Freedom of the Press 2007: Seychelles
27 February 2008
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Recent articles in Seychelles
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 […]
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 […]
Newspaper editor arrested, publisher injured when police disperse protest against state broadcast monopoly
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders condemned the violent dispersal of an opposition demonstration in the Seychelles capital of Victoria on 3 October 2006, to demand for an end to the state’s monopoly of radio and TV broadcasting. Roger Mancienne, the editor of the opposition weekly “Regar”, was arrested while Jean-François Ferrari, the newspaper’s publisher, was […]