Comoros

(RSF/IFEX) – Radio Dzialandzé Mutsamudu (RDM) was told it could resume broadcasting its nightly news programme on 29 January 2005, station coordinator Saïd Ali Bacar said. Since that date, listeners on Anjouan Island have been able to tune in to the nightly news programme, “which deals mainly with international events,” Bacar said. The programme was […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has urged authorities on the autonomous island of Anjouan to allow the island’s main radio station, Radio Dzialandzé Mutsamudu (RDM), to resume its daily news programme, after it was suspended “until further notice” on 13 January 2005, under the orders of the Interior and Information Ministry. “This decision is shocking, especially since […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has voiced concern over the fate of French journalist Morad Aït-Habbouche, who was arrested and detained in the capital, Moroni, on 22 September 2003. The journalist has since been charged with “attempting a coup”. “We do not understand this charge. The journalist was on assignment in the Comoros islands. The authorities must […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 22 March 2002 letter to the president of the Federal and Islamic Republic of the Comoros, Col. Azali Assoumani, CPJ expressed its deep concern over the fact that Comoran authorities continue to hold a respected independent journalist in jail for his work. On 10 November 2001, Izdine Abdou Salam, a host […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Tropic FM radio station director Cheikh Ali Cassim was released on 11 October 2001, after serving a fourteen-month prison term without parole. RSF believes the journalist was sentenced because of his opinions and should never have been incarcerated. The organisation recalls that in January 2000, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to State Prosecutor Sailihi Mahamoid, RSF called for the immediate release of Izdine Abdou Salam, director of the radio station Radio Karthala, who was detained under a committal order on 12 November 2001. “The message is clear: democratic debate is completely banned in the Comoros,” stated Robert Ménard, the organisation’s […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Colonel Azali Assoumani, head of the junta in power in Moroni, RSF expressed its concern about the unfolding of the trial of Allaoui Saïd Omar, publication director of “La Gazette des Comores”. RSF asked the head of state to “consult with the pertinent authorities so that the journalist can […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Colonel Azali Assoumani, RSF protested the lengthy detention of Cheikh Ali Cassim, director of the private radio station Tropic FM. The organisation asked the head of state to “see to it that the journalist is immediately released”. RSF Secretary-General Robert Ménard noted that “to our knowledge, he merely exercised […]

In a 31 March 2000 letter to Lieutenant-Colonel Saïd Abeïd Abdelemane, WAN and the World Editors Forum (WEF) expressed their serious concern over the arrest of journalist Mohamed Yssouf. According to reports, on 29 March 2000, Yssouf, the special correspondent for Réseau France Outre-Mer in Anjouan, was arrested while covering municipal elections on the island. […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Aboubacar Mchangama, a correspondent for Agence France-Presse, director of “L’Archipel” and correspondent for RSF, was released on Thursday 21 October 1999 at 1:00 p.m. (local time). His lawyer explained that the journalist received a temporary release. No date has been set for his next court hearing. **Updates IFEX alert of 15 October 1999** […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to the president of the republic, Colonel Azaly Assoumani, RSF demanded the release of Aboubacar Mchangama, an Agence France-Presse correspondent and managing editor of the private weekly “L’Archipel”. RSF recalled that in a 14 July 1992 document, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights underlined that as a negative sanction […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Lieutenant Colonel Saïd Abeid, the president of the government of Anjouan Island, RSF called for an end to the threats against Radio Ushababi and asked that the station’s journalists’ security be assured. Robert Ménard, the organisation’s secretary-general, stated: “These actions run counter to information pluralism and the right to […]