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Niger police attack media instead of protecting them
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http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR2373.htm
Publisher: Reporters Without Borders
Date Written: 21/01/2015
Year Published: 2015
Resource Type: Article
Reporters Without Borders deplores the fact that privately-owned media were attacked by police during demonstrations in Niamey on 17 and 18 January although President Mahamadou Issoufou has assured the international community he is committed to media
Abstract: Reporters Without Borders deplores the fact that privately-owned media were attacked by police during demonstrations in Niamey on 17 and 18 January although President Mahamadou Issoufou has assured the international community he is committed to media freedom.
During an anti-Charlie Hebdo demonstration on 17 January and during an opposition march the next day, the police stormed the headquarters of four news organizations and physically attacked at least eight journalists. “These attacks on ...
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