Mauritius TV a “tool of the government”

March 21st, 2012

 

The president of Mauritius has said the island’s TV channels are unfair and partial. Mike Dodd reports

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Mauritius: Editor jailed for contempt

October 24th, 2011

A  Mauritian journalist has been jailed for contempt of court. Dharmanand Dooharika, who works for weekly newspaper Samedi Plus, was sentenced to three months in prison following the paper’s coverage of a fraud case in August. Dooharika was found guilty of publicly scandalising the Supreme Court and bringing the administration of justice into disrepute. Dooharika was taken ill following the ruling, and sent to hospital under police guard. Goindamal Saminata Chetty, head of the firm Contact Press which owns Samedi Plus, was fined 300,000 rupees.