2005

FEBRUARY 14, 2005 Updated: March 10, 2005 Radio Carré Jeunes Télévision Zion CENSORED Togolese authorities shuttered privately owned Radio Carré Jeunes and religious broadcaster Télévision Zion, citing alleged unpaid administrative fees. Togo’s Telecommunication and Postal Services’ regulatory agency claimed that the stations, which are based in the capital, Lomé, owed the equivalent of thousands of…

FEBRUARY 11, 2005 Updated: March 10, 2005 Nana FM Kanal FM Radio Nostalgie TV7 Fréquence 1 CENSORED Security forces accompanied by representatives of Togo’s Telecommunication and Postal Services’ regulatory agency went to the offices of private radio stations Nana FM, Kanal FM, and Radio Nostalgie, as well as to the private television station TV7 and…

FEBRUARY 10, 2005 Updated: February 10, 2005 Radio Lumière CENSORED Police shuttered Radio Lumière in Aného, about 31 miles (50 kilometers) east of the capital, Lomé, seizing equipment and driving the station’s director into hiding, according to local sources. They said police accused the station of inciting violence after it aired critical debates.

New York, February 10, 2005—CPJ is outraged at today’s closure of the private station Radio Lumière, as well as attempts by Togolese authorities to intimidate private broadcasters that have protested the military’s appointment of the late President Gnassingbé Eyadema’s son as leader. Earlier in the week, officials cut FM transmissions of Radio France Internationale (RFI),…

FEBRUARY 8, 2005 Posted: February 11, 2005 Radio France Internationale CENSORED FM broadcasts of Radio France Internationale (RFI) were cut at around noon, according to RFI and international news reports. Communications Minister Pittang Tchalla told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that RFI had gone off air because of a “technical fault.” But AFP quoted a source close…