Committee to Protect Journalists - Mauritius tag:cpj.org,2008-09-16://1 2011-10-21T11:02:31Z Movable Type 4.38 Mauritius jails journalist for contempt of court tag:cpj.org,2011://1.18032 2011-10-20T22:27:29Z 2011-10-21T11:02:31Z New York, October 20, 2011--Authorities in Mauritius today imprisoned a journalist for contempt of the Supreme Court and levied two fines over coverage of a case, according to local journalists and news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the sentences. Editor-in-Chief Dharmanand Dooharika of the private weekly Samedi... Committee to Protect Journalists Dharmanand Dooharika (Lexpress)

New York, October 20, 2011--Authorities in Mauritius today imprisoned a journalist for contempt of the Supreme Court and levied two fines over coverage of a case, according to local journalists and news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the sentences.

Editor-in-Chief Dharmanand Dooharika of the private weekly Samedi Plus was incarcerated in the main prison in the town of Beau-Bassin, even though his appeal is pending against the three- month jail sentence handed down Monday by Justice Keshoe Parsad Matadeen of the Mauritius Supreme Court, defense lawyer Ravi Rutnah told CPJ.

]]> Attacks on the Press 2002: Africa Analysis tag:cpj.org,2003://1.7163 2003-03-31T17:10:53Z 2009-05-08T13:50:15Z Although the Kenya-based East African Standard, one of Africa's oldest continuously published newspapers, marked its 100th anniversary in November, journalism remains a difficult profession on the continent, with adverse government policies and multifaceted economic woes still undermining the full development of African media.... Yves Sorokobi East African Standard, one of Africa's oldest continuously published newspapers, marked its 100th anniversary in November, journalism remains a difficult profession on the continent, with adverse government policies and multifaceted economic woes still undermining the full development of African media.]]> Newspaper offices besieged by angry supporters of prime minister tag:216.139.245.96,2000://1.2466 2000-09-07T16:00:00Z 2000-09-07T16:00:00Z New York, September 7, 2000 --- An irate crowd of some three dozen people calling themselves agents of Mauritian prime minister Navin Ramgoolam's Labor Party staged a loud demonstration in front of the offices of Le Mauricien and L'express, the island's leading independent dailies. Wielding sticks and shouting slogans, the... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, September 7, 2000 --- An irate crowd of some three dozen people calling themselves agents of Mauritian prime minister Navin Ramgoolam's Labor Party staged a loud demonstration in front of the offices of Le Mauricien and L'express, the island's leading independent dailies.

Wielding sticks and shouting slogans, the protesters railed against what they called the two newspapers' bias against Prime Minister Ramgoolam. The prime minister is seeking reelection in Monday's general elections, a vote observers say he is unlikely to win. On September 6, Le Mauricien and L'express both reported that Ramgoolam had been booed the previous day by a crowd of disgruntled Labor Party sympathizers in his home constituency of Pamplemousse, a small town ten miles outside the capital of Port Louis.

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