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capital, Dakar, speculation surrounded Air Transport Minister Farba Senghor after unidentified men using
a government vehicle ransacked the
newsrooms of 24 Heures Chrono and L'As,
two independent newspapers. The attacks came just three days
after Senghor threatened
unspecified retaliation against the papers over critical stories. CPJ issued an alert on Tuesday, calling attention the situation.
Committee to Protect Journalists
Senegal
2008
In
The incident, which came amid a flurry
of threats and violence against independent media, triggered protests actions in Senegal, and recently
in Chicago,
and a news
blackout as well as the formation of a local Committee for the Protection
and Defense of Journalists. In a surprising twist however, authorities have
accused the victims of triggering the incident by assaulting one of the
policemen, a claim ridiculed by journalists. A senior judge is overseeing the
case, but a larger national and international debate about
Last week, the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) invited Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade to speak about global climate change at its annual Unity Convention in NABJ's description of Wade as "a leading spokesperson for democracy and development" hardly conceals his poor press freedom record since taking office in 2000. Wade, the octogenarian leader of
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