Mauritania

2009

  

Mauritanian editor jailed for violating ‘decent behavior’

New York, August 24, 2009–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a Mauritanian court’s decision to sentence an online editor to six months in prison.

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CPJ concerned about state of press freedom in Mauritania ‎

New York, March 18, 2009–The military junta in Mauritania must immediately halt its increasing persecution of critical journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. 

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Attacks on the Press in 2008: Middle East/North Africa Developments

ALGERIA | JORDAN | KUWAIT | MAURITANIA | SAUDI ARABIA | SYRIA | TURKEY| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ALGERIA • In September, the Supreme Court overturned the defamation convictions of Editor-in-Chief Omar Belhouchet and columnist Chawki Amari of the Algiers-based independent daily El Watan, the newspaper’s lawyer, Zoubeir Soudani, told CPJ. The high court ordered a…

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2009