Privately-owned weekly’s survival threatened following heavy fine

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Link to: Freedom of the Press 2007: Seychelles

Freedom of the Press 2007: Seychelles

Freedom of the Press 2007: Seychelles

Link to: Judicial harassment forces opposition weekly to stop publishing

Judicial harassment forces opposition weekly to stop publishing

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has voiced dismay at the decision of a Seychelles court to sentence the privately-owned weekly “Regar” to pay an exorbitant fine, thereby forcing one of the archipelago’s only two opposition newspapers to suspend publication. “The government and its allies have repeatedly sued ‘Regar’ on the slightest pretext for years, taking […]

Link to: Newspaper editor freed, charged with “unlawful assembly”

Newspaper editor freed, charged with “unlawful assembly”

(RSF/IFEX) – Roger Mancienne, editor of the privately-owned weekly “Regar” and secretary-general of the opposition Seychelles National Party (SNP), told Reporters Without Borders he was released on the morning of 4 October 2006, after being held for nearly 24 hours in the central police barracks in Victoria. Like SNP leader Wavel Ramkalawan and “Regar” publisher […]