• INCIDENTS
    • Nigeria
      • South West
      • South South
      • South East
      • North Central
      • North East
      • North West
    • West Africa
      • Senegal
      • Benin Republic
      • Burkina Faso
      • Cape Verde
      • Cote d’Ivoire
      • Gambia
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Guinea-Bissau
      • Liberia
      • Mali
      • Mauritania
      • Niger Republic
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
  • NEWS
    • Defending the Civic Space – Blog
    • AML – CFT NEWS
    • Foreign News
    • Local News
    • Videos
  • RESOURCES
    • Policy briefs
    • Restrictive legislations
    • Press statements
    • INFOGRAPHICS
    • Publications
    • Newsletters
  • ACTION GROUP
    • Join
    • Steering Committee
    • Members
    • Group Activities
    • Member Activities
  • SPECIAL CAUSES
    • COVID-19
      • General News
      • Incidents
      • Eyewitness Reports
    • #ENDSARS
      • General News
      • Missing Persons
      • Gallery
      • Trends & Hashtags
  • CSR-HUB
    • Blog
    • Upcoming Events
Menu
  • INCIDENTS
    • Nigeria
      • South West
      • South South
      • South East
      • North Central
      • North East
      • North West
    • West Africa
      • Senegal
      • Benin Republic
      • Burkina Faso
      • Cape Verde
      • Cote d’Ivoire
      • Gambia
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Guinea-Bissau
      • Liberia
      • Mali
      • Mauritania
      • Niger Republic
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
  • NEWS
    • Defending the Civic Space – Blog
    • AML – CFT NEWS
    • Foreign News
    • Local News
    • Videos
  • RESOURCES
    • Policy briefs
    • Restrictive legislations
    • Press statements
    • INFOGRAPHICS
    • Publications
    • Newsletters
  • ACTION GROUP
    • Join
    • Steering Committee
    • Members
    • Group Activities
    • Member Activities
  • SPECIAL CAUSES
    • COVID-19
      • General News
      • Incidents
      • Eyewitness Reports
    • #ENDSARS
      • General News
      • Missing Persons
      • Gallery
      • Trends & Hashtags
  • CSR-HUB
    • Blog
    • Upcoming Events

Employers of Abused Reporters Decry Lack of Redress

  • Date of Occurrence
    August 2, 2017
  • Details
  • Comments 0
  • prev
  • next
  • Bookmark
  • Share
  • Report
  • Leave a review
  • prev
  • next
Image
Description

The Management of Aminata.com, one the most influential online news portals in Guinea has bemoaned the lack of redress for acts of aggression suffered by its reporters, despite formal complaints.

Mamadou Aliou Barry, a reporter with aminata.com was on August 2, 2017, injured above the left eye and right shoulder when opposition supporters attacked the taxi in which he had arrived to cover their demonstration at Cosa in the capital, Conakry.

Other passengers on board the taxi were also injured by fragments from the shattered windscreen and rear windows of the car which was pelted with stones. However, Alpha Oumar Diallo, Managing Editor of the online news organisation, says no arrests have been made and the gendarmerie appears not to be interested.

“There has been no investigation, no arrest, no interrogation; nothing”, lamented Alpha Oumar Diallo, when the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) contacted him to find out if the identity of the assailants and their motive have been established.

The MFWA joins the management of the news website to condemn the acts of aggression perpetrated against the journalists and the impunity being enjoyed by the perpetrators.

We urge the authorities in Guinea to fish out members of the group that attacked Barry and the other passengers, to establish whether the journalist was targeted and for what reason. The MFWA commends the Management of Aminata.com for standing up for the rights of their abused reporters and appeal to managers of media organisations in West Africa to treat violations against their employees with urgency.

Details
  • Date of Occurrence
    2017-08-02
  • Source
    https://www.mfwa.org/issues-in-focus/employers-of-abused-reporters-decry-lack-of-redress/
Region
  • Guinea
Rights & Freedom Violated
  • Press Freedom
Gender of Victim(s)
  • Male
Mode of Attacks
  • Unlawful Killings, Physical Attacks, Torture, Degrading Treatment
  • Comments are closed.
  • You May Also Be Interested In

    Guinea: Journalist Suspended by Media Regulator

      Sep16
      • Press Freedom

      End the Harassment of Journalists and Free Expression Activists

        Jul09
        • Freedom of Expression
        • +1

        Reporter Beaten Up by Soldiers in Guinea

          May10
          • Press Freedom

          This site is supported by:

          FGHR-150x50
          OSF-150x50
          fh
          ford-foundation-logo-150x50

          Closing Civic Spaces is a publicly-available database on closing spaces for civic engagement and civil society in Nigeria & West Africa. Data  is compiled from public sources.

          • +234-814-500-0067
          • Lagos, Nigeria

          Stay informed

          Get incidents as they happen

          Support our campaign to protect the civil society space

          Donate Now
          Donate to Defend the Civil Society Space

          © 2019 Closing Civic Spaces by Spaces for Change. Spaces for Change is a member of the Global NPO Coalition on FATF.

          Images, texts, & other forms of content are copyright of their respective owners.

          Cart

          • Facebook
          • Twitter
          • WhatsApp
          • Telegram
          • Pinterest
          • LinkedIn
          • Tumblr
          • VKontakte
          • Mail
          • Copy link