12 March 2010

Alert

French media outlets finally granted visas to cover presidential election


Incident details

Censorship lifted

Radio France, Television station
RFI, Television station
RTL, Television station
La Croix, Newspaper

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(RSF/IFEX) - On 4 March 2010, the day of the Togolese presidential election, Radio France, Radio France Internationale (RFI), RTL and the daily "La Croix" were finally granted visas for Togo. Special correspondents from Radio France and RFI then travelled to Lomé, but the last-minute decision to grant them visas allowed for only partial coverage of the election.

According to preliminary estimates of the National Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), outgoing President Faure Gnassingbé, candidate for the Union of the Togolese People (RPT), won the presidential election with 60.92% of the vote. The main opposition candidate, Jean-Pierre Fabre, received 33.94% of the vote.

Jean-Pierre Fabre challenged the result, claiming to have won the election.

Source:

Reporters Without Borders
47, rue Vivienne
75002 Paris
France
rsf (@) rsf.org
Phone: +33 1 44 83 84 84
Fax: +33 1 45 23 11 51
 

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