrations and end threats against activists.

Senegal

Another heavy fine and suspended jail sentence for investigative journalist

A Dakar court has handed down a three-month suspended jail sentence to Abdou Latif Coulibaly, editor of the weekly "La Gazette", and fined him for allegedly defaming a businessman close to the president.

Senegal

Film crew detained by Casamance gendarmes for three days

liou Dabo, Boubacar Dabo and Mamady Daffe, who are members of a Dakar-based sports and cultural association, and their French colleagues David Perez and Franck Gerard Marie Bourel were arrested for filming a mock rebel attack.

Senegal

Court convicts police officer for assaulting journalists

One of four police officers charged with assaulting two sports journalists in 2008 was given a one-month suspended sentence and ordered to pay damages.

Senegal

Unfair libel trial ends in heavy fine, suspended jail sentence for leading journalist

Abdou Latif Coulibaly and two of his colleagues have been fined 30,000 euros and given one-month suspended jail sentences in a libel case dating to 2007.

Senegal

Several journalists assaulted by police while covering demonstration

Najib Sagne's camera and Moussa Thiam's dictaphone were confiscated by police officers when the journalists resisted gram: arrest.

Senegal

Newspaper editor gets six months in prison for defaming president's chief of staff

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Abdourahmane Diallo who was tried in absentia but has not yet been detained.

Senegal

Minister's loyalists assault journalist, threaten him with death

The attack followed an article Najib Sagna wrote about Deputy Minister of Justice and Human Rights Coumba Gaye.

Senegal

Police raid printing house, halt printing newspaper

The police was trying to prevent the publication of a petition that demanded a probe into a "missing" sum paid to the government by a privately-owned telecommunications group.

Senegal

Court grants bail to two detained journalists

The journalists were arrested on 18 September 2009 following a complaint by the governor of Kaffrine.

Senegal

ARTICLE 19 condemns attacks against Wal Fadjri media group and its journalists

The attack followed the publication of an article stating that a religious leader was supporting the president in return for donations.

Senegal

Two journalists arrested, charged after reporting on local government corruption

CPJ urges president to decriminalise press offenses and address culture of impunity.

Senegal

"Le Quotidien" journalists interrogated

Three journalists were interrogated by the Criminal Investigations Department over publications about the president.

Senegal

Radio and television group shut down for payment default

The security forces intervention, in which broadcast equipment was forcibly seized, was ordered by the courts over failure to pay royalties.

Senegal

Appeal court exonerates journalist in 2004 criminal defamation case

An appeal court in Dakar has exonerated Madiambal Diagne, managing editor of the privately-owned newspaper "Le Quotidien", in a 2004 criminal defamation case.

Senegal

Gendarmerie interrogates two journalists

Two journalists, Pape Samba Sène and and Abdou Dia, were interrogated in Kaffrine over allegations of "defamation" and "disseminating false news".

Senegal

Two journalists sentenced to three months' imprisonment, publisher exonerated

A magistrate's court sentenced two journalists from the "Week-End"magazine to three months' imprisonment for defaming a national assembly speaker.

Senegal

Court seizes magazine, suspends distribution

A court suspended distribution of the June 2009 edition of "L'Essentiel" and ordered its seizure over headlines that the court claimed were an "insult" to the president.

Senegal

Journalist El Malick Seck pardoned

(MFWA/IFEX) - El Malick Seck, managing editor of the "24 Heures Chrono" newspaper, who was sentenced to a three-year prison term for publishing false news, was on 24 April 2009 freed by President Abdoulaye Wade.

Senegal

Oxy Jeunes, Afia FM and Djoloff FM community radio stations suspended for broadcasting political programmes

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders condemns a decision by the National Council for Broadcasting Regulation (CNRA) on 14 March 2009 to suspend three community radio stations based in the Dakar suburbs for two months for violating the rules governing their operations by covering political issues relating to the current local election campaign.

Senegal

Journalist El Malick Seck loses appeal, faces three-year sentence for defaming president and his son

(MFWA/IFEX) - On 23 January 2009, El Malick Seck, managing editor of "24 Heures Chrono", lost his petition when an appeals court confirmed the three-year sentence meted out to him.

Senegal

Jailed editor El Malick Seck again convicted of defaming top Senegalese officials

(MFWA/IFEX) - For the third time in four months, El Malick Seck, managing editor of "24 Heures Chrono", a privately-owned, Dakar-based newspaper, has been convicted of defaming top Senegalese government officials.

Senegal

Court refuses bail for jailed editor

(MFWA/IFEX) - An Appeal court in Dakar on 2 December 2008 rejected the bail application filed by lawyers of El Malick Seck, jailed editor-in-chief of the privately-owned "24 Heures Chrono" newspaper.

Senegal

Minister sues jailed newspaper editor for defamation

(MFWA/IFEX) - El Malick Seck, jailed editor-in-chief of the privately-owned newspaper "24 Heures Chrono", will appear in a Dakar court on 28 October 2008 to answer defamation charges brought against him by the country's Minister of the Interior, Sheikh Tidiane Sy.

Senegal

Following appeal, court exonerates journalist of two offences, but he still faces possible prison term

(MFWA/IFEX) - Lawyers of El Malick Seck, jailed editor-in-chief of "24 Heures Chrono", a Dakar-based daily newspaper, on 12 September 2008 appealed the three-year prison sentence given their client by a court for publishing "false news", "inciting the public" and "public insult".

Senegal

Court awards damages to newspaper, convicts 12 assailants

(MFWA/IFEX) - On 8 September 2008, a court in Dakar awarded an amount of 20 million FCFA (about US$43,187) as compensation to "L'As", a privately-owned Dakar-based newspaper, which was recently ransacked by individuals loyal to Minister of Aviation Farba Senghor.

Senegal

Dakar newspaper editor gets three years in prison for libelling president, newspaper suspended for three months

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders urges President Abdoulaye Wade to quickly embark on a thorough overhaul of Senegal's press legislation after El Malick Seck, the editor of the Dakar-based daily "24 Heures Chrono", was sentenced to three years in prison on 12 September 2008 for an article claiming that the president was involved in money laundering.

Senegal

Jailed editor denied bail

(MFWA/IFEX) - On 1 September 2008, El Malick Seck, editor-in-chief of "24 Heures Chrono", a Dakar-based daily newspaper who is being detained for allegedly libelling President Abdoulaye Wade, made his first appearance in court.

Senegal

Police raid and seal "24 Heures Chrono", seize edition, arrest editor; cabinet minister's nephew among those arrested for ransacking two newspapers

(MFWA/IFEX) - On 28 August 2008, the Senegalese police stormed the premises of "24 Heures Chrono", a privately-owned, Dakar-based daily newspaper, sealed off its offices and arrested El Malick Seck, the editor-in-chief.

Senegal

Police arrest nine men suspected of carrying out attacks on two privately-owned newspapers

(MFWA/IFEX) - On 27 August 2008, the Senegalese Police arrested nine men suspected of perpetrating attacks on two privately-owned, Dakar-based newspapers.

Senegal

Newspapers raided, staff assaulted following threats by official

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

Senegal

Police raid newspaper printing house, harass newspaper, interrogate editor over critical article; minister allegedly threatens reporter

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 4 August 2008 IFJ media release:

Senegal

RSF concerned as president, other high officials make pro-censorship comments, justify attacks on journalists

(RSF/IFEX) - RSF is worried about recent comments made by Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade and certain government ministers and ruling party legislators indicating a desire to step up censorship of the independent press.

Senegal

CPJ concerned over increased pattern of physical attacks, threats against independent journalists in line of duty

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 26 June 2008 CPJ letter to Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade:

Senegal

Two sports journalists beaten by police

(MFWA/IFEX) - On 21 June 2008, two sports journalists were brutally beaten by Senegalese police at Leopold Sedar Senghor Stadium in Dakar.

Senegal

Third journalist handed criminal libel sentence in a week

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 22 May 2008 CPJ press release:

Senegal

Two journalists convicted of criminal defamation

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 15 May 2008 press release:

Senegal

Several more journalists attacked, equipment destroyed by police following demonstration coverage

(MFWA/IFEX) - On 30 March 2008, a group of journalists covering a demonstration sparked off by the sharp increase in prices of goods and services across Senegal were physically attacked by the Mobile Intervention Group (GMI) of the Senegalese police force.

Senegal

Police assault reporter, raid TV station, confiscate footage coverage of protest

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

Senegal / The Gambia

Exiled Gambian journalist escapes kidnapping attempt in Senegal

(MFWA/IFEX) - On 10 March 2008, Yahya Dampha, a Gambian journalist who is in exile in Senegal, escaped a kidnapping attempt by suspected agents of the notorious National Intelligence Agency (NIA) of The Gambia.

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