Committee to Protect Journalists - Ivory Coast tag:cpj.org,2008-09-16://1 2013-03-13T21:37:40Z Movable Type 4.38 Attacks on the Press: Missing tag:beta.cpj.org,2013://1.20484 2013-02-14T05:04:31Z 2013-03-13T21:37:40Z Police never bothered to look for cartoonist Prageeth Eknelygoda. It's not unusual. By María Salazar-Ferro... Committee to Protect Journalists Police never bothered to look for cartoonist Prageeth Eknelygoda. It's not unusual. By María Salazar-Ferro

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]]> Ivoirian journalist attacked by minister's security detail tag:cpj.org,2012://1.20389 2012-09-12T19:52:35Z 2012-09-12T19:58:06Z Lagos, Nigeria, September 12, 2012--An Ivoirian government security detail assaulted a journalist covering the eviction of a senior official's family on Friday, seizing his equipment and leaving him bleeding and bruised, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the attack and calls on authorities to ensure... Committee to Protect Journalists (Anderson Diédri)

Lagos, Nigeria, September 12, 2012--An Ivoirian government security detail assaulted a journalist covering the eviction of a senior official's family on Friday, seizing his equipment and leaving him bleeding and bruised, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the attack and calls on authorities to ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice.

A police officer, a military soldier, and agents in plainclothes attacked Anderson Diédri, a reporter for the private daily Le Nouveau Courrier, as he interviewed and photographed a woman and her five children as they were being evicted from their home in Abidjan, according to local journalists and news reports. The woman's husband, Albert Toikeusse Mabri, the minister of planning and development, had sought the eviction after filing for divorce in June.

]]> Local press targeted and harassed in Ivory Coast tag:cpj.org,2012://1.20320 2012-08-24T19:40:41Z 2012-08-24T20:28:14Z Lagos, Nigeria, August 24, 2012--Ivorian authorities must immediately halt censorship of news outlets reporting critically on the government and investigate an armed assault on the offices of a publishing group, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.... Committee to Protect Journalists The offices of the Cyclone Media Group were attacked on Sunday. (AFP/Sia Kambou)

Lagos, Nigeria, August 24, 2012--Ivorian authorities must immediately halt censorship of news outlets reporting critically on the government and investigate an armed assault on the offices of a publishing group, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

]]> Journalist assaulted by police in Ivory Coast tag:cpj.org,2012://1.19984 2012-06-12T20:10:34Z 2012-06-12T20:16:34Z New York, June 12, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Ivorian police's assault on a journalist on June 5 and calls on authorities to ensure the officers are brought to justice. Two officers attacked Cybèle Athangba, a reporter with the daily La Nouvelle, while she was covering a... Committee to Protect Journalists Cybèle Athangba was attacked by police at a protest. (Cybèle Athangba)

New York, June 12, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Ivorian police's assault on a journalist on June 5 and calls on authorities to ensure the officers are brought to justice.

Two officers attacked Cybèle Athangba, a reporter with the daily La Nouvelle, while she was covering a protest of about 100 police officers in front of the police headquarters in the economic capital, Abidjan, according to local journalists and news reports. Athangba was among three journalists who were interviewing officers protesting the alleged embezzlement of funds that had been deducted from their salaries since 2006 to pay for their housing.

]]> Attacks on the Press in 2011: Ivory Coast tag:cpj.org,2012://1.17590 2012-02-21T05:30:00Z 2012-02-16T10:55:38Z After the disputed November 2010 presidential elections, incumbent Laurent Gbagbo and rival Alassane Ouattara, whom the United Nations recognized as the winner, waged a months-long struggle for power led by partisan media outlets. The fight was centered in the economic capital, Abidjan, where Gbagbo controlled the national media and... Committee to Protect Journalists After the disputed November 2010 presidential elections, incumbent Laurent Gbagbo and rival Alassane Ouattara, whom the United Nations recognized as the winner, waged a months-long struggle for power led by partisan media outlets. The fight was centered in the economic capital, Abidjan, where Gbagbo controlled the national media and security forces. Ouattara enjoyed the support of a handful of newspapers and set up an improvised television station in the hotel where he was protected by U.N. peacekeepers. Both sides targeted rival outlets with reprisals, forcing numerous journalists into hiding. A journalist and a media worker were murdered in the violence. Fighters loyal to Ouattara clashed with Gbagbo troops for control of the national public broadcaster Radiodiffusion Télévision Ivoirienne in March and April, damaging studios and transmitters and knocking the station off the air, according to news reports and local journalists. While media movements were limited during the final battle for Abidjan, some citizen journalists provided exclusive footage of explosions and military operations by posting unedited videos on social media. With Gbagbo's April 11 capture, Ouattara assumed power and promised reconciliation, but his administration jailed a pro-Gbagbo TV host on antistate charges and his forces ransacked and occupied media outlets loyal to the former president. Journalists seen as sympathetic to Gbagbo faced continued harassment.

]]> CPJ welcomes Ivory Coast's release of Hermann Aboa tag:cpj.org,2012://1.18303 2012-01-05T22:08:18Z 2012-01-05T22:52:41Z New York, January 5, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes Friday's decision by a judge in Abidjan to release on bail former Ivorian state television presenter Hermann Aboa and calls on prosecutors to drop the politicized charges against him.... Committee to Protect Journalists Hermann Aboa (CPJ)

New York, January 5, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes Friday's decision by a judge in Abidjan to release on bail former Ivorian state television presenter Hermann Aboa and calls on prosecutors to drop the politicized charges against him.

]]> Three newspapers suspended in Ivory Coast tag:cpj.org,2011://1.18226 2011-12-14T22:54:13Z 2011-12-14T23:11:10Z New York, December 14, 2011--The government of Ivory Coast should immediately lift its suspensions on the circulations of three newspapers that published critical commentaries on the country's five-month post-election conflict and its aftermath, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.... Committee to Protect Journalists Three Ivorian newspapers were temporarily suspended for running political commentary.

New York, December 14, 2011--The government of Ivory Coast should immediately lift its suspensions on the circulations of three newspapers that published critical commentaries on the country's five-month post-election conflict and its aftermath, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

]]> Three opposition journalists detained in Ivory Coast tag:cpj.org,2011://1.18159 2011-11-28T19:05:25Z 2011-11-28T19:18:21Z New York, November 28, 2011--The administration of Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has detained without charge three journalists from an opposition newspaper since Thursday, in violation of the country's own press law and constitution, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, November 28, 2011--The administration of Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has detained without charge three journalists from an opposition newspaper since Thursday, in violation of the country's own press law and constitution, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

]]> Ouattara fighters withdraw from Ivorian media outlets tag:cpj.org,2011://1.17841 2011-09-09T13:10:28Z 2011-09-09T21:20:07Z New York, September 9, 2011--CPJ is relieved that fighters loyal to Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara relinquished control last week of offices belonging to newspaper publishers who supported ousted President Laurent Gbagbo, local journalists and news reports said.... Committee to Protect Journalists The ransacked offices of Notre Voie. (Notre Voie)

New York, September 9, 2011--CPJ is relieved that fighters loyal to Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara relinquished control last week of offices belonging to newspaper publishers who supported ousted President Laurent Gbagbo, local journalists and news reports said.

]]> Ivory Coast censors paper for column on Obama meeting tag:cpj.org,2011://1.17687 2011-08-04T21:20:17Z 2011-08-04T21:33:46Z New York, August 4, 2011--The government of Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara, who pledged to uphold democracy in a Friday meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama, has suspended a newspaper over a reprinted opinion column criticizing the White House meeting, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, August 4, 2011--The government of Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara, who pledged to uphold democracy in a Friday meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama, has suspended a newspaper over a reprinted opinion column criticizing the White House meeting, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

]]> Ivory Coast's Ouattara must end persecution of journalists tag:cpj.org,2011://1.17643 2011-07-26T18:58:52Z 2011-07-26T20:08:25Z Dear Secretary-General Ban: Ahead of your Wednesday meeting with new Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara, and given your express commitment to make press freedom a priority during your second term as United Nations Secretary-General, we call on you to urge President Ouattara to reinforce the rule of law, the impartiality of justice, and the promotion of national reconciliation by ending the persecution of journalists and media outlets that were favorable to former leader Laurent Gbagbo. Committee to Protect Journalists Ivory Coast charges TV presenter for Gbagbo-leaning show tag:cpj.org,2011://1.17637 2011-07-22T18:20:55Z 2011-07-22T18:36:27Z Committee to Protect Journalists New York, July 22, 2011--Authorities in Ivory Coast detained a journalist on Thursday for moderating a TV talk show favorable to ousted former ousted president Laurent Gbagbo, according to local journalists. 

]]> In Ivory Coast, pro-Ouattara forces harass journalists tag:cpj.org,2011://1.17338 2011-05-24T15:10:34Z 2011-05-25T20:44:22Z New York, May 24, 2011--The new government of freshly sworn-in Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara must launch a serious investigation into alleged harassment of journalists, including the killing of a reporter, by the republican forces of the Ivory Coast (the French acronym is FRCI), the Committee to Protect Journalists... Committee to Protect Journalists U.N. investigators check a reported mass grave in Yopougon, where one journalist was said to be buried. (UN/AP)

New York, May 24, 2011--The new government of freshly sworn-in Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara must launch a serious investigation into alleged harassment of journalists, including the killing of a reporter, by the republican forces of the Ivory Coast (the French acronym is FRCI), the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The FRCI backed Ouattara against his political rival Laurent Gbagbo.

]]> New Ivory Coast president must improve press freedom tag:cpj.org,2011://1.17272 2011-05-09T15:15:06Z 2011-05-09T16:57:59Z Dear President Ouattara: We are writing to ask that you uphold press freedom now that you have taken office. We ask that you ensure that journalists and media outlets close to former president Laurent Gbagbo are allowed to report freely, and take all necessary steps to solve the disappearance since 2004 of French-Canadian journalist Guy-André Kieffer. Committee to Protect Journalists ]]> In Ivory Coast, Gbabgo and Ouattara camps attack press tag:cpj.org,2011://1.17006 2011-03-28T17:45:09Z 2011-03-28T17:48:23Z New York, March 28, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns ongoing attacks, threats, and intimidation against journalists and news outlets covering the bloody political standoff in Ivory Coast. The government and supporters of incumbent ruler Laurent Gbagbo have been targeting newspapers critical of Gbagbo while rebel fighters backing his U.N.-backed... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, March 28, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns ongoing attacks, threats, and intimidation against journalists and news outlets covering the bloody political standoff in Ivory Coast. The government and supporters of incumbent ruler Laurent Gbagbo have been targeting newspapers critical of Gbagbo while rebel fighters backing his U.N.-backed rival Alassane Ouattara have also harassed journalists. 

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