No newspapers were published in Senegal on Tuesday while television and radio broadcasts went dark as media organisations called a national blackout to protest threats to press freedom, notably from newly installed Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko.

Radio France Internationale

Paris

Île-de-France

France

Media blackout in Senegal as publishers denounce government threats

Almost all of the country's newspapers didn't appear on newsstands today and two of the main private radio stations, RFM and iRadio, broadcast music during the morning news. Private television stations, namely TFM, ITV and 7 TV, displayed the image of the protest - three clenched fists clutching a pencil - together with the “slogan” “day without press”, as a sign of solidarity. Some newspapers chose not to follow the movement, such as the pro-go…

A quase totalidade dos jornais do país não apareceu hoje nas bancas e duas das principais estações de rádio privadas, a RFM e a iRadio, emitiram música durante o noticiário da manhã.   Estações de televisão privadas, nomeadamente a TFM, ITV e a 7 TV, exibiram a imagem do protesto - três punhos fechados agarrando um lápis - juntamente com o "slogan" "dia sem imprensa", em sinal de solidariedade. Alguns jornais optaram por não seguir o movimento, …

Comunicação social senegalesa em protesto cumpre "dia sem imprensa"

Noticias ao Minuto

Portugal

Senegalese media in protest celebrates “day without press”

The vast majority of Senegalese media followed the slogan of “No Press Day” on Tuesday, August 13, to alert on the measures...

La grande majorité des médias sénégalais ont suivi ce mardi 13 août le mot d'ordre de la «journée sans presse» pour alerter sur les mesures...

Sénégal : une «journée sans presse» pour alerter sur les difficultés des médias

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Le Figaro

Dassault Group

Senegal: a “day without press” to alert on media difficulties

With the exception of a few media favorable to the government, newspapers, radio and television have stopped broadcasting and denounce the “threat” to the freedom to inform.

A l’exception de quelques médias favorables au pouvoir, journaux, radios et télévisions ont cessé leur diffusion et dénoncent la « menace » qui pèse sur la liberté d’informer.

Au Sénégal, une « journée sans presse » très suivie pour alerter sur les difficultés des médias

Le Monde

In Senegal, a very popular “day without press” to alert on the difficulties of the media

The sector is suffering from economic difficulties and poor working conditions.

Setor sofre com dificuldades econ�micas e com condi��es de trabalho prec�rias.

Media blackout in Senegal as publishers denounce government threats

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