Nigeria :Crackdown on journalists suffocates press freedom
ARTICLE 19 reveals today in a briefing a significant increase in assaults, arrests and prosecution of the media in Nigeria compared to 2019, with 51 incidents in 2020 […]
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Senegal: Police should face prosecution for assault of a media camerawoman
ARTICLE 19 strongly condemns the assault on camerawoman Adja Ndiaye of the online news site Dakaractu on Monday 28 September at a policestation near the police headquarters […]
Ghana: Attacks on journalists on the rise with impunity
ARTICLE 19 is gravely concerned about the recurrent attacks against journalists and urged the Ghanaian authorities to take all necessary measures to increase the protection […]
Senegal: Media outlet attacked for reporting on Coronavirus
ARTICLE 19 today condemned the attack on the offices of the newspaper “Les Echos” on Monday 3 August 2020 by assailants, who have also destroyed […]
Niger: ARTICLE 19 welcomes acquittal of Samira Sabou
Responding to the acquittal of Samira Sabou, Fatou Jagne Senghore, Regional Director of ARTICLE19 in West Africa said: “It is a great day for the […]