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#IWACU4 released, Deyda Hydara remembered, and Ghana s post-election violence – Ghana Visions

+ December 2020 in Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s regional editor Reyhana Masters, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. The end of 2020 brought an unexpected but welcome Christmas Eve gift in the unconditional release, through a presidential pardon, of Burundian journalists Agnes Ndirubusa, Christine Kamikazi, Egide Harerimana and Terence Mpozenzi. Very good news, @iwacuinfo journalists Agnès, Christine, Térance & Egide have been released. We welcome this decision because their conviction was unfair. However, other #HRDs likeGermain RUKUKI are still in jail, they also deserve better. @DefendDefenders@AfricaDefenderspic.twitter.com/kO8jvTDB2r The journalists from Iwacu Press Group, one of the country’s remaining independent media outlets, were sentenced to two and half years in prison and fined a million Burundian francs (US$515) in what was seen as a flawed legal process.

Cameroon: In Cameroon, Journalists Can t Breathe As Laws Stifle Press Freedom

Cameroon: In Cameroon, Journalists Can t Breathe As Laws Stifle Press Freedom
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In Cameroon, journalists can t breathe as laws stifle press freedom

In Cameroon, journalists can’t breathe as laws stifle press freedom Journalists in Sierra Leone have heaved a collective sigh of relief following the repeal – after a gruelling 55-year struggle – of a law which had been weaponised by authorities to curtail press freedom. On October 28, President Julius Maada Bio signed a decree revising the country’s 1965 Public Order Act, which effectively removes measures that criminalised publications deemed libellous or seditious. The law had earlier been scrutinised by parliament. Press freedom watchdog, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) described the repeal of the law as “a welcome step towards improving conditions for press freedom in the country.”

Acat-France et RSF demandent la lumière sur la mort du journaliste Samuel Wazizi

Acat-France et RSF demandent la lumière sur la mort du journaliste Samuel Wazizi
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Cameroon: Gov t urged to publish findings of inquiry into Wazizi s death

Cameroon: Gov’t urged to publish findings of inquiry into Wazizi’s death Published on 17.12.2020 at 18h14 by journal du Cameroun Share Late Samuel Wazizi (c) copyright International Non-Governmental Organizations Reporters Without Borders which defends press freedom and ACAT France, Christian right group have urged the Government of Cameroon to make public findings of the enquiry into the death of Samuel Wazizi in police custody. In a tweet posted Wednesday December 16, Reporters Without Borders indicate that President Paul Biya has already received the report on the enquiry and request for its publication. “6 months after journalist Samuel Wazizi was confirmed dead while being detained, President Paul Biya has received the conclusions of the promised investigation…”

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