Between May and August 2022, at least 14 journalists were detained or attacked in Guinea, including by security forces and public officials as well as protestors. One year after Guinea’s September 2021 military coup, IPI reminds Guinea’s transitional government authorities that independent media and press freedom are indispensable for a democratic transition. We call on […]
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is appalled to learn that a journalist was summoned for questioning by military intelligence in Guinea about a story implicating soldiers in the theft of a truck. Noting that the summons coincided with a wave of attacks on journalists by soldiers, police and protesters, RSF calls for journalists to be given better protection.
As a reaction to the dissolution of the National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC) and the summoning of a journalist to a military camp, Habibatou Gologo, Deputy Director of Amnesty International’s West and Central Africa office, has said: ” On Monday 8 August the Guinean transitional authorities decided to dissolve the National […]