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Algeria - New cases of media censorship in Algeria

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is worried about the latest cases of censorship in Algeria, where the authorities obtained the suspension of a popular satirical TV programme, accusing it of “repeated excesses” and “attacking state symbols,” and briefly arrested a cartoonist for “defaming and attacking the president.” The suspension of “Weekend,” a satirical programme broadcast by El Djazaira TV on Friday evenings, has triggered outrage on social networks. One of its journalists, Abdou Semmar, who is (...)

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