1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/Attacks on the Press 2002: Guinea-Bissau - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="APoQWqc0Ok"><a href="https://cpj.org/2003/03/attacks-on-the-press-2002-guineabissau/">Attacks on the Press 2002: Guinea-Bissau</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2003/03/attacks-on-the-press-2002-guineabissau/embed/#?secret=APoQWqc0Ok" width="600" height="338" title="“Attacks on the Press 2002: Guinea-Bissau” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="APoQWqc0Ok" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Following an alleged coup attempt in late 2001, President Kumba Yala and his minority Social Renewal Party (PRS) government struggled to demonstrate to the international community their willingness to implement democratic reforms and restore stability to this impoverished West African country. But Guinea-Bissau plunged further into crisis, with Yala continuing to interfere with the judiciary…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2003/03/caseIcon_censored.gif