Burkina Faso suspends international media outlets indefinitely for reporting army atrocities, rejecting Human Rights Watch's accusations.
Burkina Faso has suspended international news outlets for reporting an army massacre, following accusations by Human Rights Watch of soldiers killing 223 civilians.Burkina Faso has suspended a swathe of international news organisations, some indefinitely, for airing accusations of an army massacre of civilians, with the communications regulator CSC adding more outlets over the weekend.
Other news media named by the CSC in an order dated Saturday, were French regional newspaper Ouest-France, African website APAnews and the Swiss-based Agence Ecofin. In an email sent to AFP, the defender of press freedom said it “reminds the authorities that the publication of general news on the country’s security situation must not be a pretext for the worst attacks recorded against the media in recent months”.According to the Burkina statement, “The media campaign orchestrated around these accusations fully shows the unavowed intention … to discredit our fighting forces.
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