Guinea Bissau - “Our country needs to be firmer with the criminals who intimidate journalists” – editor who was attacked over articles about drug trafficking

Reporters without borders

Diário de Bissau owner and publisher João de Barros, a pioneer of independent journalism in Bissau, was attacked inside the newspaper's premises on 15 May by a businessman he believes to be linked to drug traffickers. Before leaving, the businessman and his driver smashed all the computers in the newsroom. Reporters Without Borders is today publishing De Barros' account of this incident and the background to it. “This attack on De Barros is not an isolated and insignificant act,” Reporters (...)

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