Media and Freedom of Expression
ETHIOPIA: IPI CONDEMNS CONTINUED HARASSMENT OF JOURNALISTS
According to information provided to the International Press
Institute (IPI), journalists reporting on violent street clashes in
Addis Ababa between police and students protesting over the 15 May
parliamentary elections have come under increased pressure from the
authorities. On 7 June, the Information Ministry revoked the
accreditation of five Ethiopian journalists, Taddesse Engidaw and
Assegdech Yiberta of Deutsche Welle and Helen Mohammed, Temam Aman
and Bereket Teklu of Voice of America (VOA), who were accused of
filing "unbalanced reports" on the elections.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=28556
SUDAN: SUSPENSION OF KHARTOUM MONITOR LICENCE
On 12 June 2005, the English language daily 'Khartoum Monitor' was
served with a suspension order by the Press Council General
Secretary, Dr. Hashim Mohamed Salih Aljaz. In a letter to the acting
editor of the Khartoum Monitor, Dr. Hashim attached the decision of
Judge Ismat Suleiman Hassan sitting at Khartoum North Panel Court
dated 12 June 2005, ordering the withdrawal of the newspaper license.
In justifying the decision, Judge Ismat's decision cited a High Court
decision dated 12 July 2003, which ordered withdrawal of the license
of the paper.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=28558
TANZANIA: ZANZIBAR GOVERNMENT BARS CRITICAL JOURNALIST FROM WORKING
Authorities on the semi-autonomous Tanzanian island of Zanzibar have
banned political columnist Jabir Idrissa from writing, saying he was
working without permission. Idrissa told the Committee to Protect
Journalists that he believes he was banned for criticizing the
Zanzibar government. The Zanzibar-based Idrissa is a well-known
political columnist for the weekly, Swahili language newspaper Rai.
The newspaper is based on the Tanzanian mainland, but sells on
Zanzibar.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=28559
THE GAMBIA: DISMAY AT GOVERNMENT-ORCHESTRATED CAMPAIGN TO SMEAR SLAIN
JOURNALIST
Reporters sans frontieres (RSF) has voiced "revulsion" at a
government-orchestrated campaign to smear murdered journalist Deyda
Hydara following the release of a report by the National Intelligence
Agency (NIA) on its ongoing investigation into his death. The report
is full of gratuitous detail about the journalist's private life and
absurd theories about the motives for the murder.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=28557
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