1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/Attacks on the Press 2002: Equatorial Guinea - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ee9jVtl5me"><a href="https://cpj.org/2003/03/attacks-on-the-press-2002-equatorial-guinea/">Attacks on the Press 2002: Equatorial Guinea</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2003/03/attacks-on-the-press-2002-equatorial-guinea/embed/#?secret=ee9jVtl5me" width="600" height="338" title="“Attacks on the Press 2002: Equatorial Guinea” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="ee9jVtl5me" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Since President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo took control in a 1979 military coup, he and his ruling Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea have governed one of Africa's most repressive regimes. The country's small press has been incessantly harassed and intimidated, while citizens have been fined for reading controversial publications. Obiang's landslide re-election victory in December…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260