Gabon

2009

  

Two publications suspended in Gabon

OCTOBER 27, 2008 Le Mbadja Le Scribouillard CENSORED The National Communications Council (CNC) suspended bimonthly Le Mbadja and weekly Le Scribouillard from circulation for allegedly violating journalism ethics, according to journalists in the capital, Libreville. The suspension occurred one week after the CNC asked editors from 11 newspapers to stop using nicknames for politicians. Guy…

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Radio director and civil society leaders arrested

New York, January 8, 2009–Detained Gabonese journalist Gaston Asseko, who is in need of medical attention, must be released immediately, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. 

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2009