Congo - Regulator suspends four independent newspapers

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns a decision on 1 June by the High Council for Freedom of Communication (CLSC), the Republic of Congo's media regulator, to suspend three independent Brazzaville-based newspapers – L'Observateur, Talassa and Le Trottoir – for four months for publishing “seditious articles.” A fourth, Le Glaive, has been suspended for two months. “The simultaneous suspension of four newspapers that are well-known for keeping their distance from the government is particularly (...)

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