Radio presenter suspended in Equatorial Guinea

March 3rd, 2011

Juan Pedro Mendene, a radio presenter for the Equatorial Guinean broadcaster RTVGE, has been suspended for mentioning the Libyan uprising on his radio show. His live show was halted on the orders of Federico Abaga Ondo, the Secretary of State for Information and Press. The government has imposed a total news blackout on the uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East.

Journaliste en Danger (JED)

May 20th, 2009

Journaliste en Danger is an organisation dedicated to the defence and promotion of press freedom, initially in the DRC and since May 2003 also in Burundi, Cameroon, Coorganisation Brazzaville, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic, Rwanda and Thad.