Ferdinand Samba Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

Editors from both these newspapers have been convicted on charges that include defamation. (Hirondelle)

Two editors given jail terms in Central African Republic

January 31, 2012 3:36 PM EST

New York, January 31, 2012–The convictions of two journalists in the Central African Republic over their critical coverage of a top official constitute political censorship, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Central African Republic editor jailed in politicized case

January 25, 2012 4:20 PM EST

New York, January 25, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the Central African Republic to immediately release a newspaper editor imprisoned since January 16 and to drop a politicized prosecution that stems from the paper’s critical coverage of a presidential relative who also serves as the government’s finance minister.