Grenada - Government blamed for newspaper reporter's dismissal

Reporters without borders

There are strong grounds for suspecting that the privately-owned Grenada Advocate weekly's dismissal of reporter Rawle Titus on 23 March was the result of direct political pressure by Prime Minister Tillman Thomas (photo) and his press secretary. Reporters Without Borders calls on the government to provide a frank explanation of a matter liable to endanger media independence. “We understand the alarm expressed by the Media Workers Association of Grenada (MWAG) ever since the Grenada Advocate (...)

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