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Guinea Bissau Attorney General Suspends Radio Programme

  • Date of Occurrence
    December 4, 2018
  • State/Country
    Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
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The Attorney General, António Sedja Man, signed a supoena cancelling a radio program that “discusses important issues affecting the country”, and summoning state broadcaster Radio Guinée Bissau’s (RGB’s) Director General to the Ministry of Justice for “a working meeting”.

Actions Taken

Both the president of the Journalists’ Union of Guinea-Bissau and the National Council for Social Communication (Conseil National de la Communication Sociale) (CNCS), condemned the supoena.

Details
  • State/Country
    Bissau
  • Legal Foundation
    Article 44 of the constitution.
  • Source
    http://www.mfwa.org/guinea-bissau-attorney-general-suspends-radio-programme-summons-director-of-state-broadcaster/
Location
  • Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

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Region
  • Guinea-Bissau
Rights & Freedom Violated
  • Press Freedom

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