• 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

Guinea-Bissau: Reporter Beaten by Policeman while Covering COVID Protest

  • Date of Occurrence
    January 28, 2021
  • Details
  • Comments 0
  • prev
  • next
  • Bookmark
  • Share
  • Report
  • Leave a review
  • prev
  • next
Image
Description

According to the information gathered by RSF, Souleymane Seidy, a reporter for privately-owned Bombolom FM, was interviewing participants in a peaceful march by several hundred students in the capital, Bissau, when the police officer intervened.

Although Seidy had his press card with him, the police officer ordered him to stay away from the protesters. The policeman then began hitting Seidy and finally arrested him. Seidy spent several hours in police custody before being released.

The previous day, Seidy had participated in a Bombolom FM programme about President Umaro Embalo Cissoko’s decision to close both state and private schools for a month.

“We firmly condemn this unacceptable arrest and attack on a journalist who was just doing his job,” said Assane Diagne, the director of RSF’s West Africa office. “The need to combat this pandemic does not constitute grounds for persecuting reporters, whose role is more important than ever. We urge the Guinea-Bissau authorities to investigate this attack and to punish the officer responsible.”

Details
  • Date of Occurrence
    2021-01-28
  • Perpetrator
    Guinea-Bissau police officer
  • Source
    https://rsf.org/en/guinea-bissau-reporter-beaten-policeman-while-covering-covid-protest
Region
  • Guinea-Bissau
Rights & Freedom Violated
  • Press Freedom
Gender of Victim(s)
  • Male
Mode of Attacks
  • Unlawful Killings, Physical Attacks, Torture, Degrading Treatment
Tags
  • COVID-19
  • Comments are closed.
  • You May Also Be Interested In

    Guinea-Bissau Radio Station Owners Threatened with Jail for not Paying License Fee

      Apr12
      • Anti-NGO Bills & Restrictive Laws
      • +1

      Guinea-Bissau: Crackdown on Press Freedom

        Apr26
        • Press Freedom

        Guinea Bissau Journalist Severely Beaten, Tongue Cut Out

          Mar11
          • 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