Republic of Congo

2007

  

Government suspends newspaper over story critical of president

DECEMBER 18, 2007 Posted January 14, 2008 Talassa CENSORED The state-run High Council on Freedom of Communication (known by its French acronym as CSLC) suspended private bimonthly Talassa for two months over a November 23 editorial critical of President Denis Sassou Nguesso, according to local journalists and news reports.The council accused the paper of “deliberate and repeated…

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2007