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Ban deplores attack on UN-African Union peacekeepers in Darfur
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned today the ambush by an unidentified group on a United Nations-African Union patrol in Sudan''s Darfur region that led to the death of a Nigerian peacekeeper and the wounding of three others.
UN official notes promising steps on implementation of Darfur peace document
The head of the United Nations department of peacekeeping told the Security Council today that initial steps by the Sudanese Government and one of the rebel movements in Darfur to implement the peace document signed in Qatar last year have been promisi…
More than a million children set to return to school in Libya – UNICEF
At least 1.2 million Libyan pupils are set to return to school tomorrow, almost a year after they evacuated their classrooms during the country’s popular uprising against the regime of Muammar al-Qadhafi, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)…
SUD SUDAN: AL VIA IMPONENTE PONTE AEREO PER I RIFUGIATI SUDANESI
Trasportare aiuti urgentemente necessari a circa 50.000 rifugiati sudanesi. Questo l’obiettivo dell’imponente operazione di ponte aereo dal Kenya al Sud Sudan lanciata oggi dall’Alto Commissariato delle Nazioni Unite per i Rifugiati (UNHCR).
SUD SUDAN: I COMBATTIMENTI SI AVVICINANO ALLINSEDIAMENTO DI RIFUGIATI DI YIDA
Sono circa 20.000 i rifugiati in Sud Sudan sempre più a rischio con limperversare dei combattimenti vicino alla frontiera settentrionale con il Sudan. I continui scontri militari nellarea di frontiera di Jau non hanno coinvolto linsediament…
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Sudan – Detained Eritrean journalist faces possible forced repatriation from Sudan
Reporters Without Borders expresses its profound concern after the arrest on 24 October of the Eritrean journalist Jamal Osman Hamad in Khartoum and calls on the Sudanese authorities to release him. In the light of warmer relations between the governments of Eritrea and Sudan, the press freedom organization is also concerned about the fate of Eritrean journalists and human rights campaigners who have taken refuge in Sudan. “The situation faced by Jamal Osman Hamad is extremely worrying,” (…)
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Morocco – Moroccan appeal court upholds editor’s prison sentence
Reporters Without Borders deplores the ruling by a Casablanca appeal court yesterday upholding a one-year prison sentence and fine of 1,000 dirhams (90 euros) imposed on Rachid Nini, editor of the daily Al-Massae for disinformation. The journalist, who has served half the sentence, and his legal team refused to attend the hearing, recalling that his original conviction was based charges under the criminal code, not on press law. Nini, held since 28 April, was convicted on 9 June (see (…)
Nigeria – TV journalist shot dead in northern city, Islamist group claims responsibility
Reporters Without Borders calls on the authorities to conduct a thorough and impartial investigation into the fatal shooting of Zakariya Isa, a reporter and cameraman for the state-owned Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), in Maiduguri, the capital of the northeastern state of Borno, on 22 October. His murder has been claimed by Boko Haram, an armed Islamist movement operating in northern Nigeria. Isa was shot several times in the head and chest outside his home at around 7:30 p.m. after (…)
Liberia – Violence and intimidation against media in run-up to second-round election
Reporters Without Borders is alarmed by a dangerous increase in acts of violence and intimidation against radio and TV stations and newspapers since the first round of Liberia’s presidential election on 11 October. Election rivalry has exacerbated tension between the media and the candidates’ political parties. “The situation of the media and journalists has worsened significantly since the first round and various journalists have said they are afraid,” Reporters Without Borders said. “The (…)
Malawi – Journalists must be allowed to investigate the death of activist Robert Chasowa
Robert Chasowa, a student and political activist, was found dead on the campus of Malawi University Polytechnic on 24 September in circumstances that were far from clear. Chasowa wrote several campaigning articles, some of which have been posted by political blogger Bright Baghaya Mhango. He published a weekly pro-democracy newsletter Weekly Political Update (see below), which was highly critical of President Bingu wa Mutharika. The activist had been the target of threats for several weeks (…)
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Tunisia – After broadcasting Persepolis, TV station attacked, owner and staff threatened
Reporters Without Borders condemns an angry crowd’s attempt to storm Nessma TV’s Tunis headquarters and subsequent threats against the head of the station and its staff. The violence was prompted by its broadcasting of the Franco-Iranian animated film Persepolis, which some conservative Muslims regard as offensive. “There is no justification for these attacks,” Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Jean-François Julliard said. “I understand how some people may have been offended by the (…)
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Egypt – Military abuses against media continue
Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns the Egyptian army’s use of violence against news media and journalists during a demonstration by Coptic Christians on 9 October, in which a total of 24 people were killed. A journalist was one of those killed during the army’s exceptionally violent attack on the demonstrators but it has not yet been established whether he was there as a participant or to cover the demonstration. Reporters Without Borders urges the authorities to do everything (…)
Angola – Convicted journalist faces year in prison for libel
Reporters Without Borders today condemned the “illogical” conviction of newspaper editor William Tonet for libel and an order for him to pay a 10 million kwanzas (€77,000) fine within five days or go to prison for a year. The supreme court will not agree to hear his appeal unless he first pays the fine. “The libel has not been proven and the judge was clearly in league with those suing the journalist, who has been a target of the authorities for a long time,” the worldwide press freedom (…)
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Tunisia – Reporters Without Borders opens bureau in Tunis
Reporters Without Borders will open a bureau in Tunis tomorrow. Its staff will have the job of raising media freedom violations with the Tunisian authorities and helping to build and develop stable, professional and independent media in Tunisia. “The Arab Spring, which Tunisia began, has brought incredible changes throughout the region but much remains to be done to safeguard what has been won in these revolutions,” Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Jean-François Julliard said. (…)
